This introductory course provides a framework for incorporating integrative therapies into your work with clients or patients. By the end of the course, you will be able to assess if integrative therapies are good options in specific situations, as well as educate patients and colleagues about benefits and risks. You will be confident discussing the evidence base for integrative therapies in general, with an understanding of some of the challenges of research in this area, and able to identify reliable sources of evidence-based information. You will leave with the skills to partner with patients or clients around use of these therapies and a plan to introduce integrative therapies in your work or other setting.
This course is part of the Integrative Health and Medicine Specialization
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There are no prerequisites to take this course.
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Describe the field of integrative health.
Evaluate the state of the research evidence and reliable sources to use.
Discuss the overall safety of these therapies and how to optimize safe use.
Create a plan to successfully introduce integrative therapies into your work or other setting.
Skills you will gain
- wellbeing
- Evidence-Based Practices
- patient-centered care
- complementary therapies
- integrative nursing
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to the Field of Integrative Therapies
Types of Integrative Therapies
Evaluating the Evidence
How Safe Are Integrative Therapies?
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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES AND HEALING PRACTICES
I love this course very easy to understand and informative for my job I’m doing,thank you to the entire university and teachers!! I do appreciate it.
Thank you for this introduction! I am more aware of how so many different evidence-based therapies and healing practices are there to help us to build, maintain, regain our homeostasis!
Slightly basic on information I already know but for those just being introduced to integrative therapies, it's comprehensive. Easy to navigate model, very user friendly.
This is a comprehensive course. i would like to suggest to include more content and skill on how to appraise research article/ research methodology in integrative medicine
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