Re: Re: Re: Clayton College of Natural Medicine and Trinity School of Natural Health

Posted by Kimberly on 12/28/05 at 06:25 PM

I took the Clayton College program 11 years ago (I do understand that it has changed some since I did it)and found that it left me without the skills I felt I needed to be able to treat health problems. I graduated from Bastyr University in June of 2004 and I can honestly say that is no comparison at all that can made. Bastyr is a full-fledged four year medical school with their philosophy and focus on natural health care. I can be licensed in 14 states and new states are joining with legislation for licensing every year. A Clayton graduate is not able to be licensed in these states and cannot call themselves doctors. Within the next 10-15 years it is expected that nearly all states will require ND\'s to pass the national natural medicine board exam to be licensed. If you wish to be able to practice as a real doctor including diagnostics and necessary pharmicological or minor surgical interventions (which are naturopathic if used appropriately) you would be better off going to one of the 4 federally accredited naturopathic medical colleges. Of course, there is a vast difference in the expense between these schools. The full 4 year medical schools are comparable in cost to any western medical program. This is because we learn all the same basic sciences and internal medicine as an MD. Clayton and Trinity are far less expensive, but in my experience, you get what you pay for. These schools are basically a mail order certificate program and Trinity has been named in several law suits involving false degrees. Do your research. Many states are now drawing up legislation to prevent acceptance of job applicants who have degrees from any non-accredited or self-accredited college. Clayton and Trinity both have their own private accrediting agencies.