TWIN CITIES – The University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing is offering for the first time a course on Traditional Tibetan Medicine: Ethics, Spirituality, and Healing. The two-credit course (CSpH 5315) will be taught by Miriam Cameron, Ph.D., M.S., M.A., R.N., and a host of traditional healers.
This introductory course explores ethics, spirituality, and healing from the perspective of traditional Tibetan medicine. Traditional Tibetan doctors believe that illness results from imbalance and that treating illness requires correcting the underlying imbalance. Students will learn how to apply these principles personally, integrate them into clinical practice, and consult with a traditional Tibetan doctor.
Established in 1995 at the University of Minnesota, the Center for Spirituality and Healing is a nationally recognized leader in integrative medicine, bringing together biomedical, complementary, cross-cultural and spiritual care.
With an eye toward a new model of health care in the 21st century, the Center provides interdisciplinary education, clinical care and outreach, and integrates evidence-based research to renew, enhance – and transform health care practice, health sciences education, and clinical care.
A part of the Academic Health Center, the Center draws on the rich expertise of faculty and community practitioners to advance our understanding of diverse cultures, beliefs and health practices, and builds on the University’s strengths of innovation and clinical excellence.
Miriam E. Cameron holds a master of science in nursing (1986), doctor of philosophy in nursing/bioethics (1991), and a master of arts in philosophy/bioethics (1994) from the University of Minnesota. She has published journal articles and columns and books, including “Karma and Happiness: A Tibetan Odyssey in Ethics, Spirituality, and Healing” (Fairview Press in partnership with the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing, 2001).
She traveled to Tibet before writing the book to experience Tibetan medicine as it is practiced in its native culture.
