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Integrative Medicine in Residency

Program Directors     Medical Students

The newest addition to the Center's educational programs, Integrative Medicine in Residency is a 200-hour curriculum designed to be woven into the conventional training of primary care residents. This online competency-based core curriculum in Integrative Medicine fits into the usual residency training without the need of adding an extra year of training. The curriculum is modular and customizable by residency programs and offers a number of multimedia tools, for seamless education and point-of-care use. For the first time, integrative medicine is a required component of graduate medical education at eight residency sites around the nation.

IMR Family Medicine Residencies pilot sites

  • Beth Israel, New York
  • Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Maine Medical Center, Portland Maine
  • Maine-Dartmouth, Augusta, Maine
  • The University of Arizona, Tucson
  • The University of Connecticut
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

IMR Family Medicine Residencies early adopters

  • Medical Center of Central Georgia, Family Medicine Residency, Macon, Georgia
  • University of New Mexico Health Science Center, Division of General Internal Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Tufts University Family Medicine Residency at Cambridge Health Alliance, Malden, Massachusetts
  • Aurora Family Medicine Residency Program, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Research Family Medicine Residency Program, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Center for Family Medicine, University of North Dakota - Minot
  • Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, Maine
  • Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, Georgia
  • Morehouse School of Medicine, East Point, Georgia
  • UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • St. Joseph Family Practice Residency, Chicago, Illinois
  • AnMed Health Systems, Anderson, South Carolina
  • Danbury Hospital, Internal Medicine Residency, Danbury, Connecticut
  • Sutter Health, Sacramento, California
  • Swedish Cherry Hill Family Medicine Residency, Seattle, Washington
  • University of California, San Diego, California
  • University of California, Irvine

Unique Features of the IMR

  • Interactive web-based curriculum
  • Competency-based
  • Program-specific experiential exercises
  • Case studies
  • Evidence-based conventional and complementary treatment recommendations
  • Emphasis on well-being and balance for physicians
  • Common curriculum for multiple residencies
  • Modular format allows maximum flexibility
  • Capacity to create a community of learners beyond the individual residency programs
  • Built-in evaluation