Course Description

Course Description:
The ‘Fundamentals of Integrative Medicine’ course offers a comprehensive exploration of Integrative Medicine principles, practices, and their relevance in healthcare. It equips AYUSH students with essential knowledge to understand the intersection of AYUSH systems with modern medicine. This course provides a holistic view of healthcare, emphasizing the ethical, safe, and effective application of Integrative Medicine, as a future health care system.

Course Objectives
1. Introduce AYUSH students to the core principles and practices of Integrative Medicine.
2. Highlight the ways in which AYUSH systems can complement and integrate with modern medicine.
3. Provide a broad overview of various complementary therapies and their role in holistic healing.
4. Foster an understanding of the ethical, safe, and effective application of Integrative Medicine.

Course Outcomes:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
1. Define Integrative Medicine and articulate its foundational principles.
2. Understand the role of patient-practitioner relationships, lifestyle, environment, and preventative care in the holistic healing process.
3. Identify a range of AYUSH and other complementary therapies and understand how they can be used in conjunction with conventional treatments.
4. Recognize the potential intersections, collaborations, and challenges between AYUSH systems and Modern medicine.
5. Approach medical and healing practices with a more integrative mindset, considering both traditional wisdom and contemporary insights.