Naturopathic Medical Education Comparative Curricula

Comparing Curricula of Naturopathic Medical Schools,

Conventional Medical Schools, and Non-accredited “N.D.” Programs

National College of Naturopathic Medicine	Bastyr University- Naturopathic Medicine	Yale University	Johns Hopkins	Medical College of Wisconsin	Trinity College of Natural Health	Clayton College of Natural Health
Federally & Regionally Accredited Naturopathic Medical School	Federally & Regionally Accredited Naturopathic Medical School	Federally & Regionally Accredited Conventional Medical School	Federally & Regionally Accredited Conventional Medical School	Federally & Regionally Accredited Conventional Medical School	Non-accredited Naturopathic Training Distance-learning Self-paced	Non-accredited Naturopathic Training Distance-learning Self-paced
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	1420	1771	1363	272	100
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	2891(+thesis)	3391	2311	0	0
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	0	0	0	336	300
Therapeutic Nutrition
144	132	0	0	0	176	50
Counseling
144	143	Included in psychiatry (see above)	Included in psychiatry (see above)	Included in psychiatry (see above)	0	25
TOTAL HOURS OF TRAINING
4668	4472	4311+thesis	5162	3674	784+dissertation	475+dissertation

Sources:

Curriculum Directory of the Association of American Medical Colleges

www.trinityschool.org/nd.php