National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine

04/06/2026

Ready to take your Shared Medical Appointment (SMA) skills to the next level?

Join us for Episode 3: Running SMAs as a Provider and/or a Facilitator, where we'll explore the theory behind SMA delivery and demonstrate practical facilitation techniques in action.

In this session, you'll learn how to:

✅ Describe the process of delivering and facilitating Shared Medical Appointments
✅ Observe SMA facilitation skills, Health Coaching and Motivational Interviewing techniques
✅ Reflect on your own learning needs to continually improve SMA delivery and facilitation skills

📅 Date: 24 June 2026
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM (AEST)
💻 Format: Live via Zoom
🎓 Perfect for: Health professionals interested in implementing or facilitating Shared Medical Appointments

Whether you're new to SMAs or looking to refine your facilitation approach, this practical webinar will provide valuable insights and real-world examples to support your professional development.

🔗 Register now and join the conversation! https://ow.ly/HaYC50Z7ppE

03/06/2026

🌿 Registrations are now open for the 2026 Natural Products Futures Forum! 🌿

Building on the success of previous years, this year's Forum is shaping up to be another inspiring and thought-provoking event, bringing together international thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, policymakers and industry pioneers to explore the future of natural products and integrative healthcare.

If you're looking to collaborate on transformative solutions, strengthen your professional network, and help drive progress in natural products research, development and application worldwide, this is your opportunity to be part of the conversation.

This year's theme, Strengthening Today, Building for Tomorrow, explores how culture, innovation and evidence are shaping the future of health and sustainability through four key areas:

✨ Advancing patient-centred care through collaboration and integrated healthcare approaches
✨ Shaping healthier communities through evidence-informed policy and advocacy
✨ Harnessing Indigenous and traditional knowledge to support ethical and culturally grounded innovation
✨ Building a sustainable future workforce through leadership, diversification and responsible growth

📍 Join us in the beautiful coastal town of Ballina for two days of insightful presentations, engaging discussions and valuable networking opportunities.

🎟️ Explore the program, meet our speakers and secure your ticket today: https://ow.ly/tS3l50Z6Vw2

31/05/2026

🌱 Feeling like your health could use a reset?

Whether you're looking to improve your energy, support digestion, manage stress, or simply take a more proactive approach to your wellbeing, naturopathic care can help you better understand what's happening beneath the surface.

At the Southern Cross University Health Clinics in Gold Coast and Lismore, senior naturopathy students work alongside experienced supervising practitioners to provide personalised, holistic healthcare that focuses on you as a whole person—not just your symptoms.

You'll receive a comprehensive consultation and tailored recommendations designed to support your health goals using evidence-informed natural medicine approaches.

✨ Affordable and accessible care
💚 Just $10 per consultation
💚 Free for concession card holders

📍 Available at:
Gold Coast Clinic – Tuesdays, Thursdays and selected Fridays
Lismore Clinic – Tuesdays

Ready to take the next step in your wellbeing journey?

📞 Gold Coast: (07) 5589 3252
📞 Lismore: (02) 6626 9131
📧 [email protected]

Book your appointment today and discover how a personalised naturopathic approach can support your health and wellbeing.

28/05/2026

Today is Giving Day 💛

At the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, every act of generosity helps create meaningful impact — supporting research that improves patient outcomes, empowering future practitioners through education and scholarships, and strengthening the future of natural healthcare.

As part of our annual Giving Appeal, we invite our community to come together today and support the area that resonates most with them. Whether your passion lies in advancing research, supporting students, preserving vital educational resources or helping grow the Centre’s future initiatives, every contribution makes a difference.

🎥 To learn more about the impact of giving and the areas you can support, hear from our Foundation Director, Professor Jon Wardle below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRCyNxj3DFQ

Join us in helping shape the future of naturopathic medicine: https://fundraise.scu.edu.au/event/ncnmgivingday/home

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28/05/2026

For the third year running, we are incredibly grateful to vital.ly for their generous support of the Research Futures Scholarship Program through our Giving Appeal. Their ongoing commitment is helping shape the future of evidence-informed natural healthcare by supporting undergraduate students to gain invaluable hands-on research experience.

Through the six-week program, students work alongside experienced academic mentors on real-world research projects and receive a stipend that helps ease financial pressures as they complete their studies.

Since the program began in 2020, 42 students have completed the Research Futures Scholarship Program under the supervision of 30 academic mentors across a range of disciplines and faculties. The outcomes continue to demonstrate the program’s impact, with many students progressing into Honours, Masters by Research and PhD pathways, publishing scientific papers, contributing to health policy development, and helping strengthen the future research workforce in our profession.

As Kent Weathers, Chief Executive Officer of vital.ly explains:
“At vital.ly, we believe a sustainable profession is built on strong clinical reasoning and evidence-led practice. Universities play a central role in shaping that foundation. The Research Futures Scholarship Program provides practical research experience that strengthens how future practitioners think, question, and apply evidence in clinic. We support the Centre to help build a more capable profession, where research, clinical practice, and industry work together to improve patient outcomes.”

