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family medicine & primary care :: Postgraduate Education
Integrative Medicine
Integrative Medicine is a healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind and spirit), including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasises the therapeutic relationship and makes use of all appropriate therapies, healthcare professionals and disciplines, in an evidence-based approach.
Our vision
"To transform healthcare and the science of medicine through innovative educational programmes that acknowledge the complexity of human beings, appreciate the intrinsic nature of healing, and integrate biomedicine and rigorous research with new models of clinical care and diverse therapeutic systems."
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Programme Coordinator: Dr Maria Christodoulou
Tel: +27 21 938 9168
Fax: +27 21 931 1257
E-mail: mchristo@sun.ac.za
Contact person: Administrative Officer - Ms Hannilie Griggs
Tel: +27 21 938 9395
Fax: +27 21 931 1257
E-mail: integrativeadmin@sun.ac.za
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The Aim of the Certificate Course in Integrative Medicine:
The Certificate Course in Integrative Medicine is intended to provide a course of study for doctors wishing to develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes in the field of Integrative Medicine.
The course aims to:
- enhance the quality of patient and practitioner relationships
- expand the potential for patient care by focusing on a healing-centred and evidence-based approach that includes a combination of conventional, complementary, alternative and traditional systems, theories and philosophies.
- prepare the practitioner to educate and support patients in making lifestyle choices and informed decisions through an integrative approach
- encourage practitioner self-awareness and self-care by exploring personal values, beliefs, attitudes and practices relevant to integrative medicine and the influence of these on the quality of patient care
The course is a 1-year program provided by web-based distance education with an introductory 2-3 day contact session in January. Tuition is by a variety of readings, practical tasks, assignments, on-line seminars, multi-media and interaction over the Internet. Students must be registered as medical practitioners with the HPCSA and be proficient in English at an academic level.
Particular emphasis is given to:
- Practitioner Self-Awareness
- Mindfulness Practice
- Relationship-Centredness
- Functional and Lifestyle Medicine
- Intro to Complementary, Alternative and Traditional systems, theories and philosophies
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The course is accredited for 30 Continuing Education Units (CEU).
Applications for 2012 will be accepted from 1 July 2011. Deadline for registration is 31 October 2011.
For more information and to apply, please contact:
The Administrator Ms. Hannilie Griggs
Integrative Medicine
Distance Education
Family Medicine and Primary Care
PO Box 19063
TYGERBERG
7505
Tel: +27 (21) 938 9395
Fax: +27 (21) 938 9704
E-mail: integrativeadmin@sun.ac.za
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