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Published Articles

Verhoef MJ, Brundin-Mather R. A national approach to teaching complementary and alternative medicine in Canadian medical schools: The CAM in UME project. Proc West Pharmacol Soc. 2007;50:168-73. PubMed ID: 18605258) Check your institution's library catalogue.

Sierpina VS, Kreitzer MJ, Burke A, Verhoef M, Brundin-Mather R.  Innovations in integrative healthcare education: Undergraduate holistic studies at San Francisco State University and the CAM in Undergraduate Medical Education Project in Canada. Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing. 2007(March);3(2):174-176. (access table of contents) Full text by subscription - check your institution's library catalogue.

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef M.  How are we meeting the need for greater complementary and alternative medicine content in medical schools? A CAM in UME Project update. University of Toronto Med Journal. 2006(May);83(3):188. ((access article)

Mulkins A, O'Beirne M, Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef M. Do Academic and Community Physicians Recognize a Role for CAM in Undergraduate Medical Education? University of Toronto Med Journal. 2006(May);83(3):184-187. ((access article)

Brundin-Mather R, Avinashi A, Verhoef M. A survey of medical students' familiarity and comfort with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): Stakeholders in the development of CAM curriculum for medical schools. University of Toronto Med Journal. 2005;83(1):53-57. (access article)

Verhoef MJ. Should medical students be taught about CAM? (Debate) Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 2005;10:102-103. (access FACT Web site) Full text by subscription - check your institution's library catalogue.

Verhoef MJ, Epstein M, Brundin-Mather R. Towards a model curriculum for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Canadian Undergraduate Medical Education. Newsletter of the Canadian Association for Medical Education 2004; 14:3  (access article)

Verhoef MJ, Epstein M, Brundin-Mather R. Developing a national vision for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in undergraduate medical education: Report on an invitational workshop. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. 2004;1:Article 5 1-18. (access article)

Verhoef MJ, Brundin-Mather R, Jones A, Boon H, Epstein M. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education: Associate Deans' Perspective. (Editorial) Canadian Family Physician. 2004;50:847-849. [English version] (access article)

Les médecines douces et complémentaires en éducation médicale prédoctorale: les points de vue des vice-doyens. Le Médecin de famille canadien Juin 2004;50:853-855. [French version] (access article)

Verhoef, M, Best A, and Boon H. Role of complementary medicine in medical education: opinions of medical educators. Annals Royal College Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. 2002;35(3):166-170.

Published Abstracts

Verhoef M, Brundin-Mather R. A collaborative Candian project to facilitate the integration of complementary and alternative medicine into undergraduate medical education. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 2009; 15(3):S174. Presented at the North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 13, 2009.

Longair T, Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef M. A formative evaluation of the CAM in UME Project: What do our stakeholders say? In Verhoef, Marja J. and Boon, Heather (2008) "Research that Matters: Linking Researchers, Practitioners, Decision-Makers and the Public-Abstracts from the Fifth Annual IN-CAM Research Symposium November 7 to 9, 2008, Toronto, Canada," Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Vol. 5 : Iss. 1, Article 31. (access abstract)

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef MJ. Maturation of the CAM in UME project: implementation and evaluation. “Coming of age-emerging issues and new directions in CAM research - Abstracts from the 4th Annual IN-CAM Symposium November 1st & 2nd, 2007, Vancouver, Canada.” Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 9. (access abstract)

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef MJ. The Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education (CAM in UME) Project: Finding a path in the absence of policy. “Integrating CAM Research and Practice: A Focus on Outcome Measures - Abstracts from the 3rd Annual IN-CAM Symposium November 4th & 5th, 2006, Calgary, Canada.” Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 7. (access abstract)

Brundin-Mather R, Avinashi V, Verhoef MJ. A survey of medical students’ familiarity and comfort with Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Stakeholders in the development of CAM curriculum for medical schools. "CAM Research in Canada: Sharing Successes and Challenges - Abstracts from the 2nd Annual IN-CAM Symposium, November 12&13, 2005, Toronto, Canada," Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 12. (access abstract)

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef MJ, Epstein M. Building CAM Capacity in Medical Students. CAM Health Services and Policy Research in Canada - New Directions: Abstracts from the First Annual IN-CAM Symposium, December 4&5, 2004, Toronto, Canada", Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine: Vol. 2: No. 1, Article 3. (access abstract)

Verhoef M, Brundin-Mather R, Jones A, Boon H. Perspectives of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) associate deans on developing Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) curriculum in Canadian medical schools. Clinical and Investigative Medicine, August 2003; 26(4):212. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons in Canada, Halifax, September 2003.

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef MJ, Epstein M. Development of a CAM curriculum in Canadian undergraduate medical schools. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies 2003;8(4): 487-488. Presented at the 10th Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care, Exeter, UK, November 2003.

