In the United States, there are no schools of Osteopathic
Medicine that have "Holistic Medicine" or "Alternative Medicine" as any
significant part of the curriculum. Allopathic (drugs & surgery) Medicine is
taught at these schools along with Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy. Compared to
M.D. training, there is a slight extra emphasis on looking at the whole person
and the possible cause of a disease. While these are all fine colleges to study
Allopathic (drugs & surgery) Medicine, they are not useful for learning
Holistic Medicine.
The Holistic Medicine Resource Center makes the
following recommendations for persons in the United States:
- Students interested in treating patients using Holistic Medicine techniques
should consider studying:
There are practitioners of these forms of medicine
treating and helping persons heal from and prevent disease all over the United
States. Until Osteopathic Colleges in the U.S. institute of Holistic Medicine
program as part of their curriculum, new students wanting to start a Holistic
Medicine practice are better off studying one of the above-mentioned systems of
medicine.
- Current students and current practitioners of Osteopathic Medicine who went
to school in the United States can begin to expand their practice to include
Holistic Medicine techniques by:
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