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Below
is a list of links to other online resources various
sites of interest.
National-level
resources:
NIH's
National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine
nccam.nih.gov
American
Medical Student Association's Humanistic Medicine
Action Committee
www.amsa.org/humed
American
Holistic Medical Association
www.holisticmedicine.org
AMSA's
NIH-funded EDCAM Initiative
On-line courses on various aspects of Complementary
and Alternative Medicine www.amsa.org/humed/cam/resources.cfm
Local
holistic medical sources with whom we have collaborative
relationships:
Chopra
Center
www.chopra.com
Scripps
Center for Integrative Medicine
www.scrippsintegrativemedicine.com
Article from "Alternative Therapies in Health
and Healing" (www.alternative-therapies.com)
on the Scripps' Center for Integrative Medicine
and it's director, Dr. Erminia Guarneri here
Article from "Spirituality and Health"
(www.alternative-therapies.com) on the Scripps'
Center for Integrative Medicine here
Pacific
College of Oriental Medicine
www.pacificcollege.edu
The
School of Healing Arts
www.schoolofhealingarts.com
International
Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB)
www.ipsb.org
International
Holistic Healing Circle & Society
www.ihhcs.faithweb.com
San Diego Cancer Research Institute
(Medical Director and Director of Integrative
Oncology Research,
HI-Med Mentor Dr. Dan Vicario)
www.sdcri.org
Integrative
medicine programs at other medical schools around
the country:
University
of Arizona
integrativemedicine.arizona.edu
University
of Texas, Galveston
atc.utmb.edu/altmed
Rush
University
www.rushu.rush.edu/nursing/CAM
University
of Minnesota
www.csh.umn.edu
Columbia
University
www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu
University
of Michigan
www.med.umich.edu/camrc
Johns
Hopkins University
www.hopkins-cam.org
Stanford
University
camps.stanford.edu
University
of New Mexico: hsc.unm.edu/medicine/Integrative_Med/welcome.shtml
Creighton
University
altmed.creighton.edu
University
of Washington
www.fammed.washington.edu/predoctoral/CAM
Georgetown
University
www.georgetown.edu/schmed/cam
University
of Pennsylvania
www.med.upenn.edu/progdev/compmed
University
of North Carolina
www.med.unc.edu/phyrehab/pim
Emory
University
www.emory.edu/WHSC/MED/NEUROLOGY/CAM/
Camresources.htm
University
of Maryland
www.compmed.ummc.umaryland.edu
University
of Pittsburgh
www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
Harvard
University
www.compmed.caregroup.org
www.mbmi.org
Washington
University
medicine.wustl.edu/~compmed
Oregon
Health Sciences University
www.ohsu.edu/ohmig
Maine
Medical Center, family practice residency
www1.mmc.org/residencies/family+practice/
scholarly+activity/cam.htm
Websites
devoted to specific forms of holistic and integrative
medicine:
---Acupuncture
and Chinese Herbalism---
American
Acadmeny of Medical Acupuncture
www.medicalacupuncture.org
These are the folks that coordinate the 300-hr
acupuncture course
for physicians, and through their website you
can find MDs and DOs who
passed the course and use acupuncture in practice.
American
Association of Oriental Medicine
www.aaom.org
National
Certification Commision on Acupuncture and Oriental
Medicine
www.nccaom.org
Acupuncture
and Oriental Medicine Alliance
www.healthy.net/asp/Associations/assocsearch.asp?
AssocID=1
Chinese
Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada
www.cmaac.ca
---Ayurveda---
The
Ayurvedic Institute (Albuquerque)
www.ayurveda.com
Ayurveda
Holistic Center
ayurvedahc.com/community/Family/VaidaFind.htm
Ayurveda
Institute of America (Fremont, CA; San Fran; Houston)
www.ayurvedainstitute.com
AYU
Clinic (Seattle)
www.ayurvedaonline.com/ayuclinic.html
California
College of Ayurveda
www.ayurvedacollege.com/services/links.htm
Wise
Earth School of Ayurveda
www.wisearth.org/programs/practitionerlist.html
---Biofeedback---
Association
for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
www.aapb.org
The
Biofeedback Network
www.biofeedback.net
---Botanical
Medicine---
American
Herbalists Guild
www.americanherbalistsguild.com
HerbNET
www.herbnet.com/practitioners_p1.htm
---Chiropractic---
American
Chiropractic Association
www.amerchiro.org
International
Chiropractors Association
www.chiropractic.org
---Homeopathy---
American
Institute of Homeopathy
www.homeopathyusa.org
National
Center for Homeopathy
www.homeopathic.org
National
United Professional Association of Trained Homeopaths
www.nupath.org
(Canada)
North
American Society of Homeopaths
www.homeopathy.org
---Hypnosis---
American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis
www.asch.net
---Massage
Therapy---
American
Massage Therapy Association
www.amtamassage.org
---Meditation---
Mind/Body
Medical Institute and affiliated programs
www.mbmi.org/pages/tfhp_mbmia4.asp
MBSR
Programs recognized by the Center for Mindfulness
at UMass
www.umassmed.edu/cfm/mbsr
Transcendental
Meditation Program Centers
www.maharishi.org/locations/locations.html
---Naturopathy---
The
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
www.naturopathic.org
Canadian
Naturopathic Association
www.naturopathicassoc.ca
---Osteopathic
Manipulative Medicine---
American
Osteopathic Assocation
(search for "Osteopathic Manipulative
Medicine" under Primary Specialty)
directory.aoa-net.org/cfm/PublicSearch.cfm
The
Cranial Academy
www.cranialacademy.com
---Qigong---
National
Qigong Association
www.nqa.org/members/members.html
---Shiatsu
and other Asian Bodywork---
American
Organization of Bodywork Therapies of Asia
www.aobta.org
---Therapeutic
Touch---
Nurse
Healers-Professional Associations International,
Inc.
