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ISCMR Research Series

Welcome to ISCMR’s Research Series - a curated collection of practical, easy-to-use resources designed to support learning, scholarship, and research in complementary, integrative, and traditional medicine.

This page brings together webinars, workshops, guidelines, and tools developed by international experts across the TCIM research community. Topics include case reports, pragmatic trials, health economics, health policy, systems research, and more. Each section provides dependable, ready-to-apply information to help you grow your research confidence and skills.

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Explore, learn, and feel inspired to bring evidence into the work you do every day.

Together, these sections reflect the diverse but complementary approaches needed to study complex, whole-person and whole-systems care.

GENERAL

CASE REPORTS

HEALTH ECONOMICS

HEALTH POLICY

PRAGMATIC RESEARCH

SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Foundational concepts and frameworks that support research literacy and help members understand how evidence is generated, interpreted, and applied across TCIM.

METHODOLOGICAL ORIENTATION

More information to come

RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS

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RESEARCH LITERACY & CONFIDENCE-BUILDING

More information to come

Foundational tools for clinicians and early-career researchers looking to document and publish clinical observations.

INCAM RESEARCH WEBINARS 2018

Relevance of Case Reports Presentation | Melissa Barber, MSc

CASE REPORT RESOURCES

Case Report Resources (PDF)
The CARE Guidelines: Consensus-based Clinical Case Reporting Guideline Development (website)
CARE Case Report Guidelines (website)

Approaches to evaluating cost, value, and resource use in integrative healthcare.

ISCMR WORKSHOP ON HEALTH ECONOMIC STUDIES (2013 ICCMR)

Introduction to Economic Evaluations - Why and How? | Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA
Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Complementary and Integrative Medicine | Patricia M. Herman, ND, PhD
Use of Economic Modelling in Acupuncture | Helen Louise Ann Weatherly, Research Fellow
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluations | Nicholas Latimer, Research Fellow
Mortality and Drug Prescription Patterns After Anthroposophic Integrative Care | Tobias Sundberg

ISCMR WORKSHOP ON HEALTH ECONOMIC STUDIES (2011 ICCMR Chengdu)

Program Overview of ISCMR Workshop on Health Economic Studies
Health Economic Study Designs and the Concept of QALYs | Claudia M Witt, MD, MBA
Principles of Economic Modeling | Thomas Reinhold, PhD
How to Determine Cost Data From Patient-Completed Questionnaires? | Thomas Reinhold, PhD
Electronic Medical Data What Can We Do and How? | Mikel Aickin, PhD

Understanding how research informs regulation, policy, and health system decision-making.

ISCMR PLENARY PRESENTATION: DR. MARJA VERHOEF LECTURE (2022 ICCMR)

Global Health Policy and Integrative Medicine| Jon Wardle, PhD, MPH, MHMedLaw, BHSc

Methods for studying complex, real-world interventions and whole-systems care.

INCAM RESEARCH WEBINARS 2019

Pragmatic Approaches to Studying Wholistic Therapies Presentation | Brenda Leung, PhD
Pragmatic Approaches to Studying Wholistic Therapies Resources | Brenda Leung, PhD

ISCMR PLENARY PRESENTATIONS (2011 ICCMR)

Comparative Effectiveness Research and the Efficacy-Effectiveness Continuum in Acupuncture Trials | Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA

ISCMR WORKSHOP & PLENARY PRESENTATION (2011 ECIM)

How to Design Comparative Effectiveness Research? | Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA
Comparative Effectiveness Research and Health Economics | Claudia M. Witt, MD, MBA

Frameworks for studying complexity, integration, and multi-component healthcare systems.

FEATURED SYSTEMS RESEARCH LECTURES

Integrative Medicine: Proposing a New Framework | Heather Boon, PhD | 2025 Marja Verhoef Methodology Lectureship (presentation materials forthcoming)
Importance of Research in Integrative Medicine: Opportunities and Challenge | Jianping Liu, MD, PhD | 2023 Marja Verhoef Methodology Lectureship
Creating the Evidence Base in Complementary, Integrative, and Traditional Medicine | Cheryl Ritenbaugh, PhD, MPH | ISCMR Plenary Presentation - 2011 ICCMR

ISCMR Research Series

Methods for studying complex, real-world interventions and whole-systems care.INCAM RESEARCH WEBINARS 2019

Methods for studying complex, real-world interventions and whole-systems care.

INCAM RESEARCH WEBINARS 2019