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Former names | John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine Bastyr College |
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| Motto | Vis medicatrix naturae |
Motto in English | The healing power of nature |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1978 |
| Endowment | $4.32M (2021) |
| President | Devin Byrd[1] |
| Provost | Dave Rule[2] |
| Students | 728 |
| Undergraduates | 74 |
| Location | , , United States 47°43′49″N 122°15′10″W / 47.7304°N 122.2528°W |
| Campus | 51 acres (21 ha) |
| Colors | Cranberry and ginger |
| Website | www.bastyr.edu |
Bastyr University is a private alternative medicine university with campuses in Kenmore, Washington, and San Diego, California. Programs include naturopathy, acupuncture, Traditional Asian medicine, nutrition, herbal medicine, ayurvedic medicine, psychology, and midwifery.
Some of Bastyr's programs teach and research topics that are considered pseudoscience, quackery, and fake by the scientific and medical communities.[3][4][5][6] Quackwatch, a group against health fraud, put Bastyr University on its list of "questionable organizations" as a school which is "accredited but not recommended".[7]
Bastyr University and similar naturopathic programs are not accredited as medical schools but as programs that are overseen by a naturopathic council which is not required to be scientific.[8][9][10] Bastyr's naturopathic program has been accused by critics of misrepresenting its medical rigor and its ability to train primary care clinicians.[3][11][12]
A 2024 report found that students in Bastyr's alternative medicine doctoral program had the second highest debt-to-income ratio among all US graduate programs, at 688%.[13][14]
- ^ "Dr. Devin Byrd Appointed Sixth President of Bastyr University". Bastyr University. June 22, 2021.
- ^ "Leadership Team". Bastyr University. Archived from the original on November 18, 2017.
- ^ a b Atwood, Kimball C. IV (2003). "Naturopathy: A critical appraisal". Medscape General Medicine. 5 (4): 39. PMID 14745386.
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- ^ Sisson, Paul (December 8, 2012). "Med school embraces natural remedies". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
- ^ "Questionable Organizations: An Overview". Quackwatch. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Barrett, Stephen; Jarvis, William T. (1993). The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books. p. 236. ISBN 0-87975-855-4.
- ^ Massachusetts Medical Society (November 17, 2015). "MMS Testimony in Opposition to H. 1992 and S. 1205, An Act to Create a Board of Registration in Naturopathy". www.massmed.org. Massachusetts Medical Society. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Hermes, Britt (August 29, 2015). "ND Confession, Part II: The Accreditation of Naturopathic "Medical" Education". Science-Based Medicine. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ^ Thielking, Megan (October 20, 2016). "'Essentially witchcraft:' A former naturopath takes on the field". STAT. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ LeMieux, Julianna (November 16, 2016). "Why 'Naturopathic Medicine' is an oxymoron". American Council on Science and Health. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Camhi, Tiffany (August 30, 2024). "Oregon alternative medicine students face a long road to loan forgiveness". OPB. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ^ U.S. Department of Education. "Most Recent Data by Field of Study". U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024.