Rotation Director: Howard Schubiner, M.D.
Duration: 3 weeks or 1 month
Maximum number of students per four-week period: One
Evaluation: Oral and written
Candidates: Senior medical students from an approved allopathic or ostepathic medical school
Description:
The general purpose for this clinical clerkship is to explore the world of complementary medicine: what is it, how is it different, how to practice it, what is the benefit? This rotation includes opportunities to observe patient care and provider/patient interactions and has the potential to observe complementary medicine therapy treatments. Learning experiences may include complementary medicine consults, mind/body medicine, homeopathy, manual therapies, acupuncture and nutritional and botanical medicine. Students are given readings and an introduction to evidence-based online resources in complementary and integrative medicine. The rotation includes time for reflection and personal wellness activities. Each student will present a brief talk on a complementary medicine topic of his or her choice to preceptors during an ambulatory teaching session. The clinical experiences will be supervised at all times. There is required reading for this rotation.
Daily Schedule:
The rotation consists of one week with each of 4 different practitioners, including practices utilizing acupuncture, herbs, vitamins, mind-body therapies, neuromusculoskeletal medicine and other complementary medicine approaches. During the week with Dr. Schubiner, there will be a few single half-day sessions that will be required and can be chosen from the list of “single session” practitioners that will be provided. The student will meet with Dr. Schubiner on the first day of the rotation to be oriented and to receive their schedule.
Bibliography:
- http://nccam.nih.gov
- www2.oakland.edu/shs/es/complementary.cfm
- Benson H. The Relaxation Response, 1974
- Davis M, Eshelman ER, McKay M: The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, 2008
- Eisenberg, et al. Trends in Alternative Medicine Use in the United States. J Am Med Assn 1998; 280:1569-1575
- Freeman LW. Mosby’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Research-Based Approach, 2009
- Jarski RW. Using the Medical Literature, in Balweg R, Stolberg S, Sullivan EM Physician Assistant: A Guide to Clinical Practice. Saunders, 2003
- Jarski RW. The Professional Role and Education of Physician Assistants in Mind-Body Medicine. In: Moss D, et al.
- Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care. Sage, 2003
- Lewith G, Jonas WB, Walach H. Clinical Research in Complementary Therapies, 2002
