Responding to Patients' Questions About Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine

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OPEN ACCESSApril 12, 2012Responding to Patients' Questions About Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine Shelley Adler, PhD, Yvette Coulter, Ginger Polich, Katherine Hyland, PhD, June Chan, ScD Shelley Adler, PhD University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Yvette Coulter University of California — San Francisco Google Scholar More articles by this author , Ginger Polich University of California — San Francisco Google Scholar More articles by this author , Katherine Hyland, PhD University of California — San Francisco Google Scholar More articles by this author , June Chan, ScD University of California — San Francisco Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9152 SectionsAboutAbstract ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail AbstractAbstractThis resource features a collection of activities, including an independent exercise and small-group session, developed to help first- and second-year medical students explore the issues that arise when communicating with patients regarding integrative medicine or complementary and alternative medicine use. These activities are designed to prepare students for situations in which they need to have discussions with patients regarding healing modalities about which most physicians have little or no information. They are also meant to give students tools to help them communicate with patients about different health beliefs and health care models in a way that promotes a stronger doctor-patient relationship. Likewise, they are intended to teach students how to evaluate the quality of, and synthesize information from, a variety of sources to answer patient questions about integrative medicine or complementary and alternative medicine use. This resource was created and first taught in 2002 and has been updated annually to reflect evolving research in integrative medicine. The linked exercise was designed to enrich both independent and interactive components of the required curriculum in integrative medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). This portion of the curriculum is presented in the Mechanisms, Methods and Malignancies course of the second preclinical year. Together with a 2-hour overview lecture on the history, prevalence, and use of complementary and alternative medicine, this content forms the foundation of UCSF's undergraduate medical education instruction in integrative medicine and reinforces the social/behavioral sciences and epidemiology/evidence-based medicine curricular themes. Educational Objectives By the end of this session, learners will be able to: Identify and evaluate the quality of a variety of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine information resources, including databases, printed materials, and internet-based options.Summarize and synthesize information from a variety of sources to answer patient questions about integrative medicine and complementary and alternative medicine.Apply information about complementary and alternative medicine in a simulated discussion with a patient about different health beliefs and health care models.Generate a strategy for situations in which they need to have discussions with patients regarding modalities or treatments for which there is insufficient or no information. Sign up for the latest publications from MedEdPORTAL Add your email below FILES INCLUDEDReferencesRelatedDetails FILES INCLUDED Included in this publication: CAM-IM Module Instructor's Guide and Materials.docx To view all publication components, extract (i.e., unzip) them from the downloaded .zip file. Download editor’s noteThis publication may contain technology or a display format that is no longer in use. Copyright & Permissions© 2012 Adler et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives license.KeywordsHealth BeliefsIntegrativeHealing Modalities Disclosures None to report. Funding/Support None to report. Loading ...