Education

IHI at MR: Providing basic and advanced education and training to students, practitioners, health care agencies, industry, employers, and health care consumers.

Credit-free Offerings

General information

Complementary and alternative therapies have benefited mankind since ancient times. They serve as the primary source of health care for more than 70% of the world’s population. Interest in these therapies is growing across North America as people explore new approaches to healing and wellness.

Mount Royal is recognized as a leader in complementary health education, offering a range of credit and credit-free courses on alternative and complementary health care.

These programs explore the benefits and risks of common complementary and alternative therapies. Each program is taught by highly skilled, competent practitioners who draw upon current research and evidence-based practice. These courses may interest you if you are:

  • a health care professional interested in gaining in-depth knowledge to help you respond to patient requests and integrate complementary and alternative therapies into your practice
  • interested in earning a professional certificate that gives you the knowledge and skills you need to establish a practice in complementary and alternative therapies
  • interested in learning whether a specific professional certificate program is a good fit for your interests and aptitudes
  • looking for ways to improve your own health and wellness

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Credit offerings

Mount Royal has incorporated wellness-related courses into its General Education requirements of its baccalaureate degrees:

  • GNED 2301 Wellness and the Student: From Personal Health to Community Action

    This course provides an introduction and overview to aspects of holistic health and wellness and highlights strategies for promoting well-being. Utilizing a mix of theory and application, students will gain an understanding of individual well-being and the interconnectivity between individual well-being and the well-being of families and communities. Students will also explore community actions that impact health and well-being.
  • GNED 3302 Wellness and the Student: From Community Health to Global Action

    This course introduces how personal wellness impacts family and community health and highlights strategies for promoting global well-being. Utilizing a mix of theory and application, students gain an understanding of the interconnectivity of family and community well-being to global health. Students also explore individual, community and global actions that impact global health and well-being.

Mount Royal has incorporated complementary and alternative health care into the curriculum of the Bachelor of Nursing program:

  • Health 4462 Integrative Health Practices

    Explore a variety of healing paradigms using an interactive, participative and experiential design. You will have frequent opportunities to discuss reactions, raise questions and critically analyze current integrative health practices. You will apply research-based principles when examining integrative healing practices related to body work, mind-body practices, energetic therapies and biological, orthomolecular and herbal therapies.

Mount Royal proudly launched a new Bachelor of Midwifery degree May 2011 and plans to develop a Chiropractic Program in the future.

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Credit-Free offerings

Mount Royal is a leader in complementary health education.  The Integrative Health Institute partners with Mount Royal’s Faculty of Continuing Education and Extension to develop credit-free programs in a wide range of complementary and alternative therapies as well as wellness courses. Located in the Centre for Complementary Health Education (CCHE) at our Holy Cross Campus, these programs offer entry into professional practice as well as life-long learning opportunities in the field of complementary health.

 

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Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal  |  Phone: 403.440.8809

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