Whole Medical Systems: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook
   

MBM 5662 - Whole Medical Systems: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda


This course provides an overview of Chinese and Indian medical traditions. The course provides an opportunity for students to study Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda, and consider the relationship between these traditional medical systems and biomedicine. Students study the conceptual paradigm of each system, historical foundations, the typical physician-patient relationship, commonly used interventions in current practice, and available outcome studies assessing efficacy for common mental health disorders. This course includes a two day residential component, video conferences with faculty and students, and online discussion of assigned readings. This course will specifically look at medical traditions from the perspective of culture, including systematic correspondence and philosophical structures. How do early medical systems describe the natural world? The image of the body? Holism? What are the characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda that inform and contribute to the modern concept of wellness? Special emphasis will be placed on the psycho-emotional aspects of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda. 3 credit(s)
Offered: Offered SU - Term A. Course Length: Course Length: 8 Weeks. No RC Required.