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SCI/201- Survey of Alternative Medicine - WEEK 1 CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper Word Count: 1,608 words! Resource: NCCAM website Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. Include the following: Compare and contrast conventional current regulations and oversights that exist in the United States with that of non-conventional medicine. Define the terms alternative, complementary, and integrative in relation to medicine and clarify how these terms are different. Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms. Examine the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine. Describe how NCCAM classifies Complementary Health Approaches. Select one CAM treatment therapy (modality) from among the complementary health approaches and describe it. Using one medical condition, describe how your chosen therapy can be used as an alternative, a complementary, or an integrative therapy for that specific medical condition. Include the results of scientific studies that show a clinical benefit from the example selected, if available. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Use at least two references besides NCCAM and your textbook. Healing Systems Chart Word Count: 968 Words! Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Healing Systems Chart. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Supporting Material: Healing Systems Chart


SCI/201 Survey of Alternative Medicine - WEEK 2 Common Herb Chart Word Count: 1,422 Words! Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Common Herb Chart. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Supporting Material: Common Herb Chart Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM Resources Presentation Includes 19 Slides with Animation and FULL Speaker Notes! Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on a methodology you create for assessing credibility and reliability of an Internet source of CAM information. Include detailed speaker notes and reference citations. Describe how a consumer's attitudes and beliefs about CAM could hinder objective assessments of reliability and credibility in CAM. Create five objective criteria to judge the credibility and reliability of a source of information on CAM. Select a CAM therapy or modality, and research the Internet for websites on this therapy or modality. Be sure to not use the same therapy you used for the CAM paper. Then, perform the following: • Describe the therapy. • Examine the type of training or education that is required. • Discuss whether a license or certification is required to practice this therapy. • Identify the overseeing or regulating organization for this therapy. Using your criteria, review one of the websites and determine how reliable the site is for CAM information. Explain how you reached your conclusion about the website. Consider using a grading scale or grid for this exercise. Describe steps the website could take to increase its credibility. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.