This introductory course provides a framework for incorporating integrative therapies into your work with clients or patients. By the end of the course, you will be able to assess if integrative therapies are good options in specific situations, as well as educate patients and colleagues about benefits and risks.
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You will be confident discussing the evidence base for integrative therapies in general, with an understanding of some of the challenges of research in this area, and able to identify reliable sources of evidence-based information. You will leave with the skills to partner with patients or clients around use of these therapies and a plan to introduce integrative therapies in your work or other setting.
Course 1 of 5 in the Integrative Health and Medicine Specialization.
What You Will Learn
- Describe the field of integrative health.
- Evaluate the state of the research evidence and reliable sources to use.
- Discuss the overall safety of these therapies and how to optimize safe use.
- Create a plan to successfully introduce integrative therapies into your work or other setting.
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Introduction to the Field of Integrative Therapies
WEEK 2
Types of Integrative Therapies
WEEK 3
Evaluating the Evidence
WEEK 4
How Safe Are Integrative Therapies?
WEEK 5
What Impacts Use of Integrative Therapies?
Your Course Project
WEEK 6
Reflections and Next Steps
