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CAM in Physician Education

Integrative MD programs

Basic certs

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MD, DO, DC, ND, OMD [all take the same preclincial courses ]

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Dual Degree Programs: MD / MSAcp, MD / PsyD, MD / DC, MD / ND & DO / OMD could become commonplace internationally. DO / OMD, DO / PsyD, DO / ND, DC / PsyD, ND / DC, etc may also emerge in response to financial and social pressures +. Note that a second concentration could replace the conventional 4th yr Selectives & be integrated into other courses parts of the curriculum.

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Advanced Certificate Programs

Bridging programs: MD to DO, MD to DC, MD to ND

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Master Physician Initiatives +

+ Society has made it quite clear that traditional constructs from nutrition, spinal alignment, psychosomatic medicine and acupuncture are among the healing modalities that patients want. Are these constructs as important as conventional anatomy, physiology, biochem and cell biology ? Should they be integrated into the preclincal and clinical curriculum ? Should they replace some topics and courses, including 4th yr selectives ? How will they be integrated with new innovations in imaging, surgery, neuroscience and molecular biology ? Additionally, patients want to be cured and only tolerate referrals while the insurance companies are willing to pay for multiple "primary care" practioners. Combination degree programs could emerge as solutions to these dilemmas. Curricular optimization will be required to make them efficient and effective.

Preclinical course topics

Speciality course topics

CAM Residency ideas

CAM Fellowship ideas

Multimedia education opportunities Distance and Online Options

Centers of excellence in healthcare: "CAM integration with minimally invasive surgery, behavioral neuroscience and NMS guided nutritional intervention are sure to evolve in the not too distant future"

Sample program ideas

Clusters of excellence

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