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Become an Integrative Healthcare Specialist: Enhance Your CAM Skills and Patient Care

The UW School of Nursing offers an advanced practice certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), designed for APNs and allied health professionals interested in becoming Integrative Healthcare Specialists. This program focuses on wellness, culturally competent care, and evidence-based CAM therapies. You'll gain the knowledge to assess patient CAM usage, create integrative treatment plans, and bridge the gap between allopathic and CAM care. Courses are distance-accessible, with a capstone project required. Apply now to enhance your skills in integrative healthcare!

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Become an Integrative Healthcare Specialist: Enhance Your CAM Skills and Patient Care

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  1. CAM CERTIFICATE PROGRAM Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  2. CAM Stats • More than 1/3 of US population uses CAM therapies • 629 million visits to CAM providers annually • $27 Billion spent out-of-pocket on CAM therapies each year • Majority of patients combine CAM with allopathic (conventional) medicine to maximize treatment effects Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  3. CAM In Practice • Rarely assessed or discussed with allopathic healthcare providers • Evidence base to support CAM safety and efficacy is limited and at times, methodologically flawed • Incorporating CAM information into allopathic treatment plans may help patients better manage their health Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  4. Integrative Healthcare Specialist • The UW School of Nursing offers an advanced practice nurse (APN) certificate in Complementary & Alternative Medicine/Healthcare (CAM), preparing APNs and allied health professionals as Integrative Healthcare Specialists Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  5. CAM Program Focus • The CAM Program addresses • Wellness & health promotion • CAM therapies and their evidence related to their safety & efficacy • Methodological issues • The CAM Program emphasizes • Cultural Competence • Collaboration & cost-effectiveness Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  6. Integrative Healthcare Specialist • Bridge the gap between allopathic & CAM for optimal patient care management • Use CAM knowledge to improve patient care • Better assess patient use of CAM modalities • Determine safety & efficacy (e.g. some herbal remedies do not mix with certain allopathic medications) • Create a system for referring patients to CAM providers • Create comprehensive integrative treatment plans Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  7. Integrative Healthcare Specialist • Use CAM knowledge to improve patient care (cont) • Assess outcomes of the care plan • Guide patient decision-making about care • Understand healthcare policy & financing related to implementation of CAM modalities • Analyze aspects of a variety of CAM practices • Synthesize strategies to incorporate CAM values within the practice of allopathic care Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  8. Self-Care • Learn CAM techniques for self-care for yourself and your patients • Meditation • Yoga • Nutrition • Exercise Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  9. The Program • Available to healthcare professionals with graduate degrees and current matriculated graduate students • 18- credit program; 9 credits must be graded & at a 500+ level; 3 credit capstone project (or graduate project/thesis/dissertation with CAM component) • Most courses available as individual electives • All required courses are distance-accessible Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  10. The Courses • Required • NURS 531 (3 Cr) CAM, Integrative Health Care & Wellness • NSG 514 (2 Cr) Integrating Health Care & Culture • NSG 517 (3 Cr) Integrating Assessment & Knowledge of CAM into Allopathic Care • UCONJ 444 (1 Cr) Rural Seminar • NURS 552 (2 Cr) Health Promotion OR NURS 593 (3 Cr) Preventive Therapeutics • NURS 599 or equivalent (3 Cr total) Special Project Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  11. The Courses • Electives • UCONJ 531 (2 Cr) Introduction to Mind/Body Medicine • NMETH 532 (2-3 Cr) Developing an Evidence Base for CAM Practice • NCLIN 599 (1-12 Cr) CAM Clinical Practicum • CONJ 554 (1 Cr) Hypnosis Fundamentals • NURS 445 (2-3 Cr) Whole Foods • NSG 518 (2-3 Cr) Botanical Medicines • NSG 519 (1 Cr) Qi Gong & Reflexology Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  12. How to Apply • Prospective students with graduate degrees or currently enrolled graduate students: www.son.washington.edu/admissions/certificates/application.asp • Graduate Non-Matriculated (GNM) www.son.washington.edu/admissions/gnm Integrative Healthcare Specialist

  13. Questions??? Contact: Amy Arnold at ala7@u.washington.edu Integrative Healthcare Specialist

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