Wellness Links

Education

PATIENT EDUCATION: DIABETES

For classes on diabetes, using insulin, and using glucometers (machines to measure blood sugar), call 873-7400 and ask for Roxie.

PATIENT EDUCATION: OPIATE DEPENDENCE/ADDICTION

Free informational class about Suboxone medication services takes place every Thursday at 1 PM -- no appointment needed, or call 452-4028 and ask for James.

PATIENT EDUCATION: SEX EDUCATION

For classes on the Hablando Claro Program for youth sex education, call 873-7400 and ask for Public Health.

STRESS REDUCTION

For information on our classes in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Reduction, click HERE.

RESIDENT EDUCATION

The SVFHC is the continuity clinic site for 12 UNM Family and Community Medicine residents. For more information on the residency program, please click HERE.

All UNM Family and Community Medicine residents are eligible to devote a 4-week elective rotation to Wellness.  For details, please contact Dr. Shelley at 873-7400. 

MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION

As part of the UNM SOM Phase III Comprehensive Ambulatory Care Rotation, Dr. Shelley teaches a seminar called “Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Integrative Medicine.”  This interactive three-hour seminar covers legal aspects of communicating with patients about complementary and alternative therapies, research methodology in Integrative Medicine, and on-line information resources for Integrative Medicine.

As part of the UNM SOM Phase I Neuroscience Block, Dr. Shelley teaches a class called “An Integrative Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain.”  This class covers the definitions of chronic low back pain, as well as Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine; modalities for chronic low back pain which have evidence for equivalency with other modalities (more than placebo or no treatment); and local resources where these modalities are available for patients.

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS

FCCH collaborates with the UNM Program in Health Psychology in education and research.  At the South Valley Family Health Commons, graduate students in health psychology can fulfill one of the practicum experiences by participating in the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes.  For more information on the UNM Program in Health Psychology, please click HERE.