www.therapeutic-touch.org
Courses
that may be feasible for the full-time Resident/Student
to take:
---Acupuncture---
Medical
Acupuncture for Physicians
(4 days in Santa Monica, CA; then 300 hours of
home video, then 10 days in AZ or FL)
www.hmieducation.com
National
Acupuncture Detoxification Association
(70 hours, NY or OR)
www.acudetox.com/NADA/aboutus/fact-sht.htm
---Ayurveda---
Ayurveda
Holistic Center distance-learning course
www.ayurvedahc.com/aycertif.htm
The
Ayurvedic Insitute correspondence course
www.ayurveda.com/academic-catalog.htm#CC
Maharishi
College of Vedic Medicine, NM
(2-week course, Masters course)
www.mcvmnm.org
National
Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine correspondence
course
niam.com
Florida
Vedic College
(correspondence course + 2 week-long intensives)
www.floridavediccollege.edu
California
College of Ayurveda
(3-day weekend each month x 1.5 yrs)
www.ayurvedacollege.com
Wise
Earth School of Ayurveda
(week-long courses x 3, North Carolina)
www.wisearth.org/info
AYU
Academy
(3-day weekend each month x 1 yr, Seattle)
www.ayurvedaonline.com/ayuacademy.html
International
Academy of Ayurved
(one month, India)
www.ayurved-int.com
Rishikesh
College of Ayurveda
(3 weeks, India)
www.ayurishi.com
---Biofeedback---
AAPB
Homestudy Course
www.aapb.org/public/articles/index.cfm?Cat=10
---Botanical
Medicine---
Dominion
Herbal College home-study course
www.dominionherbal.com/The_Schools/Chdp/ch.html
American
Botanical Council
(one-month internship, ethnobotanical tour)
www.herbalgram.org/browse.php?
content_name=ed_resources
The
California School of Herbal Studies
(6-weekend courses and weekend workshops in Forestville,
CA near San Francisco)
www.cshs.com
Sierra
Institute of Herbal Studies
(8-weekend course in central CA)
www.lodelink.com/sierrain
Rocky
Mountain Center for Botanical Studies distance
learning course
www.herbschool.com
Herbal
Therapeutics School of Botanical Medicine
(Tuesday evenings for 2 years in Washington, NJ)
www.herbnet.com/herbal_therapeutics.htm
---Chinese
Herbalism---
Academy
of Classical Oriental Sciences
(distant learning partial course)
www.acos.org
Yo-San
University School of TCM
(distance learning course in TCM nutrition)
www.yosan.edu/index.php?p=40,52
---Homeopathy---
British
Institute of Homeopathy distance learning course
www.britinsthom.com
Caduceus
Institute of Classical Homeopathy distance learning
course
www.homeopathyhome.com/caduceus
Colorado
Institute for Classical Homeopathy long-distance
course
www.homeopathyschool.org/long_distance.html
School
of Homeopathy North American Flexible Learning
Program
www.homeopathyschool.com/naflp.html
Homeopathic
College of Canada
(can be taken via internet)
www.homeopathy.edu
---Hypnosis---
American
Society of Clinical Hypnosis
(40 hours of workshop, 20 hours of individualized
consultation)
www.asch.net/regionalworkshops.htm
Brian
Weiss, MD
(5-day intensive workshops on hypnotic regression)
www.brianweiss.com
---Mindfulness
Meditation---
Mind/Body
Medical Institute
(3 to 5-day courses near Boston, MA)
www.mbmi.org/pages/tfhp.asp
Center
for Mindfulness at UMass
(week-long course, 10-week internship)
www.umassmed.edu/cfm/education
---Qigong---
Healing
Tao Institute
(Austin, TX)
www.healingtaoinstitute.com
The
International Institute of Medical Qigong-USA
(weekend classes available)
www.qigongmedicine.org
The
International Institute of Medical Qigong-Canada
(weekly classes in Toronto for 200+ hours, then
clinical internship)
www.medicalqigongcanada.org
---Shamanism---
Foundation
for Shamanic Studies
(2-day basic workshop, 5-day intensive training,
multiple locations)
www.shamanism.org/workshops
The
Four Winds Society
(4 week-long sessions in NY, CA, or UT over two
years; and three elective classes/expeditions)
www.thefourwinds.com
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