OVERVIEW

The Inward Arc: Our Journey to Understanding Consciousness, Meaning and Self is organized by Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM).

Description:
Science and medicine have long prioritized objectivity and measurement, often neglecting subjective experience, consciousness, and meaning. This course explores how Western thought separated the mind and meaning from scientific exploration and how metaphysics, modern physics, and spiritual traditions offer new perspectives on reality, healing, and personal development.

Participants will examine the historical evolution of scientific thought, the role of metaphysics in understanding existence, and how tools such as meditation, art, and psychedelics may support self-exploration, healing, and human flourishing. The session integrates findings from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy to provide a holistic understanding of consciousness and well-being.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:

  • Describe the history of science and how meaning and mind were separated from scientific exploration.
  • Explain the background of metaphysics and what it offers to our understanding of reality.
  • Describe how tools like meditation, art, and psychedelics may play a role in personal development.
Credits

Accreditation:
Accreditation Statements
In support of improving patient care, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing Education for the healthcare team.

American Osteopathic Association
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to award continuing medical education to physicians.

Designation Statements:
Physicians
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this program for a maximum of 0.75 contact hour of AOA Category 1B CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in the activity.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth designates this activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Pharmacist
This knowledge-based activity has been assigned UAN JA0004637-9999-25-014-H99-P and will award 0.75 contact hour of continuing pharmacy education credit in states that recognized ACPE Providers.  

Statements of participation will indicate hours and CEUs based on participation and will be issued online at the conclusion of the activity. Successful completion includes completing the activity, its accompanying evaluation and/or posttest (score 70% or higher) and requesting credit online at the conclusion of the activity.  

Credit will be uploaded to CPE Monitor, and participants may print a statement of credit or transcript from their NABP e-profile. HSC complies with the Accreditation Standards for Continuing Pharmacy Education.

Nurses
This activity provides up to 0.75 contact hours.

Certificate of Attendance
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth certifies this activity for 0.75 hours of participation.

  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.75 Hours
  • 0.75 Contact Hours
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianNursingPharmacistPhysician AssistantNursesNurse Practitioners

    SPECIALITIES

    NeurosciencePsychologyAlternative Medicine

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