Our Story

Since 1982, acnem has educated thousands of medical and healthcare practitioners in the principles and practice of integrative medicine, with a focus on nutritional and environmental medicine. Our growing global community of practitioners are changing the face of healthcare through patient-centred, integrated care leading to better health outcomes.

Andrew Whitfield-Cook, well-known interviewer and podcast host, is joined by the acnem Founding President, Professor Ian Brighthope, to discuss the beginnings of acnem and nutritional medicine in Australia.

What is NEM?

Vision

acnem Strategy 2025 – Integrative healthcare education

Strategy 2022-2025 Goals

To provide quality evidence based integrative healthcare education
To cultivate the integrative healthcare community
To promote integrative healthcare

Values

Integrity: we ensure our education and advocacy has integrity by being evidence-based and delivered with respect.
Independence: we guard the unbiased, evidence-based and independent nature of our education and information rigorously.
Innovation: we embrace new evidence-based ideas, approaches and thinking.
Collaboration: we collaborate with leading clinicians, academics and industry to bring our community evidence-based education, information and advocacy.
Fellowship: our Fellowship pathway is a formal post graduate programme designed to provide a deep understanding of the theoretical framework and the practical application of Integrative Medicine.

Upcoming Events

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Fellowship

A formal post graduate educational pathway providing practitioners with an understanding of the philosophical framework of Integrative Medicine

Learning Modules

Specialised learning modules designed as post graduate training for medical and health practitioners

Membership

Your membership connects you with the strong, growing global network of Integrative Medicine practitioners

acnem’s Four Pillars of Health

In educating healthcare practitioners about nutritional and environmental medicine, acnem promotes the Four Pillars of Health as the foundation for a healthy life:

Healthy diet and good nutrition
Adequate physical activity
Good sleep
Healthy environment

These four pillars of health are a focus of acnem’s educational offerings which include webinars, short courses, as well as structured training pathways to gain acnem Fellowship.