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Naturopathic Medical Education Comparative Curricula

Comparing Curricula Naturopathic Med Schools With Conventional Med Schools

Key:

NCNM = National College of Naturopathic Medicine
BASTYR = Bastyr University (Naturopathic Medicine)
SWC = Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
JH = Johns Hopkins
YL = Yale
ST = Stanford

Source:

Curriculum Directory of the Association of American Medical Colleges

NCNM	BASTYR	SWC	JH	YL	ST
Basic and Clinical Sciences: Anatomy, Cell biology, Physiology, Histology, Pathology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Lab diagnosis, Neurosciences, Clinical physical diagnosis, Genetics, Pharmacognosy, Bio- statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, History and philosophy, Ethics, and other coursework.
1548	1639	1419	1771	1420	1383
Clerkships and Allopathic Therapeutics: including lecture and clinical instruction in Dermatology, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Medicine, Radiology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Neurology, Surgery, Opthamology, and clinical electives.
2244	1925	1920	3391	2891(+thesis)	3897
Naturopathic Therapeutics: Including Botanical medicine, Homeopathy, Oriental medicine, Hydrotherapy, Naturopathic manipulative therapy, Ayurvedic medicine, Naturopathic Case Analysis/Management, Naturopathic Philosophy, Advanced Naturopathic Therapeutics.
588	633	900	0	0	0
Therapeutic Nutrition
144	132	130	0	0	0
Counseling
144	143	100	included under psychiatry (see above)	included under psychiatry (see above)	included under psychiatry (see above)
TOTALS
4668	4472	4469	5162	4311(+thesis)	5280

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