Curriculum
I. HISTORY
An overview
of the history of homeopathy from ancient times to the present. (There
is a particular focus on US history and the world of homeopathy today.)
II. PHILOSOPHY
Posology (potency
and remedy preparation)
Concepts of
health, disease and susceptibility
Vital Force
Laws of Healing;
Kent's
Homeopathic
Philosophy
Organon
Theory of
Miasms
Kingdom and
Family Ideas
Research: contemporary
research in
homeopathy;
theoretical basis of practice;
proposed mechanisms
of action of
homeopathy.
III. Materia Medica
Focus on the
essence, developmental history, generalities, keynotes
and specific pathology of each remedy.
250 of remedies
covered.
Remedy family
focus.
IV. REPERTORY
General layout
of repertory; careful analysis of each section and how best to apply rubrics
to case work; using rubrics to study materia medica.
V. CASE TAKING
Developing
interview technique; taking cases in class; critique and analysis of videos;
critique of paper cases.
VI. CASE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
Strategies
of case analysis; applying repertory to cases; paper cases are assigned
each month; analysis of live cases in class or instructor's videos; how
to follow up a case; how to interpret the action of a remedy;
selection of potency; acute episodes during chronic treatment;
antidotes; prognosis; terminal cases; identifying the central disturbance.
VII. ADDITIONAL TOPICS
Next steps;
moving into practice; ethics/confidentiality; provings; obstacles to cure.