What is Integrative Medicine?
Integrative Medicine provides an innovative approach to medicine by integrating western medical modality and complementary/alternative medicine modality through scientific methods and empirical research. Integrative Medicine is also a new medical paradigm that focuses on HEALTH PROMOTION and ILLNESS PREVENTION by holistic approaches that encompass diet, exercise and life-style change that integrate both eastern healing philosophies and scientific methodologies.
What do we do?
At SIM, we understand that medicine is both an art and science. Students take initiative to learn and apply integrative medicine to enhance the health of our community in a wide range of activities. Our community service committee host regular stress reduction and health promotion workshops at local underserved communities, such a through homeless shelters and non-profit health organizations. Our research committee collaborates with faculty members of UCI Main Campus, UCI Medical School, and UCI Medical Center to conduct community based research to better understand the medical need of the community in terms of integrative medicine, health promotion, and holistic health. Our education committee hosts annual integrative medicine lecture series.
What do we do?
At SIM, we understand that medicine is both an art and science. Students take initiative to learn and apply integrative medicine to enhance the health of our community in a wide range of activities. Our community service committee host regular stress reduction and health promotion workshops at local underserved communities, such a through homeless shelters and non-profit health organizations. Our research committee collaborates with faculty members of UCI Main Campus, UCI Medical School, and UCI Medical Center to conduct community based research to better understand the medical need of the community in terms of integrative medicine, health promotion, and holistic health. Our education committee hosts annual integrative medicine lecture series.
Our Mission
Students For Integrative Medicine (SIM) is a medical/pre-medical student interest group at University of California Irvine. Our members encompass but are not limited to undergraduates, graduate, and medical students of UC Irvine. We are affiliated with UC Irvine School of Medicine as well as Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine at UC Irvine department of Medicine. Our goal is to educate both the public and students about integrative medicine, its role in healthcare and to further the collaborative efforts of medical innovations by integrating different modalities from nutritional science, complementary medicine, mind-body medicine, neuroscience and etc. We progress towards our goal through promoting early interest in integrative medicine, as well as establishing coalition between undergraduates, medical students and faculty members interested in integrative medicine.
Learn more: KUCI radio show interview with SIM executive board members
Learn more: KUCI radio show interview with SIM executive board members
