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About UsComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) offers important but under-exploited adjuncts to conventional health promotion and clinical assessment and management, yet there is minimal attention directed toward these topics in conventional health science professions schools such as nursing, social work, public health, dentistry, and medicine. It is critical that practitioners understand CAM and the interaction of CAM and conventional medicine and nursing. The widespread and increasing use of CAM by the consuming public amplifies the imperative for health care professionals to become familiar with the range of complementary and alternative care options and the roles they play in health promotion and clinical assessment and management. The primary purpose of this educational project is to enhance the integration of information about CAM therapies into UW health sciences curricula with emphasis on nursing.Margaret Heitkemper, Principal Investigator. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1 R25 AT01240. Executive Committee Advisory Board © 2003-2007 Integrating CAM: A Nursing Emphasis T624G Health Sciences Bldg., Box 357261 School of Nursing, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-7261 (206) 616-5146 • fax (206) 543-4091 |