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Understanding holistic medicine: traditional & non-traditional health practices (15 wellness points)
Start Date: 3/26/2024Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Date: 3/26/2024End Time: 1:00 PM

Event Description
Our speaker, Nielufar Varjavand, MD, will provide a very broad overview of the types of non-traditional and traditional health practices. For instance, we will discuss definitions of integrative medicine, functional medicine, lifestyle medicine, … and the path to becoming their practitioners as well as the paths to becoming a physician internationally.

Nielufar Varjavand is a professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. She has focused her career on graduate medical education of students, residents and physicians returning to clinical medicine.

Dr. Varjavand is the program director of Drexel's Physician Refresher/Reentry Course, director of Global Health Education, which includes the Medical Spanish elective as well as a research scholars track; she is also co-director of Case-Based Learning for first & second year medical students. Previously, she assumed leadership positions for the Physician and Patient Course, Clinical Skills for Program for Integrated Learning, and Introduction to Clinical Medicine. She was also a board of directors member of the Coalition for Physician Enhancement, a consortium of professionals with expertise in quality assurance, medical education and the assessment, licensing and accreditation of referred physicians seeking higher levels of performance in patient care.

Please register in Career Pathway. The Zoom link will be sent via email from Career Pathway once you register.

*Participants in our Wellness Incentive Program are eligible to earn 15 points (a $15 credit) for attending this event. Your name must appear in the participants box in Zoom (you must be signed in) in order to receive wellness credit. You will receive an email from Career Pathway confirming your attendance after attendance has been completed. Wellness points will appear in your Health Advocate profile in six weeks.

You must register for the Health Advocate Wellness Incentive Program AND complete your annual Personal Health Profile before you will be eligible to receive any payouts. Points for attending these events will be sent to Health Advocate on a monthly basis for the prior month’s activities. There will be a 6-week delay in these points and payouts being distributed. For information about our wellness incentive program, please visit: http://drexel.edu/hr/benefits/a-healthier-u/wellness-incentive-program/ />
Please contact Wellness Consultant Monica Fauble with questions:
mfauble@drexel.edu
Contact Information:
Name: Monica Fauble
Email: mfauble@drexel.edu
Dr Varjavand
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Zoom; register in Career Pathway to receive the zoom link
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