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Health Care For All Scholars Program
June 28, 2019
Premedical Scholars Program
June 28, 2019

Integrative Medicine Scholars Program

 

Nawaf Alwagdani

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Nawaf Alwagdani is a medical student at Taif University, Saudi Arabia. He is currently a senior medical student and anticipated to graduate in 2021. Nawaf has always been interested in clinical research and this year he was awarded as the Second place at the Students’ Scientific Conference for Scientific Researches at Taif University. Currently, he is a part of the Peer Teaching initiative at Taif University. In terms of volunteer, He has been involving with the Saudi Red Crescent Authority activities. As many people have started to practice and become aware of the integrative medicine modalities in Saudi Arabia, Nawaf had decided to explore and learn more about these modalities where he saw that IMSP is a great opportunity for him. He has completed IMSP successfully and described that it was a fabulous learning experience that made him realize new dimensions; therefore, he decided to continue the journey as of 2020-2021 Integrative Medicine Scholar Program Co-Director for AMSA. In his spare time, he likes reading, playing video games, and exploring other cultures.
 

Khusbu Khadka

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Khusbu Khadka is currently a 4th year medical student at Caribbean Medical University. She completed the AMSA Integrative Medicine scholars program in 2019-2020. As part of her IMSP Project, she presented her literature review on the correlation between mindfulness meditation and stress. Attending this course grounded her understanding of what integrative medicine is and how it can be incorporated with conventional medicine. She is excited to lead the course this year. Khusbu is also actively volunteering with the Medical Reserve Corps to enable the response to COVID-19. In her free time, she enjoys high intensity workouts, yoga, traveling, and trying new recipes.
 

Natasha Massoudi

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Natasha Massoudi is a fourth-year medical student at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. She received a MPH from Tufts University School of Medicine Public Health and Professional Degree Programs and worked in public health for five years before pursuing medicine. Natasha completed the AMSA Integrative Medicine Scholars Program in May 2017. She remains passionate about integrative medicine, vulnerable populations and narrative medicine. She enjoys exercise, yoga, baking and exploring nature!
 
 
 
 
Registration for the 2020-2021 program is now closed.
 
 

Program Overview

Integrative Medicine (IM) is a practice approach to healing that is utilized in place of or in conjunction with traditional allopathic medical practices. IM aims to treat the patient as a whole, incorporating the mind, body, and spirit while emphasizing the relationship between the practitioner and the patient. As a scholar in AMSA’s Integrative Medicine Scholars Program, you will learn about integrative medicine from experts and participate in discussions with those experts and amongst your peers. You will be encouraged to facilitate personal use of self-care techniques based on what you are learning in this program.

Practitioners use evidence-based and peer-reviewed research to incorporate good integrative or alternative medicine in their practice. You will receive an introductory overview of clinical research, learn how to analyze research, and learn to determine how to make good evidence-based decisions from research regarding integrative care. This will provide you with a foundation of essential research skills for your medical career.

Start Date: September 10, 2020
End Date: April 1, 2021
Meeting Date: 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET, twice a month on Thursdays

Registration

Registration TypeRate
AMSA Members$FREE
Nonmembers$50

Why will I LOVE this Program?

You will gain a skill set that will allow you to care for your patients and yourself in a more holistic way. As awareness of the various complementary and alternative treatments is rising, medical practitioners must increase their knowledge of these integrative modalities. As an IMSP Scholar, you will be introduced to a wide array of integrative tools that are readily available to incorporate into your self-care practice (e.g. acupuncture, yoga, nutritional interventions, etc). Together we will gain knowledge of various integrative modalities that focus on the patient as a whole, as well as integrating self-care.

 

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