Key Reports & Surveys

Summary results of a formative evaluation of the CAM in UME project.  November 2008. (access summary)

Results of the 2006 Survey of complementary and alternative medicine education in Canadian medical schools. (access survey results)

A Guide for the Development, Implementation, and Sustainability of Curriculum about Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education Programs: A synthesis of a national workshop help November 30th and December 1st 2006. Toronto, ON (access guide)

Developing a National Vision for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education: A second national invitational workshop. Held March 11-12, 2005 (Toronto, ON) (access report)

Verhoef JM, Epstein M, Neville A, Boon H. Exploring the rationale for introducing CAM into UME programs: Report of a workshop held at the 2004 Association of Canadian Medical Colleges Annual Meeting:. Held April 26, 2004 in Halifax, NS. (access report)

Developing a National Vision for CAM in UME: Report of an invitational workshop held September 27-28, 2003 (Saskatoon, SK) (access report)
* copy of workshop poster

A comparative profile of CAM education across Canadian medical schools (2003). (highlights) (challenges)

Practicing and referring to complementary and alternative medicine: Canadian policies for physicians (2004). Please contact the Project Chair for further information.

Verhoef MJ, Boon HS, Jones A. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education: Workshop for the Associate Deans UME. 59th Annual Meeting of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges, Calgary, Canada, April 2002. [Health Canada report - English version] (access report)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Undergraduate Medical Education: Program Scan Results and Associate Deans UME Opinions (2002). (Health Canada report) (access report)

Conference Presentations

Verhoef M, Epstein M, Konigsberg E, Kutt A. The Canadian CAM in UME Project: A multi-institutional initiative to support the development of CAM content in UME programs. Panel presentation delivered at the International Congress for Education in Complementary & Integrative Medicine. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, October 24-26, 2012.

Epstein M, Verhoef M, Jonas W. Science, Spirit, and Superstition. Communication strategies pertaining to evidence in educational programming for complementary and integrative medicine. Workshop presented at the International Congress for Education in Complementary & Integrative Medicine. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, October 24-26, 2012.

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef M. The CAM in UME project: reflections on the past, sights to the future. (Poster) Presented at the International Congress for Education in Complementary & Integrative Medicine. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, October 24-26, 2012. (PDF of Poster)

Brundin-Mather R, Verhoef M. The Canadian CAM in UME project: past and future. (Poster) Presented at the International Conference on Complementary Medicine Research. Tromsø, Norway, May 17-19, 2010.

Verhoef M, Brundin-Mather R. CAM in UME: facing challenges, capitalizing opportunities. Presented in Short Communications 10L: What is the place of CAM in the medical curriculum? Educ Med 2009;12(Sup 2):S307. The 2009 International Association of Medical Education Annual Conference. Màlaga, Spain. August 29- Sept 2, 2009.

Verhoef MJ, Neville A, Epstein M, Ware, M, Brundin-Mather R. The CAM in UME project: complementary and alternative medicine in UME. Workshop held at the annual Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) Meeting. Montréal, Québec, May 5, 2008.

Verhoef M. A Canadian approach to teaching complementary medicine in UME. Western Pharmacology and Therapeutics Conference, Banff. March 6, 2007.

Complementary medicine in undergraduate medical education: integrative medicine in an integrative curriculum. 22nd H. Garfield Kelly Visiting Lectureship. Queen's University, October 12, 2006, Kingston, Ontario.

Verhoef M. Panel member: Integrative medicine in undergraduate medical education: an international, interdisciplinary conference for physicians, other health practitioners and the public. Hosted by the Association of Complementary Physicians of BC. May 27-29, 2005, Victoria, BC.

Verhoef MJ, Hurley J. Development and Implementation of a Curriculum on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Undergraduate Medical Education. Workshop delivered at the Family Medicine 2005 Forum; Vancouver, Canada, December 11, 2005.

Verhoef MJ, Brundin-Mather R, Avinashi A. A survey of medical students' familiarity and comfort with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): Stakeholders in the development of CAM curriculum for medical schools. Poster presented at the 3rd annual research symposium of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education and Research Network of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 14, 2005.

Verhoef MJ, Neville A, Epstein M, Brundin-Mather R. Developing a curriculum on complementary and alternative medicine in Canadian undergraduate medical education programs. (Poster) Annual meeting of the Association of Faculties of Medicine in Canada. April 20-May 4, 2005, Saskatoon, Canada.

Verhoef MJ, Epstein M, Brundin-Mather R, Boon H. Natural health products in undergraduate medical education: a workshop report. First Natural Health Product Conference, Montréal, Canada, February 20-22, 2004.

Verhoef MJ, Epstein M, Boivin M, Brundin-Mather R. Developing a national vision for complementary medicine in undergraduate medical education: a workshop report. (Poster). Annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges, Halifax, Canada, April 2004.

Verhoef MJ, Brundin-Mather R, Jones A, Boon H. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in undergraduate medical education (UME): Perspectives of associate deans in Canadian medical schools. Family Medicine 2003 Forum; Calgary, Canada, October 23-25, 2003.

Verhoef MJ, Best A, Boon H. Integration of CAM in Undergraduate Medical Education: Opinions of Medical Educators. Art & Science of Healing II: Integration of Conventional & Complementary Medicine, Vancouver, 2001.

CAM Competencies

Project Meetings

National Workshop

November 30–December 1, 2006 (Toronto) (access report)
March 11–12, 2006 (Toronto) (access report)
September 27–28, 2003 (Saskatoon) (access report)

In-Person Meetings

Please contact the Project Manager if you require a copy of the minutes of any meeting or teleconference.

Project Updates

Manuals and Forms

• Manual: How to write a CAMpod: CAMpods for Practices and Products [access manual]
• Manual: How to write a CAMpod: CAMpods for Clinical Practices and Conditions [forthcoming]
• CAMpod template for authors [access template]