Many of you know that I am a firm believer in studying all the healing arts available to us. Allopathic, Osteopathic, Homeopathic, Naturopathic, Eastern, Ayurvedic, Chiropractic--you name it, I want to learn it. Luckily for me and those of you that share this view, many allopathic (aka M.D.) schools in the US have incorporated complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) courses into their curricula as requirements or electives. Some schools that have done so for years (and some for decades) include Harvard, Georgetown, UCLA (and in fact, most of the UCs), U of Miami, Mt. Sinai, Brown, UMass, Tufts, UNebraska...the list goes on and on.
My hunting-and-gathering brought me to these links:
http://www.amsa.org/humed/CAM/CAM_search.cfm
This is a search engine for MD/DO/Eastern med schools that teach CAM courses. Unfortunately, it's not very up-to-date, so if you're interested in specific schools, search their websites.
All of these links below present info on the current relationship between CAM and US healthcare today.
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam/
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/CM99999
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmccomplementalternmed/
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/medical_care/alternative_medicine.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/altmed/interviews/eisenberg.html
Enjoy!
Sara
