Our Medicine
- As a naturopathic doctor in Alberta, Dr. Michael Schaplowsky,ND is a licensed naturopath through the College of Naturopathic Doctor. He attended NUNM for medical school in the U.S. where he was trained in conventional field and the naturopathic field of diagnosis and treatment.
- His comprehensive approach to health care is especially tailored to deal with chronic disease and challenging health problems.
- Naturopathic medicine is not focused on “symptom management", rather it focused on you the patient - restoring your health and vitality.
- The scope of illnesses treated in the clinic is quite broad (see Conditions Treated).
- He realizes the importance of providing patients the information they need to fully participate in their treatment. Informed patients are smart patients.
- He is dedicated to using a combination of both allopathic science and naturopathic methods, to provide our patients with the best medicine has to offer.
Education
Dr. Michael Schaplowsky,ND attended National College of Naturopathic Medicine where he took a four-year graduate level program and is educated in all of the same basic sciences as a MD. In addition to a standard medical curriculum, a naturopathic doctor is required to complete four years of training in clinical nutrition, oriental medicine, botanical medicine, psychology, and counseling (to encourage people to make lifestyle changes in support of their personal health). As a naturopathic clinician, he has taken taken rigorous professional board exams so that he may be licensed by a province (Canada), state (U.S.), or other jurisdiction and in the U.S. states as a primary care clinician. His training is so extensive that in many states such as Oregon and Washington, ND's function as primary care doctors. In Alberta our doctors are licensed members of the College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta and do not practice as primary care doctors.
Comparing curricula of Naturopathic Medical Schools with Conventional Medical Schools:
Key:
Comparing curricula of Naturopathic Medical Schools with Conventional Medical Schools:
Key:
- NCNM/NUNM = National University of Natural Medicine (Naturopathic Medicine)
- BASTYR = Bastyr University (Naturopathic Medicine)
- SWC = Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine
- JH = Johns Hopkins
- YL = Yale
- ST = Stanford
