title: Interprofessional Integrative Medicine Training for Preventive Medicine Residents.
abstract: Integrative medicine training was incorporated into the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Preventive Medicine residency at the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark Campus as a collaboration between the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the School of Health Related Professions. Beginning in 2012, an interdisciplinary faculty team organized an Integrative Medicine program in a Preventive Medicine residency that leveraged existing resources across Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. The overarching aim of the programs was to introduce residents and faculty to the scope and practice of integrative medicine in the surrounding Newark community and explore evidence-based research on integrative medicine. The faculty team tapped into an interprofessional network of healthcare providers to organize rotations for the preventive medicine residents that reflected the unique nature of integrative medicine in the greater Newark area. Residents provided direct care as part of interdisciplinary teams at clinical affiliates and shadowed health professionals from diverse disciplines as they filled different roles in providing patient care. The residents also participated in research projects. A combination of formal and informal programs on integrative medicine topics was offered to residents and faculty. The Integrative Medicine program, which ran from 2013 through 2014, was successful in exposing residents and faculty to the unique nature of integrative medicine across professions in the community served by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Rutgers School of Health Related Professions, Newark, New Jersey. Electronic address: virginia.cowen@rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Virginia S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Cowen
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Quantitative Methods: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Rutgers School of Public Health, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Pauline A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care, Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Rutgers School of Health Related Professions, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Related Professions, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gould-Fogerite
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Quantitative Methods: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Rutgers School of Public Health, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Related Professions, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Marian R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Passannante
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Rutgers School of Health Related Professions, Newark, New Jersey; Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey; Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Newark, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Gwendolyn M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Mahon
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D055048:Integrative Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D009515:New Jersey; D015397:Program Evaluation