The  Advanced Homeopathy- Practitioner Diploma is a practitioner program designed for serious students who plan to pursue careers in Homeopathy, and may be of interest to licensed members of the healing and helping professions (physicians, pharmacists, chiropractors, and psychologists, for example, as well as non-licensed people who are interested in integrating the principles of homeopathy within their personal and professional lives).

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Prerequisite: N/A

Duration: 4 years + 1 year (4200 hours)

Award: Practitioner Diploma in Homeopathy

This 4200 hour Practitioner Study Program prepares the student with a solid knowledge of Homeopathy and Case Management. Successful completion of the program leads to the award of the letters DIHom(Pract.)

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Our Practitioner Advanced Diploma Course is designed for anyone interested in becoming a professional homeopath. Our highly regarded programme instills the expertise and knowledge to become a confident and successful homeopath.

During the course you will continue to develop many of the concepts learnt in the General Diploma Course and Homeopathy in  Practice Course but with the emphasis on increasing your skills in case receiving, analysis and prescription, to prepare you for practice. Various approaches are given to help you unravel cases, such as group classifications and elemental archetypes. We encourage the use of creative ideas such as these as they often tell us as much about ourselves as they do about the subjects being studied, and they are invaluable tools for finding effective remedies.

Advanced Practitioner Diploma Course topics include taking the case and prescribing for babies and children; treatment of chronic cases; dosage and repetition; assessment of response to the first prescription; the second prescription; prognosis; prescribing for acute flare-ups during constitutional treatment; long-term case-management; understanding symptoms with reference to the constitution of the patient and her/his relationship to the four temperaments; use of language, symbolism and imagery, plus new methodologies and new provings of remedies as they arise during casework.

You will also gain an understanding from the grouping of remedies into categories that include:

Clinical observation and case-work under supervision is the crucial aspect of the Practitioner Advanced Diploma and your development as a homeopath. Under supervision, you take at least ten cases with follow-ups over a period of at least 18 months. During this time you work closely with your supervising practitioner.

You and your supervisor will undertake a thorough and progressive evaluation of your skills, an important part of which will be your own reflection of what is being learned from each case-taking and about your practice.

These cases, their follow-ups and ongoing prescriptions, will be assessed regularly and then again as a complete case portfolio at the end of your study. By demonstrating professional competence and appropriate academic standards you will complete the School’s Practitioner Advanced Diploma.

Study method:
Home study or attendance:
You have the option of doing the course by home study or attendance.  Clinical internship, Provings and Business and Marketing program are residential only.

Attendance
Following on from the Homeopathy into Practice Course.
Time: 2 Years (4 years + 1year study period given) with the option of a one year extension in supervised practise.
Study: 10 School study weekends with assignments (plus one or two extra if you opt for the extra year), 20 clinic days, case-work under supervision with presentation of clinical portfolio and undertaking a proving.

Attendance Provings
During the attendance course you will embark on a homeopathic group ‘proving’ of an unknown remedy. Analysis of the experiences leads to the birth of a new remedy, because we are the living instruments through which it expresses its healing powers. The results of our endeavours are regularly published and comprise a growing library of additional information in homeopathic materia medica. Participation in provings also develops skills of perception and personal process, and deepens our understanding of homeopathic philosophy and methodology.

All home study students are welcome to join attendance course School weekend sessions by prior arrangement.

Program content:
 
GENERAL DIPLOMA COURSE providing a comprehensive general training in Homeopathy (see contents), a newly revamped up-to-date Manual (consisting of 30 lessons) on CD ROM.
 
HOMEOPATHY IN PRACTICE focusing on case taking & repertorization to provide an in-depth knowledge of the skills and tools to take and manage cases in a homeopathic practice. On CD ROM. (see contents)
 
CLINICAL INTERNSHIP provides continued but a concentrated live experience needed to understand and follow cases. Residential only (see contents)
 
HUMAN SCIENCE modules for certification in Anatomy&Physiology, Pathology, Differential Diagnosis (see contents)
 
NUTRITION & HERBOLOGY provides a basic study in modern Natural Health Nutrition and Therapy. (see contents)
 
BUSINESS & MARKETING PROGRAM teaches how to run a successful homeopathic practice. Residential only.
  
FIRST AID & CPR training with St. Johns, Red Cross or equivalent

The Homeopathic Symposium (HS) for on-line INTERACTIVE VIDEO CASES with Will Taylor,Jeremy Sherr, Roger Morrison and many more recognized Homeopaths. Optional one hundred hours for the Practitioner Diploma. A Certificate from HS will be awarded and recorded to BIHC for this portion of studies.

