Institute For Natural Medicine

Education & outreach: this program includes efforts to educate and engage the public en masse about natural medicine and whole person health in general and naturopathic medicine in particular. The program includes: the campaign for naturopathic medicine, a collaboration with the american association of naturopathic physicians (aanp); our md-do advisory board, which entails the mobilization of allied professionals to respond to public relations challenges and bolster the reputation of naturopathic medicine; and the inm consumer website, the direct infrastructure needed to host an online presence for education and engagement content; and a "find a natural doctor" web hosted service to easily connect prospective patients with licensed doctors.

Research: this program works to accomplish inm's vision of quality outcomes research that proves the effectiveness of naturopathic and whole health principles in real-world settings. Guided by leaders in the naturopathic and integrative medical community, inm is leveraging its unique position and resources to scientifically prove the value of the principles and techniques that make naturopathic medicine so effective for patients.

Naturopathic medicine profession community building: this program primarily focuses on inm's work housing the naturopathic medicine collaborative, a cooperative group of 76+ stakeholder organizations from the naturopathic medicine profession working together through shared communication, facilitated conversations, mutual fundraising, and value-added skills support for naturopathic doctors (nd) and allies facing the public. With a stronger, more cohesive profession, we can more effectively work together to educate the public and increase access to naturopathic medicine.

Professional community support: inm sometimes provides small or medium-sized grants to state associations, specialty societies, individuals and other organizations within naturopathic medicine to directly support specific programs or projects. This is done when the program or project goals are very closely aligned with inm's mission, but the recipient organization holds the relationships or other resources essential to the success of the program or project.