title: Creating common ground: collaboration advances among licensed natural healthcare educators.
abstract: Content on integrative healthcare and complementary and alternative medicine is being taught in hundreds of educational programs across the country. Nursing, medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, acupuncture, naturopathic, and other programs are finding creative and innovative ways to include these approaches in new models of education and practice. This column spotlights such innovations in integrative healthcare and CAM education and presents readers with specific educational interventions they can adapt into new or ongoing educational efforts at their institution or programs. We invite readers to submit brief descriptions of efforts in their institutions that reflect the creativity, diversity and interdisciplinary nature of the field.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Victor S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Sierpina
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kreitzer
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weeks
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005178:Faculty / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States