CAM Professional and Research Resources

Practitioners:
Medical professionals may find it useful to use the Patient Resources in their waiting rooms and clinics. Please feel free to download, print, link to, and use these resources verbatim.


Research and Training Resources for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine and Member Sites
Directory of Databases and CAM on PubMed
Evidence-Based Research
Education and Training Programs
Government Funding Agencies
Legal and Regulatory Issues
Professional Associations and Journals
Research Centers and Collaborations

See also, the following sections of information:
Internet Resources Grid - for further categorized resources on health topics and modalities.
General CAM Resources - for a wide range of references resources, including Legal, Policy and Regulatory Information and


Evidence-Based Research

Bandolier - Evidence-based Thinking About Health Care
Cochrane Collaboration
- Searchable Listing of Reviews
University of Maryland - Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Medicine Field


Government Funding Agencies

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
OCCAM also provide a Cancer CAM Research Funding Directory of non-governmental agencies
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

See also the Directory of Databases for information on funded research and clinical trials registries.


Professional Associations and Journals
Medbioworld has compiled listings of medical journals and associations for every field of health and medicine. Link below for their complementary and alternative medicine listings:

CAM Journals
CAM Associations


Research Centers and Collaborations

Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine and Member Medical Centers
NCCAM's CAM Research Centers Program
NCCAM Extramural Research Program


 
Page Updated June, 2007

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