EXW 230 - Complementary and Integrative Health Therapies

1. Conventional and holistic healthcare practices
2. Eastern therapies
3. Ayurvedic medicine
4. Native American perspectives
5. Alternative health professionals
6. Herbal therapies and nutrition
7. Touch therapies
8. Mind-Body therapies
9. Energetic therapies
10. Environment and health
11. Critical thinking skills

1. Describe elements and aspects of the critical thinking process, including the examination of new ideas and alternatives. (1-9,11)
2. Construct questions pertinent to, and articulate informed choices between, conventional and holistic healthcare. (1,11)
3. Communicate Eastern and Native American culture contributions to holistic healthcare. (2-4)
4. Compare alternative health professions. (5)Identify safe herbal therapies. (6)
5. Analyze current research data pertinent to complementary and alternative therapies. (2, 6-9,11)
6. Integrate mind-body-spirit practices into healthcare based on refined critical thinking skills. (1-4,7-9,11)
7. Assess philosophical, scientific, societal and individual issues related to our environment and its relationship to our health. (10,11)