Saturday 10 August 2013

SCI 201 Week 1 DQ 1




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What are the current trends in the use of CAM in the United States? Is CAM increasing or decreasing in popularity?
Why are consumers increasingly interested in nonallopathic medicine and various CAM modalities?


SCI 201 Week 1 DQ 2




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In the majority of Alternative Medical Systems, what are the concepts, views of health/illness, and diagnostic and the relationship of therapeutic methods ?


SCI 201 Week 1 Individual Assignment CAM Therapeutic Modalities Paper



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·         Resource: NCCAM website located athttp://nccam.nih.gov/
·         Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes an overview of CAM and its categories of treatments. The following areas should be addressed:
·         Define the terms alternative medicine, complementary medicine, and integrative medicine and clarify how these terms differ.
·         Describe how conventional medicine plays a role in these three terms.
·         Review the philosophy of CAM and how it relates to or is different from conventional Western medicine.
·         Describe the five domains of therapies according the NCCAM website.
·         Research and describe one CAM treatment modality within one of the five NCCAM domains and give an example of how such a therapy could be used as an alternative therapy, a complementary therapy, and an integrative therapy for a specific medical condition. Explain how each example meets the definition of alternative, complementary, or integrative therapy and support the rationale for each of your selections.


SCI 201 Week 1 Learning Team Assignment Alternative Medical Systems Chart




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Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Alternative Medical Systems Chart
Complete the Alternative Medical Systems Chart.
Describe or define each system, delineate the key principles underlying the system, list several treatment types included in the system, and briefly describe how this system differs from conventional Western medicine.


SCI 201 Week 2 DQ 1




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For this discussion, I want you to go to the course material forum. Open the document labeled Therapies.  I want you to look at the list and find two that sounds interesting. Open the list and practice your chosen therapy.

After practicing your chosen therapies, return to this thread and 1.) identify your chosen therapy, 2.) describe your experience, 3.) share your thoughts on what you think about using the therapy, 4.) then make comments to at least two other student's postings.


SCI 201 Week 2 DQ 2




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Locate and share a website reflecting our readings or topics. Discuss the reliability and validity of the site and why you chose it.


SCI 201 Week 2 Individual Assignment Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM Resources Presentation




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·         Create a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on a methodology you create for assessing credibility and reliability of sources of CAM information. Include detailed speaker notes and reference citations.
·         Devise 3 to 5 objective criteria to judge the credibility and reliability of a source of information on CAM, such as a book, newspaper article, or speaker. Research websites on a CAM therapeutic modality.
·         Review one of the websites and determine how reliable the site is for CAM information, using your 3 to 5 criteria.
·         Describe how a consumer’s attitudes and beliefs about CAM could hinder objective assessments of reliability and credibility in CAM.
·         Demonstrate, in detail, how you reached your conclusion about the website. Consider using a grading scale or grid for this exercise.
·         Discuss what steps the website could take to increase its credibility.
·         Present the Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM Resources Presentation.
·         For Local Campus students, these may be (at the discretion of the faculty) oral presentations accompanied by PowerPoint® presentations.
·         For Online and Directed Study students, these are PowerPoint® presentations with notes.