Course outline
Learning Objectives
At the end of the full programme you should be able to provide evidence of:
- Having a critical appreciation of the claims and principles of the integrated health care approach and how it relates to your own main therapeutic modality
- Having acquired and refined those key aspects of the various approaches including ethical appreciation of personal limitations
- Maintaining a commitment to the principle of seeking informed consent for clinical interventions and compliance with the respective codes of conduct
- Determining when, why and how to refer patients to the appropriate member of the integrated health care team
- Recognising possible ethical challenges and taking appropriate action in situations of conflict or potential conflict
- Empowering patents to accept responsibility for their own health including participation in regular health promoting activities
- Using self monitoring of health status and helping patents to recognise that not all ‘afflictions’ can be 'cured'
- Strengthening your commitment to experiential learning, reflective practice, criticality, problem solving and the generating of new knowledge
- Your unique contribution to the integrated health care model
The course brings together a faculty that develops a bespoke integrated health diploma.
Postgraduate status
The course is currently a self certified Postgraduate Diploma. However, the Integrated Health Academy is in discussions with several universities regarding University accreditation for the course.
Course topics
Each student will be provided with a mentor for the duration of the course
| Topics | ||
|---|---|---|
| Introduction - 1 | ||
| Introduction to Integrated medicine | ||
| Concepts developing an understanding of Eastern and western philosophies. | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| The Importance of Integrated Medicine | ||
| Patient centered practice and finding health | ||
| Critical Thinking | ||
| Western & Eastern medicine - 2 | TOP | |
| History and underlying concepts | ||
| Advancement and new EBM / Clinical medicine | ||
| Critical Thinking | ||
| Clinical practice | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| Eastern medicine | ||
| History and underlying concepts | ||
| Advancement and new EBM / Clinical medicine | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| Clinical practice | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| The Integrated mind & nutrition - 3 | TOP | |
| Belief Systems- Freud/ NLP/CBT/psychodynamics | ||
| Placebo | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| Archetypes, the Unconscious / Conscious | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| Nutrition | ||
| Physiology behind food | ||
| Diets | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| Lab Tests | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| The Integrated body & exercise - 4 | TOP | |
| Mechanics Rule | ||
| Osteopathy, Chiropractic and Physiotherapy | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| Practically Spinal | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| Exercise / Meditation | ||
| Exercise morning | ||
| Meditation afternoon | ||
| Homeopathy & Naturopathy - 5 | TOP | |
| History and The Law of Similars,The Law of Cure & The myth of the Minimum Dose | ||
| EBM / Allergy & Immunisation | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| Acute and Chronic homeopathy Obstacles to cure in Homeopathy | ||
| Obstacles to cure in Homeopathy | ||
| Naturopathy | ||
| Introduction and Iridology | ||
| Hydrotherapy / colonics | ||
| Western herbs | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| Kinesiology & Healing - 6 | TOP | |
| Concepts and underlying principles | ||
| Homonuclear Microsystems of the body: hands feet ears spine | ||
| Critical reflection | ||
| mm testing / energy reflexes | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| Prayer / Healing/ spirituality /death | ||
| Spirituality | ||
| Healing | ||
| Forum of discussion with religion and healing | ||
| Case History and Discussion on chosen discipline | ||
| Optional field trip | TOP | |
| Paradigms of health care & the Alternatives | TOP | |
| Changing paradigms of health care | ||
| Forum and open discussion | ||
| The Alternatives | ||
| Mystical magical and theoretical | ||
| Tibetan / Ayurvedic Medicine | ||
| Crystals/shamanism | ||
| Energy | ||
| Assessment | ||
| Each participant will present a case history and paper on their chosen topic. | ||
