Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Who cares what the mechanism is, the patient will be healthier - Victor Montori MD, Mayo Clinic
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The Triumph of New-Age Medicine
Let's say you've always wanted to help people feel better, but a career in health care has eluded you till now. You're lured by the nursing profession's booming job market and you've thought about medical school, yet traditional Western allopathic medicine doesn't feel quite right.
The good news is that complementary and alternative medicine is on the rise and, with the right course of study, you may practice it in locations ranging from hospitals and integrative medicine clinics to healing centers and nutrition offices.
And you can kick the image of beads and incense; CAM has a home in hospitals, too. According to a recent survey by the American Hospital Association,…
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Complementary & Alternative Medicine Schools
Browse our comprehensive list of top alternative medicine and holistic health schools and find the right one for you. Find and compare massage schools, acupuncture schools, chiropractic schools, Chinese medicine schools and more. Our directory makes it easy to research schools and request information from admissions officers.
Complementary therapy has more opportunities for careers than ever before
Complementary therapies such as acupuncture, Shiatsu and homeopathy were once viewed by the medical establishment as at best ineffective or, at worst, potentially harmful to public health. But seven years since the House of Lords produced its own authoritative analysis of complementary or alternative therapy - concluding that there needed to be clearer regulation arrangements by the various professional bodies - the incorporation of alternative medicine into mainstream healthcare has moved on apace.
Interview: Considering a Career in Alternative Medicine
In early 2011, a fellow tennis player in Barrie, Caitlyn Lawrence, now a university student in South Carolina, asked me to participate in a career-related Q&A for a class project. I thought that some of the following would be useful to others considering a career in health care. - Ben Kim
Outshining Career Prospects With Online Alternative Medicine Degree
The evolutionary shift from conventional medicine oriented treatments to alternative medicine has changed the focus of health care as it provides natural and holistic healing methods. As the focus among general population is profoundly escalating towards alternative source of medicine, people are shifting from conventional surgery and medicine, which have already taken backstage in the world of medicines.
The Alternative Health Controversy, Pt. 1
Meet the man your doctor doesn’t want you talking to - Dr. Joe Mercola. Hear about his alternative health practices and find out why he’s such a controversial figure.
There is no alternative
IT IS, you might suppose, always good to have an alternative. In medicine, though, that is a controversial proposition. Alternative and complementary medicine are mostly quackery. Yet they are very popular. Clearly, they have something that mainstream medicine does not. The question is, what?
Think yourself better
According to his “Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine”, around 95% of the treatments he and his colleagues examined–in fields as diverse as acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy and reflexology–are statistically indistinguishable from placebo treatments.
The Triumph of New-Age Medicine
Medicine has long decried acupuncture, homeopathy, and the like as dangerous nonsense that preys on the gullible. Again and again, carefully controlled studies have shown alternative medicine to work no better than a placebo. But now many doctors admit that alternative medicine often seems to do a better job of making patients well, and at a much lower cost, than mainstream care–and they’re trying to learn from it.
Alternative Medicine College of Canada
The Alternative Medicine College of Canada (AMCC) is an educational institution that offers accredited distance learning training in Naturopathy, Homeopathy, and Bioenergetics, providing students world-wide with the training and expertise necessary to become qualified specialists in their desired field.
Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
The Program in Integrative Medicine's mission is to lead the transformation of healthcare by creating, educating, and actively supporting a community of professionals who embody the philosophy and practice of Integrative Medicine.
Australasian College of Health Sciences
ACHS is recognized as an industry leader in holistic health education worldwide. Our flexible, online programs, highly qualified faculty, diverse student body, and commitment to exceptional online education make ACHS the perfect choice. Your education is legitimately accredited and recognized throughout the holistic medicine community.
Barbara Brennan School of Healing
The Barbara Brennan School of Healing is a specialized college for the study of hands-on energy healing and personal transformation. Students may choose to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree or a Diploma in Brennan Healing Science.
Canadian Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Acupuncture diploma Program is a three-year program with 2900 hours of training including traditional Chinese medicine foundation, diagnostic methods, Tui Na massage, acupuncture, western biomedical science, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese and western medicine clinical courses such as internal, pediatric, gynecological, dermatological illnesses, sports injury, muscularskeleton illnesses, and clinical observation and internship.
ExploreHealthCareers.org
In general, health careers in the CAM field take a wholistic approach to patient care; that is, the patient is seen and treated as a whole person, not just a set of symptoms. They also tend to be strongly prevention-oriented and place a high value on the body's natural ability to heal itself.
Healing-Schools
We are an education directory focusing on alternative and natural healing education, such as holistic medicine, Chinese medicine, massage, chiropratic, spiritual healing and related studies. Learn more about these professions at our career center.
Health Care Colleges
Join the alternative medicine revolution. Earn your holistic certification from one of the many accredited alternative medicine/holistic health schools or legally accredited colleges and universities of naturopathy.
Study.com
Those who have an interest in medical and health professions may want to pursue a career in alternative medicine. Alternative medicine includes naturopathic medicine, complementary medicine, acupuncture, herbal therapy, aromatherapy, holistic medicine, and many more.
WorldWideLearn
The biggest difference between Western medicine and alternative medicine is in the way each discipline views the body. While Western doctors and surgeons treat the body as a conglomeration of organs and systems, alternative medicine doctors look at the body, mind and spirit as a whole.
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