Course contents are strongly based on the Principles of Theory and Practice of Homeopathy as they are laid out in the writings of Samuel Hahnemann (founder of Homeopathy) and other historical, as well as recognizedcontemporary teachers of Homeopathy.

Curriculum overview:

The curriculum provides a comprehensive preparation for the professional practice of homeopathic medicine. It is based on a firm foundation of the fundamental principles and philosophy of homeopathic medicine. The program is also innovative and responsive to changes in the clinical environment, health care system and characteristics of the populations to be served. The curriculum is designed to enable students to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet the educational learning objectives of the program.

The Advanced Homeopathy- Practitioner Program provides a solid preparation for the professional practice of homeopathic medicine. It is based on a firm academic and practical foundation using the fundamental principles and philosophy of homeopathic medicine.

This program is responsive to changes in the clinical environment, the business of health care, health care systems and characteristics of populations to be served. The curriculum is designed to enable students to demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to meet the educational learning objectives of the program and the career in which they are being prepared for. Clinical training is integrated fully into the program and includes extensive participation in the BIH Student clinics, mentorship as well as supervision. Professionalism and humanism are the hallmarks of the programs as they are designed to foster the sense of students as members of a learning community and members of the homeopathic profession.

A specific and thorough attention is given in particular to Human Sciences and to homeopathic integration to Allopathic Medicine. Homeopathy is in fact a holistic, alternative and complementary medicine. It is holistic meaning that it considers each individual in his totality (mind-emotion-physical entity); it is alternative because its approach is alternative to the allopathic approach but at the same time it’s complementary because very often it can be used alongside conventional or allopathic treatments.
   

Four Year Diploma Program

 YEAR 1

1st year introduces the basics of homeopathic history, philosophy and application. Using the principles of homeopathy, we will explore the nature of disease and its cure.

You will begin work with the practical application of homeopathy by hearing paper cases and observing videos of cured cases.

Most of the first aid remedies and many acute and chronic remedies are covered. You will learn to work with the Repertory, and discover how to solve basic cases. We believe a fundamental knowledge and understanding of Repertory is essential.

Completion of the first year will give you a foundational knowledge of homeopathy and the tools to apply remedies in first aid situations. You will be prepared for the second year when we begin the more intensive study of remedies in groupings. 

Year 1- Basics of Homeopathy

 YEAR 2

2nd year deepens your first year studies with a more rigorous emphasis on the treatment and understanding of complex chronic diseases. This includes the practical philosophy behind homeopathy as well as a thorough knowledge of chronic homeopathic remedies.

More intensive exposure to clinical cases and situations through paper, video and live cases enhances the learning process. Some of the weekends in the second year will be spent observing the school clinic in action.

Using a unique method of teaching and studying that emphasizes the grouping of remedies, a broad spectrum of homeopathic remedies are covered. The innovative methods of Dr. Rajan Sankaran, Jan Scholten, Roberto Petrucci, Farouk Master, George Vithoulkas and Massimo Mangialavori are explored from this year forward.

 Year 2 - Deepening your Grasp of Homeopathy

 YEAR 3

In 3rd year, the focus is on clinical studies. students will begin to prepare themselves for the establishment of their own practice. Through exposure to live cases which they will analyze and write up, students will gain the confidence needed to take cases on their own, under supervision.

Year 3 - Strengthening your Clinical Abilities

 YEAR 3

4th year is a clinical and personal mentoring year during which a supervisor will assist you in creating a portfolio of your own privately taken cases. Students will receive help to prepare for the Registration application and exam, and guide in setting up their own homeopathic practice. A special graduation exam and independent project will be required.

Year 4 - Professional Practice

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College Locations:

√ Cork city

√ Galway

Start Date:
1st year residential of Advanced Practitioner Diploma Course will start in Cork next September 24th and 25th, 2011.

1st year residential of Advanced Practitioner Diploma Course will start in Galway next October 1st and 2nd, 2011.

Enrolments for both locations will close next September 10th and 11th, 2011.

Course Fee: € 2600 per annum - inclusive
A discount of 10% will be given if paid in full upon registration each year : € 2200
Students who have progressed from the Introductory Course or from the General Diploma Course to the full Adavanced Diploma course are granted exemption from the first section of the course (in case of the Introductory Coruse) and from the first 2 years (in case of the General Dipoma Course) and course fees for the basic section are refunded.    

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