Complementary medicine/CMT101/Overview

Complementary medicine is one micro-course (short course) from a suite of Micro Courses developed by the University of Tasmania. These micro-courses are 1/3 of an award course (full course) that a typical student would enrol in at the University of Tasmania. These courses have been designed to allow learners to engage and sample learning from a higher education institution before deciding on their next step. Remembering all learning on OERu is free and assessments are always optional.

Course Description
Welcome to Complementary medicine!

Complementary medicines have been steadily gaining in popularity over the last 40 years. A couple of generations ago, acupuncture had hardly been heard of in the West, and herbal medicine and dietary supplements were unusual. However today more than two-thirds of Australians either use complementary medicines or visit complementary medicine practitioners. And this is not unusual - the same phenomena is occurring in many countries around the world.

In this course we will look in some detail at the people who use complementary medicines - why do they use them?

what is the evidence behind their use, what counts as evidence? What are the debates that have emerged from their increasing popularity - challenges and opportunities that - ethical issues, regulation,

Here's a short video from Sue that gives you an introduction to why we have developed this unit, and what you will learn here.