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Lecture Series and Grand Rounds

Courses and Continuing Education

Organizations

Online Premedical Shadowing

Podcasts

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Lecture Series

Laura Mann Integrative Healthcare Lecture Series from the University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences (Link Here):

Lectures on best practices, research , and innovations presented by leaders in the field of integrative health care and medicine. You can register for current grand rounds lectures offered online via webinars or view recorded videos presented in the past.

Innovations in Healthy Aging Lecture Series offered by the University of Arizona (Link Here):

Free lectures open to the public on topics including, but not limited to, integrative health in aging, social justice, and sleep. Recordings of past lectures, as well as links to upcoming lectures, are posted.

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds (Link Here):

Live videos the first Tuesday of every month 8:00am EST to 9:00am EST. CMEs available for practicing health care workers. Past lectures recorded and available for viewing.

Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) Lectures (Link Here):

Lectures on improving public health through food safety and nutrition research bringing together experts in food industry, government, research, and academia. To view past events, which is not available for all listing, press the register button and input your name and email. This will bring you to the recorded lecture.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIH) Lectures (Link Here):

Links to past lectures on research related to complementary and integrative health topics, including emotional wellbeing, pain management, immunity, and nature as medicine.

Thomas Jefferson University Integrative Medicine Lectures, Presentations, and Grand Rounds (Link Here):

Links to Integrative Medicine lectures and other educational presentations on various topics, including improving immune system function, the heart-gut connections, and acupuncture.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Preventive Medicine Lecture Series (Link Here):

Links to online lectures on topics related to Preventive Medicine.

Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Webinars (Link Here):

Links to webinars used for including lifestyle medicine education in medical schools. For more information on the ILM’s initiative to advance lifestyle medicine in medical school education click here:

Lifestyle Medicine Foundation Webinars (Link Here):

Extensive collection of webinars on using lifestyle medicine to treat various medical conditions, organized by disease.

Courses & CME

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (Link Here):

Courses available for continuing education for physicians and other health care professionals.

Current free courses include:
- “An Introduction to Contemplative Care”
- “NCIPH Foundations in Integrative Health”
- “Integrative Pain Management Series 10 Hours (2022-2024)”
- “Environmental Health: An Integrative Approach (2022-2024)”

Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Curricular Resources for Medical Students (Link Here):

Many free resources for lifestyle medicine education. For more information on the ILM’s initiatives to advance lifestyle medicine training in medical education click here:

Lifestyle Medicine Education (LMEd) (Link Here):

“LMEd is now choosing to laser focus on expanding lifestyle medicine curricula in U.S. medical schools through offering open access to a collection of evidence-based curricular resources to train future clinicians in prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases. ” The website offers slides, videos, case studies, and recorded webinars to expand lifestyle medicine education in medical school curriculum.

“Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Human Health Course” (Link Here)

Created by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Research on Women’s Health (OWH) for health professionals and students to learn about sex and gender-related disease differences. This free course offers 6 hours of content, which you can request for CME credits. All you have to do is create a free account. Areas of focus include Immunology, Cardiovascular Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Neurology, Endocrinology, and Mental Health.

Resident Physician Curricular Resources from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) (Link Here)

There are currently eight courses available for medical residents offered on ACOG’s website. Each course is slightly different – i.e., some offer video content and others offer PowerPoint presentations.

Current Free Courses Include:
- Advocacy
- Breastfeeding
- Business of Medicine
- Coding and Documentation
- Fundamental of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Health Equity
- Opiate Use Disorder
- Patient Safety

Organizations

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (Link Here):

An international collaboration of academic centers whose mission is to enhance human health through research, education, and clinical practice in Integrative Medicine. Current academic centers include (as of 09/19/2022): University of California San Francisco, Harvard University, Karolinska Institutet, Northwestern university, Vanderbilt University, University of Miami, and University of Washington.

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (Link Here):

Center at the University of Arizona dedicated to training health care professionals in Integrative Medicine, as well as advancing wellbeing of individuals and communities through evidence-based approaches to health.

Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) (Link Here):

Nonprofit dedicated to supporting public health through food safety and nutrition research bringing together experts in food industry, government, research, and academia.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (NCCIH) (Link Here):

Branch of the National Institute of Health (NIH). NCCIH conducts research and provides education about health products and practices related to Complementary and Integrative Medicine. The website has links to a glossary of health topics, such as Chamomile, Melatonin, Tai Chi, and Women’s Health.

American College of Lifestyle Medicine (Link Here):

Organization whose mission is to prevent, treat and reverse non-communicable chronic disease through advancing evidence-based lifestyle medicine and education of health professionals. Offers continuing education for food as medicine, nutrition, physical activity, sleep, mindfulness, and more.

Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (Link Here):

“A non-profit professional education, research, and advocacy organization” with the mission to “Reduce lifestyle-related death and disease in society through clinician-directed interventions with patients.”

Shadowing

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Virtual Shadowing from the University of Colorado (Link Here):

Free of cost and open to all students, not only those from the University of Colorado. Total of 14 hours of shadowing available.

Podcasts

Body of Wonder (Link Here):

Produced by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Conversations with leaders in health care and research on Integrative Medicine and holistic health topics.

Food, We Need to Talk (Link Here):

“A science-based, humor laced approach to health and fitness.”

GW Integrative Medicine Podcast (Link Here):

Produced by the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. This podcast shares up-to-date news and research on evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine and best practices for conventional medicine. If you are interested in disease prevention and health promotion, follow this podcast on SoundCloud by clicking the link here. You can also see podcast transcripts and links to resources by following the GW Office of Integrative Medicine and Health by clicking the link here.

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