Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.33 - Alternative and complementary medicine and medical systems

51.3305 - Ayurvedic medicine/Ayurveda

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of Ayurveda, a holistic health care system based on the use of dietary, lifestyle, spiritual, pharmacological and physical therapies to remove imbalances and restore health as defined in Vedic and other classical Sanskrit authorities in the Indian tradition. These programs include courses in Sanskrit; history, philosophy, and principles of Ayurveda; Ayurvedic pharmacology; anatomy and physiology; internal medicine; herbology; diagnostic techniques; patient examination and communication; therapeutic modalities; detoxification theory and practice; mind and body behaviour modification; Yoga; clinical pediatrics and gynecology; diet therapies; treatment of specific diseases; and professional standards and ethics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • Ayurveda
  • Ayurvedic medicine

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • alternative medicine(51.3300)
  • holistic medicine(51.3306)
  • yoga instructor(51.3602)