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1. Arizona Weill Center for Integrative Medicine 3-Year Longitudinal Web-Based CurriculumIntegrative Medicine in Residency Program, a web-based series of teaching modules covering a wide range of topics central to the primary care practice of Integrative Medicine, along with a variety of on-site, interactive teaching activities to complement and augment on-line material. Topics include:
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Experiential teachings and case reviews with fellow IMR residents. Residents and faculty present integrative approaches to topics such as IBS, sleep, herbal remedies for common conditions.
R2 and R3 residents collaborate with faculty in the IM consult clinic for more in depth review of Integrative Medicine diagnostic and treatment options for a variety of presenting clinical problems.
R2 and R3 residents practice IM intake skills and learn to work with integrative providers from various disciplines, with guidance from an integrative physician and a naturopathic doctor at the UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute clinic in Costa Mesa.
Exposure to multidisciplinary IM team approach to care of patients using a variety of complementary modalities.
In R2 or R3 year, learn a variety of meditation practices, body awareness and yoga to cultivate one's ability to better manage stress and its effect on the body. Learn the foundations of meditative techniques and develop mindful communication skills.
R2 and R3 residents make presentations each year to fellow residents: one on the latest evidence-based information on IM topics and modalities, and another on an IM-related "pearl" from a journal article, conference or practical tool.
R2 and R3 residents may participate in national conferences (such as Scripps' Natural Supplements Annual Meeting or Integrative Medicine for the Underserved IM4US Conference) and bring back "juicy tidbits" to share with Family Medicine colleagues.