Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 10 - Health and related fields
• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.15 - Mental and social health services and allied professions

51.1511 - Medical family therapy/therapist

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to work with patients and their families who are experiencing emotional, physical, relational and spiritual difficulties related to acute and chronic illnesses. These programs include courses in cultural context, ethics, family dynamics, family therapy, gender, human development, marriage counselling, psychopathology, research design and methods, sexuality, and systems thinking.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • medical family therapist
  • medical family therapy

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• Exclusion(s)

  • family therapy(51.1505)