Course Outline

Your education will include:

An introduction to the key principles of Homeopathy:

• A brief history of the development of homeopathy
  The Organon of Medicine
• The basic principles and philosophy of homeopathy (Similia Similibus Curentur, Minimum/Optimum dose, Single remedy, Potentisation, Miasms)
• Understanding the vital force and the concept of healing (chronic and acute disease, the direction of cure, susceptibility)
• An introduction to the tools of homeopathy – including the repertory and materia medicas

The foundations of Homeopathy Practice:

• Case-taking skills – Learning what is needed from your client and so how to take a case
• Case Analysis - distinguishing what needs to be treated
• When and how to use the repertory
• Using materia medicas – how to study a remedy
• Sources of remedies
• Other remedy information sources
• Provings
• Herbal tinctures/homeobotanicals/flower essences etc. 

Clinical Application of Homeopathy:

• Case management
• Clinical observation
• Case recording
• Clinical reasoning (choosing remedies and treatment planning – first and subsequent prescriptions)
• Practical application of homeopathic methodologies
• Ethical and legal considerations in practice
• Integration of homeopathy with other natural therapies/orthodox medicine
• Preparation of homeopathic remedies (homeopathic pharmacy)
• Dispensing homeopathic remedies
• Prognosis

Business management:

• Setting up a homeopathic practice
• Patient management and communication
• Marketing and promotion
• Setting fees

Self-care in homeopathic practice:

• Supervision

Research in homeopathy:

• High level evidence that supports the efficacy of homeopathy