ABPS Integrative Medicine Practice Questions - ABPS Integrative Medicine Certification Examination Exam - ABPS Integrative Medicine Practice Questions - ABPS Integrative Medicine Certification Examination Exam

Question 1

Which statement BEST describes integrative medicine as defined by the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health?

Replacement of conventional medicine with alternative therapies Use of any therapy that is not taught in medical schools Healing-oriented care that accounts for the whole person (mind, body, spirit) and uses all appropriate therapeutic approaches — conventional and complementary — guided by the best evidence Unregulated practice outside evidence-based medicine

Correct Answer:

Healing-oriented care that accounts for the whole person (mind, body, spirit) and uses all appropriate therapeutic approaches — conventional and complementary — guided by the best evidence

Question 2

Which concept, introduced by Aaron Antonovsky, focuses on the origins of health rather than the origins of disease?

Pathogenesis Salutogenesis Homeopathy Allopathy

Correct Answer:

Salutogenesis

Question 3

Okinawa, one of the Blue Zones, is characterized by which dietary pattern associated with longevity?

High in red meat and saturated fat Predominantly plant-based with purple sweet potatoes, soy, vegetables, and modest calorie intake (hara hachi bu) Very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet High-dairy Nordic diet

Correct Answer:

Predominantly plant-based with purple sweet potatoes, soy, vegetables, and modest calorie intake (hara hachi bu)

Question 4

Which BEST distinguishes 'healing' from 'curing' in the integrative medicine paradigm?

Healing and curing are synonymous Curing targets the disease process; healing addresses the person's wholeness and may occur even when cure is not possible Healing requires complete disease eradication Curing is reserved for terminal illness

Correct Answer:

Curing targets the disease process; healing addresses the person's wholeness and may occur even when cure is not possible

Question 5

The relaxation response, described by Herbert Benson, is BEST characterized by which physiologic changes?

Increased sympathetic tone, elevated BP and HR Decreased oxygen consumption, reduced HR/BP, increased parasympathetic tone, alpha-wave EEG Complete cessation of brain activity Elevated cortisol and catecholamines

Correct Answer:

Decreased oxygen consumption, reduced HR/BP, increased parasympathetic tone, alpha-wave EEG

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