Integrative Health and Medicine
If you want to help your patients or clients manage conditions or symptoms such as pain and anxiety, this specialization will provide the knowledge and skills needed. In these five courses, you will explore integrative therapies, including herbal medicine, guided imagery, aromatherapy, and mindfulness. For each therapy studied, you will gain skills to: Assess if a therapy is appropriate, Educate patients or clients about benefit and risk, Administer or advise on use, and Evaluate if the therapy was useful (our AEAE approach).
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If you want to help your patients or clients manage conditions or symptoms such as pain and anxiety, this specialization will provide the knowledge and skills needed. In these five courses, you will explore integrative therapies, including herbal medicine, guided imagery, aromatherapy, and mindfulness. For each therapy studied, you will gain skills to: Assess if a therapy is appropriate, Educate patients or clients about benefit and risk, Administer or advise on use, and Evaluate if the therapy was useful (our AEAE approach).
If you want to help your patients or clients manage conditions or symptoms such as pain and anxiety, this specialization will provide the knowledge and skills needed. In these five courses, you will explore integrative therapies, including herbal medicine, guided imagery, aromatherapy, and mindfulness. For each therapy studied, you will gain skills to: Assess if a therapy is appropriate, Educate patients or clients about benefit and risk, Administer or advise on use, and Evaluate if the therapy was useful (our AEAE approach).
By the end of this specialization, you will be familiar with application methods, mechanisms of action, and the research evidence for specific therapies, as well as safety and quality considerations. In short, you will be ready to partner with patients on developing a plan of integrative care that fits their needs and preferences. Note that while the primary focus is on working with patients or clients, the information is also immediately applicable to your own health and wellbeing.
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Five courses
Introduction to Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices
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Introduction to Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices
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Guided Imagery
(2 hours)
Guided Imagery
(2 hours)
Herbal Medicine
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Herbal Medicine
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Aromatherapy: Clinical Use of Essential Oils
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Aromatherapy: Clinical Use of Essential Oils
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Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare
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Mindfulness in Integrative Healthcare
(0 hours)Learning objectives
- Assess the current and potential role for integrative therapies in health and healthcare, including your own workplace.
- Discuss the evidence base for use of integrative therapies, including the historical, clinical, and research data.
- Assess if a therapy is appropriate, educate patients about benefit and risk, administer or advise on use, and evaluate if the therapy was useful.
- Partner with patients to incorporate integrative therapies for specific symptom management or enhanced health and wellbeing.
- Assess the current and potential role for integrative therapies in health and healthcare, including your own workplace.
- Discuss the evidence base for use of integrative therapies, including the historical, clinical, and research data.
- Assess if a therapy is appropriate, educate patients about benefit and risk, administer or advise on use, and evaluate if the therapy was useful.
- Partner with patients to incorporate integrative therapies for specific symptom management or enhanced health and wellbeing.
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