Shifting attitudes towards research and evidence-based medicine within the naturopathic medical community

As a profession which developed from vitalism on the margins of the larger medical community, naturopathic medicine has grown rapidly in size and influence and, as it has entered new non-vitalistic (mainstream) practice environments, it has incorporated new peers and new role models. Research and EBM acculturation may represent a flashpoint example of a professional adolescence for naturopathic medicine. In which case a relevant question becomes, will the profession be able to adequately integrate the values of its youth/roots with the values of the EBM-driven medical community?