Johnson State College External Degree Program WAM-2060-JYA01 Naturopathic Medicine Syllabus Spring 2017 (1 credit) Instructor: Jeneve Girard-diCarlo Jeneve.Girard-diCarlo@ccv.edu Dates: Accelerated Online Section (7 weeks) January 16 to March 5 Location: Online using Moodle (http://myjsc.jsc.edu) ADA Statement: Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact JSC s Learning Specialist in Academic Services, as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations, if needed, are implemented in a timely fashion. Please call 802-635-1264 or email Kevin.Fleck@jsc.edu. Academic Honesty: (from JSC Catalog) Students are expected to conform to the highest standards of academic honesty in all of their academic work at Johnson State College. Academic dishonesty in any form is prohibited and unacceptable. Acts of dishonesty for which a student may be disciplined include, but are not limited to, receiving or providing unauthorized assistance on an examination and plagiarizing the work of others in writing assignments. The American Heritage Dictionary defines plagiarism in the following way: To steal or use (the ideas or writings of another) as one s own. Students are responsible for knowing what specific acts constitute plagiarism; if students are uncertain as to whether a particular act constitutes plagiarism, they should consult with their instructors before turning in assigned work. Texts: Texts are available through the JSC bookstore. Call 802-635-2503 or go to www.jsc.bkstr.com. A History of Naturopathic Healing in America by Susan E. Cayleff - ISBN 978-1421419039 Course Description: Naturopathic medicine is primary care with an emphasis on prevention and natural therapies using a combination of homeopathy, nutrition, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda and Botanical. Naturopathic doctors are trained in 4-5 year medical schools to diagnose and treat most common health conditions using the most natural, safe and gentle therapies that
work given the situation. Naturopathic doctors have recently been given legal status to practice medicine comparable to Allopathic medical physicians in the state of Vermont. A Naturopathic doctor can now be a patient s primary care physician who can prescribe pharmaceutical drugs, some surgical procedures and natural medical options for the treatment of disease. Naturopathic doctor medical services are now also covered by insurance. This course will cover the historical context, scientific background, and training, scope of practice, regulation, appropriate use and therapies utilized in naturopathic medicine. Technology: Many assignments include streaming audio or video links on Moodle. This might be problematic if you do not have access to a reliable high speed connection at least once a week. If you live near an EDP center, you can use their computers Discussions: We will have a discussion for each of the topics. Discussions constitute a major component of the course. Please read the section on participation in discussions under course information to see how the discussions will be organized and how your contribution will be graded. The discussions depend on your participating within the assigned timeframe. Instructor Contact: When questions or concerns come up throughout the semester, please post them to the Ask Jeneve forum or contact me via email at Jeneve.Girard-diCarlo@ccv.edu. Questions sent to this email or posted to the Ask Jeneve forum will be answered within 24 hours. Grading Criteria: 60% Participation (in Journal and Discussion Forums) 30% Final Reflection Essay 10% Professionalism Weekly Topics: Dates Assignments Readings/Videos January 16 th - January 23 rd Introduction and Chapter 1 Post due January 19 th by Response Post due January 21 st by Journal entry due January 23 rd by January 24 th to January 30 th Post due January 26 th by Chapters 2 and 3
January 31 st to February 6th February 7 th to February 13 th February 14 th to February 20th February 21 st to February 27 th February 28 th to March 5 th January 28 th by Journal entry due January 30 th by Post due February 2 nd by February 4 th at 6 th by Post due February 9 th by February 11 th by 13 th by Post due February 16 th by February 18 th by 20 th by Post due February 23 rd by February 25 th by 27 th by Final Discussion Post Due March 2 nd by March 4 th by Final Reflection Essay Due March 5 th by Chapters 4 and 5 Chapters 6, 7 and 8 TedTalk: The Danger of Science Denial Chapters 9 and 10 TedTalk: Healing through diet Chapter 11 TedTalk: Dare to Disagree *The above schedule is subject to change
Grading Criteria: A+ 98 and above A 94-97 A-90-93 B+ 86-89 B 82-85 B-78-81 C+ 74-77 C 70-73 C-66-69 D+ 62-65 D 58-61 D- 54-57 F below 54