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It goes into the other areas, and its just not sustainable. >> because of the bottom line, because of the cuts that are coming through the government, if it came to the point where they couldnt pay me anymore, that would suck, but im not afraid. because ive gotten a lot of inspiration from the fellowship. a different perspective that theres a different way of doing things, that its possible. did you have a good day today? >> yes. >> i would probably leave health care before i went back to practi...

I had no knowledge of ways to prevent heart attack or stroke or cancer or things like that. >> i had to do the fellowship, because it was kind of my little ray of hope that things could be better, things can be done differently. and somebodys going to teach me how to do that, so im going to do it. >> in western medicine, all of our effort is on dispelling evil. if somebody has an infection, we give antiinfectious agents. if somebody has hypertension, we give hypertension drugs. its getting rid o...

Beings, health, illness, and treatment. i mean, an obvious one is nutrition, which is almost omitted from medical education. so, in 1994, i started a fellowship for people who had completed medical school to retrain physicians. >> we want to expose clinicians to a broader way of seeing the patient, a deeper understanding of healing, and a larger toolbox from which to chose from therapies. >> where are you from? >> im from virginia. i actually practice emergency medicine at the university of virg...

>> because of the bottom line and the cuts through the government, if it came to the point where they couldnt pay me, that would suck, but im not afraid. i have gotten a lot of inspiration from the fellowship. a different perspective that there is a different way of doing things that is possible. >> did you have a good day today? >> yes. >> i would probably leave health care before i went back to practicing the way i practiced last year. >> i chose to get off all narcotics and medicines. everyth...

Most promising of all of the arab spring countries. >> reporter: this is a marketing expert who entered the program with some hesitation. >> it was a feeling that back home president bush -- some people are not very happy with the politics. >> reporter: amany says the fellowship has been an invaluable experience. i first met these women on the floor of the new york stock exchange. >> i learned a lot of skills, how to network, how to make a unit work. and as a journalist and as a person intereste...

I mean, to talk about how we shift toward -- away from disease intervention to prevention and health promotion, that requires a massive rethinking about medicine and health care at all levels of society. it has to do with expectations of patients. it has to do with the training of physicians. it will require a huge effort. whats wrong with medical education is that it simply doesnt address whole subject areas that are absolutely essential to understanding human beings, health, illness, and treat...

Fellowship for people who had completed medical school to retrain physicians. >> we want to exposicale icalliy exposically clinicians to a deeper understanding of healing and a larger toolbox of which to choose for therapies. >> where are you from? >> im from virginia. i actually practice emergency medicine at the university of virginia in charlottesville. >> there have been some trends in health care that make me uncomfortable. i felt like theres got to be something different, something better....

Were fighting everything for that not to happen, but its because there isnt the funding going into primary care. it goes into the other areas, and its just not sustainable. >> because of the bottom line, because of the cuts that are coming through the government, if it came to the point where they couldnt pay me anymore, that would suck, but im not afraid. because ive gotten a lot of inspiration from the fellowship. a different perspective that theres a different way of doing things, that its po...

Of healing, and a larger toolbox from which to choose for therapies. >> where are you from? >> im from virginia. i actually practice emergency medicine at the university of virginia in charlottesville. >> great, good. >> there have been some trends in health care that make me uncomfortable. i felt like theres got to be something different, something better. >> my medical training was just focused on giving these patients pharmaceuticals or giving them expensive tests to treat the condition after...

Home. today, they celebrated their graduation from the program. sharing their ideas and welcoming 19 new women who are about to begin their own fellowship. these are all egyptian women. the future of the women in hir own life was on laura bushs mind. while shes hoping to attend the birth of her grandchild, coincidently on the day the center officially opens. >> the minute the institute opens, youre leaving because -- jennas having her baby. >> either right before or right after. well see, but i ...