Integrative Medicine in a Preventive Medicine Residency: A Program for the Urban Underserved
Berz, Jonathan P.B. ; Gergen Barnett, Katherine A. ; Gardiner, Paula ; Saper, Robert B.
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preventive medicine
residency
medical education
online curriculum
Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Behavioral Medicine
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Health Psychology
Health Services Administration
Integrative Medicine
Medical Education
Preventive Medicine
Primary Care
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The Preventive Medicine Residency Program collaborated with the Department of Family Medicine's Program for Integrative Medicine and Health Disparities at Boston Medical Center to create a new rotation for preventive medicine residents starting in autumn 2012. Residents participated in integrative medicine group visits and consults, completed an online curriculum in dietary supplements, and participated in seminars all in the context of an urban safety net hospital. This collaboration was made possible by a federal Health Resources and Services Administration grant for integrative medicine in preventive medicine residencies and helped meet a need of the program to increase residents' exposure to clinical preventive medicine and integrative health clinical skills and principles. The collaboration has resulted in a required rotation for all residents that continues after the grant period and has fostered additional collaborations related to integrative medicine across the programs.
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Am J Prev Med. 2015 Nov;49(5 Suppl 3):S290-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.031. Link to article on publisher's site
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At the time of publication, Paula Gardiner was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.