Grad School Search Into Naturopathic Medicine

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These are naturopathic schools. As of now, none of these will work for me. I am not looking at naturopathy any longer.

These schools can also be found here: http://www.cnme.org/links.html

School Location Accreditation
Bastyr University Seattle, Washington
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, since April 1987
  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, since 1989 (baccalaureate, masters and doctorate programs)
  • Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine New Westminster, British Columbia
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, candidate since December 2003
Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine Toronto, Ontario
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, since September 2000
National College of Natural Medicine Portland, Oregon
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, since September 2000
  • Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, since 2004 (masters and doctorate programs)
  • Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
National University of Health Sciences Lombard, Illinois
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, candidate since March 2008
Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine Tempe, Arizona
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, since 1999
  • North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, since 2004
University of Bridgeport - College of Naturopathic Medicine Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Council on Naturopathic Medical Education, since March 2006
  • New England Association of Schools and Colleges, since 1951

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3 Responses to “Grad School Search Into Naturopathic Medicine”

  1. 1
    Simple Meditation Says:
    November 12th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Excellent content here. Glad I discovered and will return. Keep up the great work!

  2. Ethan Z.
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    Ethan Z. Says:
    November 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am

    If I go into Naturopathic medicine to become an ND I will have to attend one of 6 or 7 schools in North America, on full time/day basis, cost ranges from $17k to $21k / yr, for 4 years.

    These 3 schools are the most appealing to me:
    Canadian College for Naturopathic Medicine: http://www.ccnm.edu/
    Bastyr: http://www.bastyr.edu/
    Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine: http://www.binm.org/

    Obstacles I see include , the cost, full time attendance, definite need for relocation, and finally the lack of wide-scale acceptance of NDs nationwide.. Yet, I have to examine what obstacles are real and which are ones I’m creating.

    I noticed the most common interventions that are used by Naturopaths were:
    - Acupuncture and oriental medicine,
    - Botanical medicine,
    - Homeopathy,
    - Nutrition,
    - Physical medicine,
    - Nature cure (therapies based upon exposure to natural elements such as sunshine and fresh air),
    - Psychological counseling (meditation, relaxation, stress management).

    If you’ve been reading this blog, or if you know me personally you may notice that some of these interventions are things I am personally very interested in while others I may want to know about but not necessarily chose to clinically or personally practice.

    I also have to bring up the psychological counseling part, while taught to naturopaths they are not licensed psychologists or licensed counselors. I could study psychology and specialize in something like humanistic/transpersonal perspectives and mind-body therapies or in Health Psychology. Then, I could ad my special touch to my experience by studying alternative and complementary practices to complement my future clinical practice (One of these would have to be hypnosis). This option seems more appealing at the moment than attending a rigid naturopathy ND 4 yr course; especially due to my life-long interest in the mind, human behavior, reasoning, breaking down cultural norms, power of mind over the body, positive thinking and its effects, and philosophy. Furthermore, I can maintain my current day job as I study psychology part time thus not accumulating a stressful load of student loans.

    This is just my current though process, I have more research to do.

  3. Ethan Z.
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    Ethan Z. Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 am

    I talked with a local naturopath. If you are looking at studying naturopathic medicine you outta at least talk to a naturopath. I also suggest you visit one and even get a physical in order to see how it’s like in practice.

    In states where NDs are not licensed ND doctors may have a slightly bad rep due to lack of regulation, oversight and that some shady individuals may pretend to be NDs without the education.. in Minnesota ND are not currently licensed but will soon be.

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