David J. Schleich, PhD Education What’s It Really Like Out There? As every naturopathic physician knows, natural medicine is also known these days as “holistic” or “integrative” or “functional.” Some estimates put the aggregate population of active...
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Book Review: What’s Making Our Children Sick?
Joy Nauman, MEd Education Medical Resources for NDs A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry What’s Making Our Children Sick? Despite an increase in public health awareness and improved access to health care, parents and clinicians have noticed a...
Message from the President: National University of Natural Medicine
David J. Schleich, PhD Education Now into its seventh decade, National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) has been building its brand, building professions, building natural medicine healthcare, building natural medicine research, and building a permanent campus...
Soul Mates: Naturopathic Medicine & Spirituality
David J. Schleich, PhD Education We are spiritual beings having a physical experience. (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin) Seasoned naturopathic doctors know that the spiritual history of a patient in a medical intake, while...
Keto for Cancer: Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as Targeted Nutritional Strategy
Greg Eckel, ND, LAc Education Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry Miriam Kalamian’s book Keto for Cancer comes with high recommendations from both Thomas Seyfried, PhD (author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease) and...
Questions in the Queue: What our Deans Might Not Know Yet
David J. Schleich, PhD Education At a recent educational leadership conference in New York, one keynoter among 3 that weekend said, "Our faculty and their deans often don't know what they don't know, and that is a really big problem in our time." Robust applause...
The Poets & the Generals: What They Knew About Professional Formation
David J. Schleich, PhD Education When Napoleon and the Emperor of Russia met on horseback after a great battle just north of Moscow, the Emperor offered him a popular but bitter-tasting Russian ale as a gesture of good will during the temporary truce. In a matter of...
Book Review – Vital Lifestyle: Your Self-Healing Handbook
Node Smith, ND Education Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry It’s an honor and a privilege to be reviewing Vital Lifestyle: Your Self-Healing Handbook, by Benjamin Alter, ND, and his partner, Susanna McMillan. Dr...
Rethinking Curriculum Toward an Integrated Program in Naturopathic Medical Education
David Chandross, BSc, MSc, MEd, PhD Fraser Smith, MATD, ND Education Naturopathic medical education has indeed come a long way in the last 50 years, from a single school in the Pacific Northwest in the 1960s to a network of high-quality accredited institutions and...
The Provenance & the Hinterland: Naturopathic Medicine as a Brand
David J. Schleich, PhD Education Every summer we convene a focus group to talk about what’s next. The group is volunteer, anonymous and eclectic, comprised of current students, recent grads, and alumni/ae. We meet on a weekend morning. They are enthusiastic,...