About the Modules

About the Free Online Modules for Health Professionals

The Healthcare Professional Series offers healthcare professionals and students an introduction to the field of integrative therapies and healing practices. They take from 1 to 3.5 hours to complete, but are organized into short sections that you can do whenever convenient. You can earn continuing nursing education credit if you pass the quizzes in each module.

The learning objectives for the modules support the following competencies: ACGME for Medical education, AACN for Nursing education, and AACP for Pharmacy education.

All the modules feature:

• Content written by subject matter experts and reviewed by a faculty team from the schools of Nursing, Pharmacy, and Medicine at the University of Minnesota
• An aesthetic, easy-to-navigate interface
• Questions, games, simulations, audio and video clips
• Links to additional online resources and reference lists

Be sure to also check out the Taking Charge of Your Health website, which offers useful information for the general public:

• Create a Healthy Lifestyle helps you assess and improve your behaviors around diet, exercise, relationships, stress, and other aspects of health.
• Navigate the Healthcare System offers tips on becoming proactive in making wise healthcare decisions.
• Explore Healing Practices offers consumer-friendly information on integrative therapies, including many not found in the Healthcare Professional Series.