First year
You'll get a vital and solid foundation in homeopathic principles, philosophies and methodologies.
Homeopathic remedy pictures (materia medica) form a central core to the syllabus, giving a holistic insight into the dis-ease process of the individual.
You'll learn how to apply case-taking skills to both acute and chronic cases – learning the classical method as the basis for case analysis and prescribing. Later in the year you'll move on to more practically based methodologies.
The medical sciences curriculum runs concurrently with the homeopathic syllabus, allowing integration between these two complementary areas.
You'll also undertake practitioner development and group work, which we believe are a vital part of the course. They encourage cohesive relationships within the class dynamic and enable you to develop the rapport skills necessary for relating to patients in clinic.
Clinical training begins at Ainsworth's Pharmacy in the last term of your first year, so from early in the course you'll be applying your theoretical knowledge in a practical way with patients. You'll expand your case-taking skills; develop an understanding of the patient's emotional history; listen to and analyse symptoms, and work on case management.
First year syllabus
- Module: Homeopathic philosophy
- History of homeopathy
- Organon
- Law of similars
- Vital force
- Direction of cure
- Concept of suppression
- Potency
- Introduction to the repertory
- Classical homeopathy
- Case taking skills
- Case analysis
- Miasmatic theory
- Computer and report writing skills
- Effective communication skills
- Module: Materia medica I
- Introduction to remedy personalities and signatures
- Acute and first aid remedies
- In depth study of 20 major remedies
- Hierarchy of symptoms:- Mental/ emotional / general/ physical symptoms
- Cell salts
- Pharmacy/remedy making
- Acute and chronic prescribing
- Keynotes, modalities and aetiology
- Remedy proving
- Module: Anatomy and physiology I
- Introduction to physiology and pathology
- Organisation of systems
- Cells and tissues
- Anatomy, physiology and common pathologies the following:-
Circulatory system
Immune system
Digestive system
Respiratory system
Liver, pancreas and gall bladder
- Module: Clinical skills and casework
- Psychological examination of material medica
- Case analysis and case taking techniques
- Remedy differentiation and comparison
- Therapeutic remedies for common disease patterns
- Appropriate use of methodologies
- Repertory work and analysis
- Developing rapport and communication skills
- Layers method
- Miasmatic theory
- Remedy reaction and second prescription