Elements of Integrative Medicine Track Curriculum

1. Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine 3-Year Longitudinal Web-Based Curriculum

    (Integrative Medicine in Residency Program).

   A web-based series of teaching modules covering a wide range of topic central to the primary care practice of Integrative Medicine, along with a variety of on-site, interactive teaching activities to complement and augment on-line material.

   

   1st Year

   • Introduction to Integrative Medicine: including a personal health and wellness assessment
   • Overview Prevention and Wellness: including in depth review of nutrition and healthy diets, appropriate use of supplements, intro to Mind-Body Medicine and Motivational Interviewing for effective behavioral change

   2nd Year

   • Integrative approach chronic disease (DM,Htn,CVD,obesity)
   • IM approach to Women’s health, Pediatrics and Acute Care topics
   • Intro to use botanicals, review of Mind-Body techniques.

   3rd Year

   • IM approach mental health
   • IM approach to Rheumatology, Chronic Pain
   • Review of simple Manual Medicine techniques
   • Whole Systems practices (Traditional Chinese Medicine, Energy Medicine, Homeopathy)
2. Periodic on-site activities: including field trips to herbal and farmer’s markets, mind-body teaching sessions, yoga/tai chi sessions, manual medicine techniques (strain-counterstrain), case reviews.
3. Rotation through Family Health Center Integrative Medicine Consult Clinic in R2 and R3 years:  R2 and R3 residents will periodically see their continuity patients in the IM consult clinic for more in depth review of Integrative Medicine diagnostic and treatment options for a variety of presenting clinical problems.
4. Rotation through the Samueli Clinic and Community Allied Health Provider Practices in R3 year (during elective month):  Exposure to multidisciplinary IM team approach to care of patients using a variety of complementary modalities. To learn more about the UC Irvine Samueli Center, click here: http://www.sscim.uci.edu/ 
5. Mind Body Stress Reduction (MBSR) Class in R2 or R3 year: providing first hand experience with a variety of mindfulness based meditation practices.
6. Integrative Medicine Journal Club:  Residents meet quarterly to review latest evidence-based information on IM topics and modalities.