Your generosity and support empowered the development and publication of the Textbook of Functional Medicine which was released in January 2006. Thanks to all of you who helped us successfully raise over $200,000 for this comprehensive textbook. THANK YOU!
Currently, the Institute for Functional is seeking funding to support the following programs:
Functional Medicine Certification Program: $3,000,000Patients with complex, chronic medical problems need and deserve consistent care delivered by well-trained functional medicine practitioners who will address their health concerns and problems with comprehensive, personalized treatment plans. Certification is necessary to ensure that functional medicine practitioners achieve and maintain a high level of mastery in functional medicine to provide safe and consistent assessment and treatment for patients.
Scholarship Program: $500,000Scholarships for medical school faculty, residents, and medical students to create opportunities to learn about functional medicine as part of medical school programs.
Scholarships for nutrition and dietetics faculty, graduate students, and interns that will introduce functional medicine into programs of nutrition and dietetics across the United States.
Publications: $150,000Placement of Textbook of Functional Medicine and Clinical Nutrition: A Functional Approach texts and instructor guides in libraries and health professions schools and with thought-leaders, policy makers, and healthcare leaders.
Functional Medicine Fellowship Program: $3,000,000Clinical Practice Centers of Excellence in Functional Medicine. This new model of clinical care and medical practice can make this type of medicine accessible and affordable ~ $1,000,000.
Residency programs at Clinical Practice Centers of Excellence in Functional Medicine. These residency programs will create opportunities for medical students and other health professions students to participate in supervised, on-site clinical training in functional medicine ~ $2,000,000.
Research: $10,000,000Functional medicine research projects conducted in collaboration with major universities and research centers are needed to document the efficacy of functional medicine assessment and treatment.
Please click on the link below to make an online donation to the Instructor Guides, or call IFM Client Services at 1.800.228.0622 to make a donation by phone.
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