A working partnership between doctors and naturopaths is the obvious future for our professions and for the wellbeing of patients and practitioners. We all now know that the tsunami of chronic illnesses that we are facing are predominantly lifestyle and environment related. The doctor is skilled at gathering the history, bringing clarity to diagnosis and […]

Join us for the next AIMA Auckland Monthly Meeting… Dopamine:  The Forgotten Neurotransmitter In Mood, Motivation and Sleep with Martin Harris – Leading Pharmacist and Nutrition Medicine Expert There is a lot more to mental health than neurotransmitter balance. However, our current medical model for mood disorders mostly utilises drug therapy.  These drugs are designed […]

The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) is consulting on options to further regulate medical practitioners who practice ‘complementary and unconventional medicine and emerging treatments’. Many patients are most concerned that the introduction of a new set of guidelines for their doctors will compromise their ability to access the healthcare of their choice. The new guidelines […]

Over the past three years the AIMA Interprofessional Communciation Working Group have been compiling a resource of letter templates and rationale to aid and improve communication between doctors and naturopaths (and other practitioners).  From the resource AIMA is developing an education module for naturopaths.  On completion of the module naturopaths who are accredited members of […]