Education

Welcome to the Education Program website, a repository for information related to educational initiatives undertaken by University of Michigan Integrative Medicine (UMIM).

Through the Education Program, physicians, allied health professionals, CAM practitioners, researchers and educators come together to engage in research, education, community partnerships and advocacy work. The program provides a broad selection of interdisciplinary courses, faculty development opportunities, and medical education curricula to support the study of integrative medicine.

Mission

The mission of the UMIM Education Program is:

• To educate students, faculty, health professionals, and the public about integrative healthcare practice and its context of relationship-centered care.
• To collaborate with community practitioners and academic faculty in the development of innovative educational programs.
• To nationally distribute curriculum materials and publish evaluation results related to our educational activities.

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Program Description

UMIM oversees a variety of educational initiatives at the University of Michigan including:

Medical School Curriculum. Supported by a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UMIM piloted its first Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) courses for medical students during the Fall Term of 2000. A unique aspect of the CAM course sequence is that it is longitudinal, extending across the entire four-year Medical School curriculum.

Intergral Health Studies (IHS). Scheduled to pilot during Fall Term 2005, the IHS Certificate Program will provide graduate students with the opportunity to examine the theory, guiding principles, practice-based applications, and efficacy of complementary therapies, indigenous healing systems, and conventional approaches to health care. Students from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LS&A) and professional schools at the university will be able to explore integrated approaches to healthcare based upon a review of scientific evidence, subjective experiences, and reflections on active engagement in research.

Integrative Medicine Fellowship (IMF). IM fellows receive training in both integrative and family medicine, learning about and experiencing various modalities within CAM, interacting with integrative physicians and alternative providers, focusing on self-care, and developing an integrative approach to patient care for use in practice. The program intersects with the traditional family medicine residency, extending over a 3 ½ year time period.

Faculty Scholars Program. This year-long, multi-disciplinary program provides selected faculty from the Medical School, Colleges of Pharmacy and LS&A, and Schools of Business, Dentistry, Social Work, Nursing and Public Health with an opportunity to explore the theoretical principles, clinical practices, and evidence related to complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.

Continuing Education. UMIM offers diverse opportunities for learning about evidence-based Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine (CAIM) through a series of lectures, research meetings, conferences, and workshops.