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Naturopathic Medical Education
Comparative Curricula

Comparing the Curricula of
Naturopathic Medical Schools
with
Conventional Medical Schools

Source:

Curriculum Directory of the Association of American Medical Colleges

National College of Naturopathic Medicine

Bastyr University (Naturopathic Medicine)

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine

Johns Hopkins

Yale

Stanford

Basic and Clinical Sciences: 
Anatomy, Cell biology, Physiology, Histology, Pathology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Lab diagnosis, Neurosciences, Clinical physical diagnosis, Genetics, Pharmacognosy, Bio- statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, History and philosophy, Ethics, and other coursework.

1548

1639

1419

1771

1420

1383

Clerkships and Allopathic Therapeutics:
including lecture and clinical instruction in Dermatology, Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Medicine, Radiology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Neurology, Surgery, Opthamology, and clinical electives.

2244

1925

1920

3391

2891(+thesis)

3897

Naturopathic Therapeutics:
Including Botanical medicine, Homeopathy, Oriental medicine, Hydrotherapy, Naturopathic manipulative therapy, Ayurvedic medicine, Naturopathic Case Analysis/Management, Naturopathic Philosophy, Advanced Naturopathic Therapeutics.

588

633

900

0

0

0

Therapeutic Nutrition

144

132

130

0

0

0

Counseling

144

143

100

included under psychiatry
(see above)
included under psychiatry
(see above)
included under psychiatry
(see above)

TOTALS

4668

4472

4469

5162

4311(+thesis)

5280