HEA610 Complementary and Alternative Medicine 3 semester hour credits
This course is designed to provide current and future clinical nutritionists, other healthcare practitioners, students in other healthcare fields, clinical nutrition researchers, and faculty with the tools for appraising and selecting among complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapeutics currently in use in the United States. Students will formulate treatment protocols integrating principles and materials from CAM modalities that enhance treatment outcomes and lower treatment costs.
- Teacher: Chris Nutting, DC, MS
HEA620 Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
3 semester credit hours
This course explores standards of quality in clinical research on complementary and alternative medicine and therapy. Students will review various research methodologies, as well as special issues as they apply to herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, massage, prayer, and other therapies with the goal of assessing the quality of evidence to determine best option for patient care.
The qualifying examination consists of one research paper the student is
required to write, and one critical evaluation of a scientific paper chosen by
faculty. The topics will relate to coursework completed thus far. The
qualifying examination must be taken by the end of the one year of full-time
enrollment in the program (i.e., completed about 13 credits). Students must
pass this examination to continue in the program
- Teacher: Brandy Ferrara, DC, RPSGT
HEA610 Complementary and Alternative Medicine 3 semester hour credits
This course is designed to provide current and future clinical nutritionists, other healthcare practitioners, students in other healthcare fields, clinical nutrition researchers, and faculty with the tools for appraising and selecting among complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapeutics currently in use in the United States. Students will formulate treatment protocols integrating principles and materials from CAM modalities that enhance treatment outcomes and lower treatment costs.
- Teacher: Chris Nutting, DC, MS
HEA620 Research in Complementary & Alternative Medicine 3 semester credit hours
This course explores standards of quality in clinical research on complementary and alternative medicine and therapy. Students will review various research methodologies, as well as special issues as they apply to herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, massage, prayer, and other therapies with the goal of assessing the quality of evidence to determine best option for patient care.
- Teacher: Denise Wood, Ed. D
This course provides a comprehensive examination of human pathology with emphasis on mechanisms of disease and clinical manifestations. Diseases processes are explored in depth through analyses of cases, scholarly literature and research, and clinical applications.
- Teacher: Denise Wood, Ed. D