The authors present a set of curriculum guidelines in integrative medicine for medical schools developed during 2002 and 2003 by the Education Working Group of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) and endorsed by the CAHCIM Steering Committee in May 2003. CAHCIM is a consortium of 23 academic health centers working together to help transform health care th...

transactional analysis (ta) is a theory of personality that can be applied in virtually all fields of psychology: educational, counseling, organizational and psychotherapy. the atmosphere that supports transactional analysis is one of comfort, security and respect. a positive relationship is forged between the clinician and the client in order to provide a model for subsequent relationships tha...

Background: It is essential to keep the reproductive organs and surrounding areas hygienic during menstruation to prevent health issues. Inadequate menstrual self-care knowledge, poor attitudes, and behavior among female adolescents can lead to increased morbidity and other complications among them, such as reproductive tract infections. Aim: This study a...

Abstract:Objective: To examine evidence in the literature on educational strategies for liver transplant candidates and recipients. Methods: This is an integrative review. The search was conducted following databases: National Library of Medicine Institutes Health (PubMed), Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied Literature (CINAHL), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILA...

The paper deals with the limits of cross-ethnic social solidarity in the post-communist era. Combating social exclusion in schools, and especially among ethnic minorities, is one of the major themes of East Central European welfare and education policies. The inquiry presents the main points of Hungarian public debate around integrative education, in which the Roma population plays an absolutel...

Integrative curriculum design promises much for middle level teachers who wish to develop classroom programmes that will encourage early adolescents to actively engage in their learning (Beane 1990, 1997). Beane’s model is highly responsive to the educational and developmental needs of young people. In contrast, multidisciplinary curriculum design (Jacobs 1989) may result in significant but lar...

In corporate environments, there is a growing interest in deploying more effective solutions in supporting competence development, namely to address the identified need of developing soft-skills (eg: negotiation, leadership) and complex competences (eg: sense-making and cross-cultural communication). The “learning by doing” has gained prominence, in particular when considering the use of seriou...

Meaning Therapy, also known as meaningcentered counseling and therapy, is an integrative, positive existential approach to counseling and psychotherapy. Originated from logotherapy, Meaning Therapy employs personal meaning as its central organizing construct and assimilates various schools of psychotherapy to achieve its therapeutic goal. Meaning Therapy focuses on the positive psychology of ma...