Naturopathic Medical Education Comparative Curricula |
Comparing Curricula of Naturopathic Medical Schools and Conventional Medical Schools |
|
Medical School: |
National College of Naturopathic Medicine |
Bastyr University - Naturpoathic Medicine |
Yale University |
Johns Hopkins |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
|
Status: |
|
Federally and Regionally Accredited Naturopathic
Medical School |
Federally and Regionally Accredited Naturopathic
Medical School |
Federally and Regionally Accredited Conventional
Medical School |
Federally and Regionally Accredited Conventional
Medical School |
Federally and Regionally Accredited Conventional
Medical School |
Basic and
Clinical Sciences: Anatomy, Cell biology, Physiology, Histology,
Pathology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Lab diagnosis, Neurosciences,
Clinical physical diagnosis, Genetics, Pharmacognosy, Bio-statistics,
Epidemiology, Public Health, History and philosophy, Ethics, and other
coursework |
1548 |
1639 |
1420 |
1771 |
1363 |
Clerkships
and Allopathic Therapeutics: including lecture and clinical instruction
in Dermatology, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Medicine, Radiology,
Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Neurology, Surgery, Ophthalmology, and
clinical electives. |
2244 |
1925 |
2891 (+ thesis) |
3391 |
2311 |
Naturopathic
Therapeutics: Including Botanical medicine, Homeopathy, Oriental
medicine, Hydrotherapy, Naturopathic manipulative therapy, Ayurvedic
medicine, Naturopathic Case Analysis/Management, Naturopathic Philosophy,
Advanced Naturopathic Therapeutics. |
588 |
633 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Therapeutic
Nutrition |
144 |
132 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Counseling |
144 |
143 |
Included in psychiatry
(see above) |
Included in psychiatry
(see above) |
Included in psychiatry
(see above) |
TOTAL HOURS
OF TRAINING |
4668 |
4472 |
4311 (+ thesis) |
5162 |
3674 |
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Sources:
Curriculum Directory of the Association of American Medical Colleges |
