This document outlines a 3-week course on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Week 1 introduces CAM basics through a quiz, defining complementary vs alternative medicine, the history of CAM, and benefits of CAM. Week 2 covers the most common types of CAM through an assignment, statistics, comparisons to modern medicine, and selecting CAM professionals. Week 3 evaluates CAM success with a quiz, an in-depth look at CAM systems, discussions on the lack of evidence for some CAM, a project review, and a final survey.

1. HW400 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
General Course Outline Handout
 Week 1:
CAM basics
o Introductory quiz
o Complementary versus alternative
o History of CAM
o Benefits of CAM
 Week 2:
Types of CAM
o Describe the unique assignment
o 10 most common forms of CAM
o Statistics on CAM health approaches
o CAM versus modern medicine
o How to select a CAM health professional
 Week 3:
CAM success and summarization
o Comprehensive quiz
o CAM medical systems in depth
o Lacking CAM evidence
o Discuss last week’s project
o Thoughts/questions about CAM
o End of class survey