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1. SCI 201 Entire Course (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com SCI 201 Week 1 Individual Assignment CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper SCI 201 Week 1 Learning Team Assignment Alternative Medical Systems Chart SCI 201 Week 1 DQ 1 SCI 201 Week 1 DQ 2 SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Complementary Healing Therapies Chart SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Dietary Supplement and Herb Chart SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM Resources Presentation SCI 201 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Regulatory Issues in CAM Paper SCI 201 Week 2 DQ 1 SCI 201 Week 2 DQ 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 1 DQ 1 (UOP)

2. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com What are the current trends in the use of CAM in the United States? Is CAM increasing or decreasing in popularity? Why are consumers increasingly interested in nonallopathic medicine and various CAM modalities? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 1 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com In the majority of Alternative Medical Systems, what are the concepts, views of health/illness, and diagnostic and the relationship of therapeutic methods ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 1 Individual Assignment CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com Resource: NCCAM website located athttp://nccam.nih.gov/

3. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. The following areas should be addressed: Define the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine and clarify how these terms differ. Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms. Review the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine. Describe the five domains of therapies according the NCCAM website. Research and describe one CAM treatment modality within one of the five NCCAM domains and give an example of how such a therapy could be used as an alternative therapy, a complementary therapy, and an integrative therapy for a specific medical condition. Explain how each example meets the definition of alternative, complementary, or integrative therapy and support the rationale for each of your selections. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 1 Learning Team Assignment Alternative Medical Systems Chart (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Alternative Medical Systems Chart Complete the Alternative Medical Systems Chart.

4. Describe or define each system, delineate the key principles underlying the system, list several treatment types included in the system, and briefly describe how this system differs from conventional Western medicine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 2 DQ 1 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com For this discussion, I want you to go to the course material forum. Open the document labeled Therapies. I want you to look at the list and find two that sounds interesting. Open the list and practice your chosen therapy. After practicing your chosen therapies, return to this thread and 1.) identify your chosen therapy, 2.) describe your experience, 3.) share your thoughts on what you think about using the therapy, 4.) then make comments to at least two other student's postings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 2 DQ 2 (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com

5. Locate and share a website reflecting our readings or topics. Discuss the reliability and validity of the site and why you chose it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM Resources Presentation (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on a methodology you create for assessing credibility and reliability of sources of CAM information. Include detailed speaker notes and reference citations. Devise 3 to 5 objective criteria to judge the credibility and reliability of a source of information on CAM, such as a book, newspaper article, or speaker. Research websites on a CAM therapeutic modality. Review one of the websites and determine how reliable the site is for CAM information, using your 3 to 5 criteria. Describe how a consumer’s attitudes and beliefs about CAM could hinder objective assessments of reliability and credibility in CAM. Demonstrate, in detail, how you reached your conclusion about the website. Consider using a grading scale or grid for this exercise. Discuss what steps the website could take to increase its credibility. Present the Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM Resources Presentation.

6. For Local Campus students, these may be (at the discretion of the faculty) oral presentations accompanied presentations. by PowerPoint® For Online and Directed Study students, these are PowerPoint® presentations with notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Complementary Healing Therapies Chart (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Complementary Healing Therapies Chart Complete the Complementary Healing Therapies Chart. Describe, in the first column, the philosophy and principles of therapy for each treatment modality. Identify, in the second column, some of the potential benefits of therapy for each treatment modality. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Dietary Supplement and Herb Chart (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT

7. www.sci201tutors.com Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Dietary Supplement and Herb Chart Complete the Dietary Supplement and Herb Chart. Discuss, in the first column, the various therapeutic uses for the herbal agent. Write, in the second column, a summary of some available scientific studies that provide evidence for efficacy in any of the therapeutic uses listed in the first column. If there are no good scientific studies, note the absence of good studies. List, in the last column, any potential side effects or possible adverse reactions that could occur with the use of the herbal agent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCI 201 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Regulatory Issues in CAM Paper (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.sci201tutors.com Write, as a team, a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper examining the current and future role of regulation and oversight in the field of CAM therapies and how it affects the consumer. Address the following for each of the treatment modalities: The current regulations and oversights that exist in the United States today

8. The organization that provides the oversight Potential deficits of the current regulatory oversight Potential adverse outcomes that could occur with the current system Proposal and rationale for a new or alternative regulatory process Analysis of how the new plan would improve consumer protection Potential obstacles to implementing the new plan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------