Research Article

Changing Academic Medicine: Strategies Used by Academic Leaders of Integrative Medicine—A Qualitative Study

Table 1

Centers and programs that were represented by the interview partners.

CenterEstablishedResearchTeachingOutpatient
clinic
Inpatient
clinic

USA

Center for Integrative Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine1991yesUndergraduate
Postgraduate
yesConsulting service
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, USFC, San Francisco1997yesUndergraduate
Postgraduate
yesno
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at NIH1998yesPostgraduatenono
Harvard Medical School
Osher Research Center,
The Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies
2000yesPostgraduateyesno
Education Program in CAM and Integrative Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.2001yesGraduate
Postgraduate
nono
The Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry for New Jersey2002yesGraduate
Postgraduate
nono

UK

Complementary and Integrated Medicine Research Unit, University of Southampton1995yesGraduate
Postgraduate
nono

Germany

Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University
Medical Center Berlin*
1998yesUndergraduate
Postgraduate
yesyes
Chair for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany,
Knappschafts-Krankenhaus Essen-Mitte
1999yesUndergraduate
Postgraduate
yesyes

*Inpatient clinic Immanuel Hospital since 2001 (1989–2001 Moabit Hospital).