Assimilating Traditional Healing Into Preventive Medicine Residency Curriculum

Kesler, Denece; Hopkins, Lisa; Torres, Eliseo; Prasad, Arti

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.007

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“…The integration of traditional medicine into existing medical education environments was showcased through a residency training program as described by Kessler et al [ 70 ]. In 2011, the University of New Mexico Public Health department and their General Preventive Medicine Residency Program in the United States started to integrate traditional healing into the resident training curriculum with full implementation completed by 2015.…”

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“…In 2011, the University of New Mexico Public Health department and their General Preventive Medicine Residency Program in the United States started to integrate traditional healing into the resident training curriculum with full implementation completed by 2015. An innovative approach was used in the teaching delivery by utilizing a compendium of training methods, which included learning directly from traditional healers and direct participation in healing practices by residents [ 70 ]. The “incorporation of this residency curriculum resulted in a means to produce physicians well trained in approaching patient care and population health with knowledge of culturally based health practices in order to facilitate healthy patients and communities” [ 70 ].…”

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Traditional Indigenous medicine in North America: A scoping review

Redvers

Blondin²

2020

PLoS ONE

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Background Despite the documented continued use of traditional healing methods, modalities and its associated practitioners by Indigenous groups across North America, it is presumed that widespread knowledge is elusive amongst most Western trained health professionals and systems. This despite that the approximately 7.5 million Indigenous peoples who currently reside in Canada and the United States (US) are most often served by Western systems of medicine. A state of the literature is currently needed in this area to provide an accessible resource tool for medical practitioners, scholars, and communities to better understand Indigenous traditional medicine in the context of current clinical care delivery and future policy making. Methods A systematic search of multiple databases was performed utilizing an established scoping review framework. A consequent title and abstract review of articles published on traditional Indigenous medicine in the North American context was completed. Findings Of the 4,277 published studies identified, 249 met the inclusion criteria divided into the following five categorical themes: General traditional medicine, integration of traditional and Western medicine systems, ceremonial practice for healing, usage of traditional medicine, and traditional healer perspectives. Conclusions This scoping review was an attempt to catalogue the wide array of published research in the peer-reviewed and online grey literature on traditional Indigenous medicine in North America in order to provide an accessible database for medical practitioners, scholars, and communities to better inform practice, policymaking, and research in Indigenous communities.

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Traditional Indigenous medicine in North America: A scoping review

Redvers

Blondin²

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…This situation is gradually changing, as some medical and nursing schools have become increasingly informed about safe, culturally congruent, and evidence-based alternative, complementary, and integrative approaches to health care delivery. 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Patient challenges. TM/H is critical to the identity and culture of tribal nations and the ways that they relate to the world around them.…”

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How Should Allopathic Physicians Respond to Native American Patients Hesitant About Allopathic Medicine?

Esposito

Kahn-John

2020

AMA Journal of Ethics

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American Indian (AI) and Indigenous peoples utilize traditional medicine/healing (TM/H) for health and well-being. Allopathic health care practitioners (HCPs) receive minimal training and education on TM/H and its application and integration into health care settings. Lack of knowledge and practice guidelines on how to navigate these 2 health care perspectives (allopathic and traditional) creates uncertainties in the treatment of AI and Indigenous peoples. Such conflicts can undermine patient autonomy and result in culturally incongruent practice. This article presents a case study showcasing suggestions for how HCPs can direct clinical decision making when working with AI/Indigenous patients who utilize TM/H. The article argues that health professions education institutions and HCPs must dedicate effort to expanding awareness of and education about TM/H to enhance the delivery of evidence-based and integrated clinical treatment for AI/Indigenous patients. Case Ms Q is a 72-year-old Navajo woman seeing Dr S, a new physician at an Indian Health Service (IHS) unit in New Mexico. Ms Q reports 5 months of weight loss, fatigue, epigastric pain, and jaundice. She lives in a remote community on the Navajo Nation, and her granddaughter drove 2 hours to bring her to the IHS clinic, insisting that Ms Q's symptoms should be evaluated by an allopathic physician. Traditional Navajo healing practices and customs are important aspects of Ms Q's life. Although she does not routinely visit the IHS clinic, Ms Q is open to being evaluated by Dr S. In a follow-up visit, Dr S discusses test results with Ms Q. Based on laboratory evidence of obstructive jaundice and a computed tomography scan revealing a solid mass in the head of Ms Q's pancreas, Dr S suspects that Ms Q has pancreatic cancer and recommends endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a procedure that enables examination of the liver and pancreas ducts, with endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) to confirm the diagnosis. Ms Q feels hesitant to pursue ERCP with EUS and the required travel and requests to see her medicine man to discuss her symptoms and Dr S's recommendations. Unfamiliar with traditional Navajo healing, Dr S wonders how to respond.

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“…Currently, many companies produce various types of medicines with varying prices and different brand. There was study revealed that the healing of the disease could use various types of medicines for the patients [12]. Thus, the price of medicines is challenging to control.…”

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Combining ABC and VED Analysis for Managing Medicine Inventory (Case Study at Community Development Elderly in Indonesia)

Lestari¹,

Ulfah²,

Suherman³

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Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Community development elderly is a community managed by the non-government organization (NGO) with obtaining the funding from several sources involving government, donations and own community. Currently, there are many activities related to physical fitness for elderly people such as gymnastics, physical leisure activities, and other social activities. Nevertheless, older adults have many threats of illness that could have appeared suddenly. Thus, it needs a series of activities to prevent the emergence of disease. This study aims to determine appropriate programs of older adults based on illness complaints through analyzing the medicine inventory. This study combined ABC and VED analysis of inventory model in supporting healthcare consulting services for a community development elderly in Indonesia. The application ABC analysis found some item from three categories consisting category A of 33 items, category B of 26 items and Category C of 26 items. Then, VED analysis classification of medicine into seven items of Vital, 12 items of Essential and 12 items of Desirable. Thus, the result of a healthcare consulting service was obtained that older adults needed 31 types of medicines. The finding of this study also showed that the high frequency of illness complaints from older adults related to problems of Neurological, Hypertension, and Musculoskeletal. The implication of this study proved that the community development elderly must consider providing the priority programs of healthcare consulting services focus on three main problems of older adults. Further study is suggested to implement safety stock and reorder point for providing medicine inventory.

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Assimilating Traditional Healing Into Preventive Medicine Residency Curriculum

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Traditional Indigenous medicine in North America: A scoping review

Traditional Indigenous medicine in North America: A scoping review

How Should Allopathic Physicians Respond to Native American Patients Hesitant About Allopathic Medicine?

Combining ABC and VED Analysis for Managing Medicine Inventory (Case Study at Community Development Elderly in Indonesia)

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