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Goals and Objectives 
Knowledge
1. Acquire a familiarity
with the five core areas of Complementary
and Alternative Therapy as defined by the
national center of Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
Mind/Body Medicine
Alternative
Systems/Culturally-based Healing Traditions
Manual
Therapy
Biologically-Based
Therapies
Energy
Medicine
2. Demonstrate
a basic knowledge of modalities with each area, including the following:
Basic
Theory/philosophy of the discipline
Common
clinical application and indication for referral
Potential
for adverse effects
Current
research evidence for efficacy and cost effectiveness methodological
issues
3. Explain the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine and apply
them to the evaluation of alternative therapies
Develop
a cognitive basis for Integrative Medicine, i.e., learning to integrate
conventional and non-conventional medical care in a patient's behalf
Define
the "Relationship-Centered Clinical Method" and the concepts
of biopsychosocial and spiritual healing systems
Describe
the process of referral and collaboration with alternative therapy
practitioners
Skills
1. Develop skills in at least 2 (two) of the following areas
to apply in their clinical practice:
Herbal
medicine: 8-10 common herbs
Nutritional
medicine: use of vitamin/mineral supplements for conditions of proven
benefit. Dietary manipulation for treatment of certain conditions
Mind-Body
Medicine: learn to practice and teach the relaxation response, apply
visualization and guided imagery
Optional
skills per learner interest to be defined
Attitudes
Appreciates
the physician's role as counselor, mentor, and guide in patient's
self-healing process
Develops
open-mindedness and healthy skepticism in assessing efficacy of alternative
therapies
Accepts
the physician's responsibility to engage in a discussion of patient's
use of alternative therapies as a necessary part of finding a "common
ground" for treatment
Understands
and respects cultural/ethnic influences on health care beliefs and
choices
Recognizes
that personal choices about self-care and personal growth are intrinsic
to providing advice and role-modeling for patients
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Acknowledgment
Thanks to Ben Kligler, MD of Beth Israel
Hospital, Marian Stuart, Ph.D., of Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School, and Andrea Gordon, MD, of University of
Washington and the other members of the Society of Teachers
of Family Medicine Alternative Medicine Working Group
for their efforts in development of an educational curriculum
in alternative medicine from which this is taken.
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