STS 297A: Integrative Medicine and Society

Fall Semester 2004

Schedule #: 369883; 3 credits

MWF 2:30 pm - 3:20 pm, Rm. 109 Walker Building

Primary Course Instructor: Dr. Catherine Augustine (caugust@psu.edu, 5-7928; 116 Willard)

Co-Instructors: Dr. Tania Slawecki (tms9@psu.edu; 5-0265; 105 MRL)

Dr. Rustum Roy (rroy@psu.edu, 5-3421, 102 MRL)

Fall Semester Schedule:

WEEK	Tuesday	Wednesday	Friday
1	Aug 30 –Dr. Catherine Augustine-Introduction with video clips to engage conversations about STS principals in Integrative Medicine	Sept 1 – Dr. Tania Slawecki, Dr. Augustine-Introduction to course – Overview of course outcomes – Community for Wellness Club - Video clips	Sept 3 – Prof. Roy – State of medicine – importance of real science – transition to CAM
WEEK	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
2	Labor Day Holiday NO CLASSES	Sept 8 – Video Hoxey: How Healing Becomes a Crime	Sept 10 – Dr. Slawecki Current health issues – historical evolution of allopathy and movement to CAM
3	Sept 13 – Dr. Slawecki Plant-based medicine - touch & taste!	Sept 15 – Peter Jennings Video – “Bitter Medicine: Pills Profit and Public Health”	Sept 17 – GUEST Monica Montag - Nutrition
4	Sept 20 – Dr. Augustine Introduction to mechanical approaches Q & A - Class Project and Project Proposal	Sept 22 – Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Fair at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on campus	Sept 24 - GUEST Dr. John Corneal – Chiropractic Applied Kinesology
5	Sept 27 - Prof. Roy Placebo effect Video of Wayne Jonas, M.D.	Sept 29 – Prof. Roy The Structure and Energy of Water	Oct 1 - GUEST Jenny Hwozdek - Homeopathy Project Proposals Due
6	Oct 4 – GUEST Dr. Nicole Pellas – Naturopath	Oct 6 – Dr. Augustine Introduction to mental/emotional Multiple Intellegences	Oct 8 – Dr. Augustine Sound and light therapies
7	Oct 11 – Dr. Augustine Brain Wave Technologies and Meditation	Oct 13 – GUEST Dr. Julian Metter Power of the Brain and healing technologies	Oct 15 – Study Day NO CLASSES
8	Oct 18 – Dr. Augustine Gender-based Medicine and Cancer	Oct 20 – Dr. Augustine Introduction to Eastern Medicine	Oct 22 – GUEST Kyla Stewart Meridian-based Massage Therapies
9	Oct 25 – Prof. Roy Scientific underpinnings of Eastern Medicine – Qi-Gong	Oct 27 – GUEST Jin Shin Jyutsu – Japanese healing art - Christine DeHart	Oct 29 – Prof. Roy Scientific investigation of mind over matter - Bigu

WEEK	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
10	Nov 1 –GUEST Bill Russell (physicist) – Shamanism – spoon bending by intention	Nov 3 – Dr. Slawecki What’s new with gadgets, instruments, and technology for healing? Electromagnetic alternatives to healing.	Nov 5 – Work-Day Q & A session
11	Nov 8 – Dr. Slawecki Scientific understanding of Energy Medicine	Nov 10 – GUEST Jan Holland, Ph.D.– Hypnotherapy & Distance Healing	Nov 12 – GUEST Lynn Schlow – Barbara Brennan Healing Sciences
12	Nov 15 – GUEST Deb Klein - Reiki	Nov 17 – Prof. Roy Mind/spirit over body Joao de Deus and other unusual healing phenomena	Nov 19 – Dr. Slawecki Love: the ultimate healing energy
13	Nov 22 – CLASS Dr. Slawecki; Dr. Augstine Hands-on Practicum including iridology, experimenting with gadgets, Chinese tongue and fingernail analysis, relaxation techniques	Nov 24 - THANKS-GIVING BREAK	Nov 26- THANKS-GIVING BREAK
14	Nov 29 – CLASS Group Reports	Dec 1 – CLASS Group Reports	Dec 3 – CLASS Group Reports
15	Dec 6 – GUEST Ann Pangborn Expressive Arts Therapy Healing Arts Project	Dec 8 – Dr. Augustine New framework for Medicine, CAM careers, local resources-Planetree and Weil videos	Dec 10 – CLASS SRT Evaluations Discussion – Q & A
16	Dec 13: FINAL EXAM WEEK -