Click the play button (found below each slide) to listen to the audio clip for each slide in turn. At the bottom of the page, you can click to repeat any of the previous sections.
The Right Order of Things
Learn how to restore function IN THE RIGHT ORDER
Doing the right thing in the wrong order can have adverse effects (underwear over trousers, socks over shoes?)
Navigate from the outer layers to inner layers of imbalance and dysfunction
Hyman, MA., 2009. The right order of things: peeling the onion of chronic disease. Alternative Therapies, 15(2), pp.18-20
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FM Knowledge and Skills Audit
Optional Activity (30 minutes)
Complete the attached Skills Audit questionnaire to consider your current level of FM knowledge and skills
Identify any development issues that you would like to add to your PDP
Identify actions to address these development issues during this module
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Functional Medicine and the Healthcare System
Important Additional Benefits
Functional Medicine creates a level playing field among practitioners
The Functional Medicine model makes readily apparent that there is a need for many different approaches to helping people become and stay well
Functional Medicine helps to create and disseminate a shared set of concepts and a common language
Ultimately, Functional Medicine can contribute greatly to our ability to create an integrated healthcare system
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Video Conference Preparation Goal Setting and Evaluation of Current Practice
Mandatory Activity (30 minutes)
How am I using the FM approach/FM principles?
How am I currently using EIP in my work with patients?
How do I see my role as an advanced scholar practitioner in influencing approaches to healthcare for the future?
How can I use this module to develop my role and my current practice with regard to EIP and/or FM and/or advanced scholarly practice? (See also results of your Skills Audit)
Bring your thoughts to the video conference for discussion
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Additional Resources
Jones, D., Hofman, L. and Quinn, S., 2009. 21st Century Medicine: A New Model for Medical Education and Practice. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine. PDF available here
Sult, T.A., 2013. Just Be Well: A Book for Seekers of Vibrant Health. Highland Park (Illinois): Writers of the Round Table Press
www.functionalforum.com - "the world's largest integrative medicine conference. On the first Monday of every month, this new concept in practitioner education, 'medutainment', brings together the latest health news, functional medicine research, practice development and health technology in an upbeat, entertaining way"
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