Course instructor

Pierce Salguero, PhD

Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He holds a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches courses in Asian religions, history, and health humanities at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. Dr. Salguero has also been the editor in chief of the journal Asian Medicine: Journal of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine since 2016.

Learning Objectives

  • Participants will gain a general historical understanding of meditation-related issues and how they have been treated and prevented.

  • Participants will develop critical thinking skills in the understanding cross-cultural approaches to mental health.

  • Participants will develop a broadened understanding of meditation in its traditional and historical context and how that can inform our current thinking and research.

Continuing Education Credit

This course is approved for 1 CE credit ✅

Cheetah House is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cheetah House maintains responsibility for this program and its content

Course curriculum

    1. Pierce Salguero

    1. Meditation Sickness - Quiz

    2. Verification

    1. Instruction

    2. The instructor(s)

    3. Professional & Ethical Issues

    4. Remote Environment

    5. Learning

    6. Participant Information

    7. Narrative

About this course

  • $40.00
  • 2 hours of video content

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