UPDATE: The University of Alberta says the spoon bending workshop has been cancelled. "It has since been withdrawn by the presenters," a statement from the university said.

"Pediatric Integrative Medicine rounds this month was going to address existing information about reiki and other energy therapies, highlighting how and why patients and therapists use it for personal and professional health care, and acknowledging that there is a lack of evidence about how, and how well, it works (the evidence-informed part of the rounds, as set out by Royal College)," the statement read.

Another poster appeared on the campus acknowledging the cancellation and protesting against "the unethical institutional support from the University of Alberta for medical quackery."

<a href="https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim">@CaulfieldTim</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlberta">@UAlberta</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/McGillOSS">@McGillOSS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ScienceBasedMed">@ScienceBasedMed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HealthNewsRevu">@HealthNewsRevu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/carlyweeks">@carlyweeks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCNews">@CBCNews</a> this did, that is: <a href="https://t.co/Four50OElt">pic.twitter.com/Four50OElt</a> —@npchilds

The original article appears below:

A law professor at the University of Alberta is calling out the school's faculty of medicine for scheduling a workshop called "Spoon Bending and the Power of the Mind."

Timothy Caulfield, a professor of health law and science policy at U of A, tweeted a poster for the workshop on Wednesday.

Spoon bending at <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlberta">@UAlberta</a>. Not satire. Integrative health program. <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlberta_FoMD">@UAlberta_FoMD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/skepticpedi">@skepticpedi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PharmacistScott">@PharmacistScott</a> <a href="https://t.co/BtTgylBrqI">pic.twitter.com/BtTgylBrqI</a> —@CaulfieldTim

The workshop is to be presented on June 28 by Anastasia Kutt, an Edmonton "energy healing therapist" and "registered reiki master," according to her website.

"This experiential workshop will teach a guided meditation/energy transfer technique which will have most participants bending cutlery using the power of their minds," the workshop description says.

"This will not be a scientific evaluation of the process," the poster notes.

Caulfield's post has been spread around social media by doctors, scientists and others skeptical of spoon bending and of energy healing in general.

<a href="https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim">@CaulfieldTim</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlberta">@UAlberta</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlberta_FoMD">@UAlberta_FoMD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PharmacistScott">@PharmacistScott</a> Bending spoons is a great entry level activity. Sadly my med school taught science. —@skepticpedi

Definitely not satire?? It just feels so much like it should be reported on <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCThisIsThat">@CBCThisIsThat</a> <a href="https://t.co/34eAZ1Ks4P">https://t.co/34eAZ1Ks4P</a> —@poorcate

Spoon bending. Cutlery provided or bring your own. Solid skills for every physician to possess. Yikes. <a href="https://t.co/yIER2degvN">https://t.co/yIER2degvN</a> —@squamishsusan

I have no words. I'm going to attend this event dressed as a bent spoon. <a href="https://t.co/81SYI5tSvp">https://t.co/81SYI5tSvp</a> —@UbakaOgbogu

There were many references to illusionist and self-proclaimed spoon bender Uri Geller and to The Matrix.

<a href="https://twitter.com/CaulfieldTim">@CaulfieldTim</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/gforbes">@gforbes</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UAlberta_FoMD">@UAlberta_FoMD</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/skepticpedi">@skepticpedi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PharmacistScott">@PharmacistScott</a> Try to realize the truth: there is no spoon. <a href="https://t.co/GZOWt9n0cg">pic.twitter.com/GZOWt9n0cg</a> —@DrElmerLee

Stop knocking it. I hear they throw in five minutes with the Oracle. <a href="https://t.co/HHVo6WWElo">https://t.co/HHVo6WWElo</a> —@petersankoff