title: Teaching physicians, nurses, and mental health professionals about medically unexplained symptoms: a course on the mindful body at the University of Calgary.
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. Please submit to Dr Sierpina at vssierpi@utmb.edu or Dr Kreitzer at kreit003@umn.edu. Submissions should be no more than 500 to 1,500 words. Please include any Web site or other resource that is relevant, as well as contact information.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Mind Body Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakal
authors.forename: Malynne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steiert
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coll
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kreitzer
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sierpina
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014495:Universities / Q000458:organization & administration