INTEGRATING CAM INTO HEALTH-PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

描述(申请人摘要)：该提议的项目旨在加速 将补充和替代(CAM)教育融入 北卡罗来纳大学卫生职业学院的课程， 进入选定的住院医师计划，以及继续教育 努力，包括创新的继续医学教育计划和在 北卡罗来纳州地区健康教育系统(AHEC)。通过以下计划 北卡罗来纳大学医学院的综合医学， 该项目将开发、实施、完善和评估创新 跨学科和多学科的教育战略 将CAM信息融入到客户的教育和培训中 医疗保健专业的学生、教职员工和从业者， 牙科、药学、公共卫生、社会工作和联合保健。 具体而言，该项目的目标是： 1)开发计算机辅助教学材料，包括书面材料和网络材料 媒体，适应不同卫生职业受众的需要； 2)提高北卡罗来纳大学教职员工对CAM的兴趣和了解 教育活动； 3)加强CAM从业者的教学技能，他们将在 该项目利用已建立的社区教官培训计划。 4)将适当的CAM内容纳入北卡罗来纳大学卫生学校的课程； 5)在选定的有关CAM概念的培训计划中接触住院医师 和技能； 6)通过以下方式向社区医生和执业护士介绍CAM 扩大目前的北卡罗来纳大学访问临床医生计划(兼职 个性化CE计划)，包括CAM教育和培训机会； 7)教育社区卫生专业人员的跨学科受众 通过在多个地点提供研讨会系列，与 数控AHEC系统； 8)记录项目的教育活动，并评估是否 教育战略导致了整体能力的变化。 (知识、态度和技能)北卡罗来纳大学卫生学校毕业生、住院医生、 教职员工和社区卫生专业人员。

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's abstract): This proposed project seeks to accelerate the integration of complementary and alternative (CAM) education into the curricula of health professions schools at the University of North Carolina, into selected medical residency programs, and into continuing education efforts, including an innovative CME program and a CAM curriculum taught in the Area Health Education System (AHEC) of North Carolina. Through the Program on Integrative Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, this project will develop, implement, refine and evaluate innovative interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary educational strategies for incorporating CAM information into the education and training of health-professions students, faculty and practitioners in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, social work, and allied health. Specifically, the aims of the project are: 1) to develop CAM educational materials, including both written and web-based media, adaptable to the needs of various health-professions audiences; 2) to increase UNC faculty interest and knowledge about CAM via specific educational activities; 3) to enhance the instructional skills of CAM practitioners who will teach in this project, using an established community preceptor training program. 4) to integrate appropriate CAM content into UNC health-schools curricula; 5) to reach medical residents in selected training programs about CAM concepts and skills; 6) to introduce community physicians and nurse-practitioners to CAM by expanding the current UNC Visiting Clinician Program (a part-time individualized CE program) to include CAM education and training opportunities; 7) to educate interdisciplinary audiences of community health professionals about CAM by offering seminar series at multiple sites in cooperation with the NC AHEC system; 8) to document the educational activities of the project and evaluate whether the educational strategies have resulted in changes in overall competence (knowledge, attitudes, and skills) in UNC health-schools graduates, residents, faculty, and community health professionals.