Thank you to vital.ly for continuing to invest in the next generation of researchers, clinicians, and leaders in natural healthcare. Your partnership is creating lasting impact across research, education, and patient care.

As Giving Day approaches on 29 May, we invite our community to support the area that matters most to them — from student scholarships and research programs to education and future-focused initiatives that help strengthen the profession for generations to come: https://fundraise.scu.edu.au/event/ncnmgivingday/home

27/05/2026

✨ Thank you to everyone who has already supported this year’s NCNM Giving Appeal. ✨

Your generosity is helping create meaningful change across research, education, student support and initiatives that strengthen the future of integrative medicine.

With NCNM Giving Day coming up on Thursday 29 May, there’s still time to get involved and support a cause that matters to you. Whether you choose to contribute to research, scholarships, education, advocacy or another priority area, every gift helps create lasting impact.

Want to see what community support has already achieved?

📖 Read our latest Giving Day story and discover some of the projects and opportunities made possible through past donor generosity: https://ow.ly/SbAT50Z4yiY

💚 Ready to be part of the change? Donate today - https://ow.ly/b77850Z4yj0

Giving that changes lives at the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine

26/05/2026

📚 A gift of knowledge that will last generations

More than 600 naturopathic and herbal medicine texts were generously gifted to NCNM by the Naturopaths & Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA)—a powerful investment in the future of the profession. 🌱

This remarkable collection does more than preserve knowledge—it brings the depth, history and evolution of naturopathic medicine into the everyday learning experience of our students 🎓 while strengthening the resources available to educators and researchers 🔬.

A dedicated reading room, now in development at our Lismore campus 🏛️📚, will provide a purpose-built space where students, academics and researchers can engage deeply with these texts—supporting more informed practice, stronger research, and ultimately better health outcomes for the communities they will serve ❤️.

“This collection represents the heart of our profession—its knowledge, history and clinical wisdom. NHAA is committed to strengthening education, research and professional practice. This contribution reflects our dedication to ensuring that future practitioners are grounded in both traditional knowledge and contemporary evidence, supporting better health outcomes across the communities they serve.” NHAA Executive

Through this gift, NHAA is not only safeguarding the legacy of the profession—it is actively shaping its future, ensuring that generations of practitioners are grounded in both traditional knowledge and contemporary evidence. 📖✨

Every book opened is another step toward a more skilled, confident and connected healthcare workforce.

💚 Be part of the impact

This Giving Day on May 29, you can help expand access to learning, research and student opportunity—building the spaces and resources that future practitioners rely on.

📚 Support learning
🔬 Advance research
🎓 Create opportunity

Support NCNM Giving Day: https://ow.ly/fjaT50Z43uw

25/05/2026

🌟 Our 2026 Giving Appeal is now underway, leading up to Giving Day on Friday 29 May.

Every day at NCNM, donor support helps turn ideas into impact—from groundbreaking research and student scholarships to clinical innovation and improved access to integrative healthcare.

This year, we're highlighting the many ways our community's generosity is helping to:

🔬 Fund important research projects led by students and practitioners
🎓 Support scholarships that provide valuable placement and learning opportunities
🌿 Strengthen our teaching clinics and medicinal plant garden for students and patients
💙 Advance innovative clinical research, including world-first studies exploring HBOT for cancer care

Behind every initiative are people whose lives are being changed—students developing their skills, researchers expanding healthcare knowledge, and patients benefiting from accessible integrative care.

As Giving Day approaches, we invite you to consider supporting an area of NCNM's work that resonates with you. Whether it's research, education, student support or clinical innovation, every gift helps create lasting impact: https://ow.ly/tB1850Z3HbA

Together, we're helping build a stronger future for integrative healthcare.

💚 Thank you for being part of our community and the difference we're making together.

Empower Tomorrow, Give Today. Help us to stay at the forefront of integrative healthcare solutions. With your support, we can transform the future of healthcare.

24/05/2026

We were delighted to welcome Michelle from the Department of Primary Industries to Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus last Friday.

The visit provided a valuable opportunity to showcase the work being undertaken across the University, including our leadership in integrative health, sustainable agriculture, and natural product initiatives. It also created space for meaningful conversations about collaboration, research partnerships, and future opportunities to support regional communities.

At the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, we are particularly excited about the potential to work alongside DPI to strengthen connections between primary production, nutrition, and preventative healthcare—helping translate evidence into real-world impact.

Thank you, Michelle, for taking the time to visit and engage with our staff and students. We look forward to continuing the conversation and exploring opportunities to work together.

21/05/2026

Preconception health research plays an important role in shaping pregnancy and baby outcomes — and there is still more to learn.

Join this free webinar to hear about:

✨ Current evidence in preconception health
✨ Recent research advances in nutrition, folate, and genetics
✨ How preconception care is delivered in Australia, and what research can support next

📅 26th May, 2026 | ⏰ 7.30pm AEST | 💻 Online | 🎟 Free registration

Register here: https://ow.ly/Ej5G50Z1VyF

Find out more about Carolyn and Amie's work on preconception care here: https://fundraise.scu.edu.au/event/ncnmgivingday/mthfr