Integrative Medicine
Track Curriculum 2009/10
The integrative medicine track will provide students with the knowledge, experience and understanding of the practice of Integrative Medicine in a four year, longitudinal, coordinated educational program.
Track Objectives
- Explore the world of Integrative Medicine:
- What is it?
- How is it different?
- How to practice it?
- What is the benefit?
- Gain understanding to incorporate the practice principles of Integrative Medicine into your medical practice
- Share the integrative medicine experience within the student community
Track Activities
Required First & Second Year
- Attend Lecture Series (students required to attend all lectures)
- Attend Health Practices Seminar Series, “For YOUR Health” (students required to attend 100% of weekly lectures over their first and second year of medical school)
- Participate in an Experiential Opportunity in the Summer following first year
- Students must submit a project proposal including scope of work, a timeline, objectives/goals, and the organization/mentor with which the student will be working including contact information.
- After project completion, students are required to submit a 2-4 page paper to include the student’s project scope, the role the student played in the project, how the project changed from the original proposal, and reflections on the experience.
- Participate in Student Learning Groups (two meetings/semester with Track Director or designate)
Other First & Second Year
- Participate in informal discussions and events
- Encouraged to experience integrative medicine modalities as feasible
Required Third & Fourth Year
- Practice of Medicine Scholarly Project will be related to track of study
- CIM Rotation (2 weeks)
- 4-week Senior Elective related to Integrative Medicine
Other Third & Fourth Year
- Explore integrative options during clinical rotations (i.e. primary care/pediatric clerkship project).
- Encouraged to experience integrative medicine modalities as feasible
- Organize POM-3 CAM session
Track Lecture Series
Topics
- Introduction to Integrative Medicine (John Pan, MD)
- Molecules of Emotion (Candace Pert, PhD)
- Birth of a Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) Research Project (Brian Berman, MD)
- Food as Medicine (Susan Lord, MD)
- Integrative Medicine - Where Things Stand: Panel Discussion (Joe K, MD, John Pan, MD and Marc Micozzi, MD)
- Mind Body Medicine (James Gordon, MD)
- Botanical Medicine (Joe Best, PhD, Adrian Fugh-Berman, MD)
- Meaning of Pain and Suffering (James Katz, MD, Peter Moskovitz, MD, Katalin Roth, MD)
For YOUR Health Topics
- Healthy lifestyles
- Reiki
- Over-the-counter health
- Self hypnosis
- Heart Rate Variability
- Physical structural health
- Massage
- Emotional Balance
- Dental health
- Back health
- Acupuncture
- Aromatherapy
- Meditation
- Yoga self help
- Alexander technique
- Art therapy
- Laughter therapy
- Qigong
- Homeopathy
- Chronic pain
Experiential Opportunities
Internships and Host Sites (sampling)
- GW Center for Integrative Medicine (CIM)
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Summer Elective at Bastyr University
- Samueli Institute
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
- Institute of Functional Medicine
- University of Maryland, Center for Integrative Medicine
Senior Year Elective (sampling)
- Integrative Medicine Rotation
- Humanistic Elective in alternative medicine, Activism and Reflective Transformation (HEART)
- Consortium of Academic Health Centers in Integrative Medicine - 32 Centers
Current Literature (as a course primer)
- Textbook, “Complementary and Alternative Medicine,” 2nd edition, Lyn Freeman, Mosby
- “My Grandfather’s Blessing” by Rachel Ramen, MD (also required in POM)
*Other educational opportunities and activities to enrich students’ experiences may be added to the curriculum during the program, per the discretion of the Track Director.