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TRAINING & QUALIFICATIONS The Faculty of Homeopathy is a unique organisation that ensures the highest standards in the education, training and practice of homeopathy by healthcare professionals, both in the UK and overseas. Incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1950, the Faculty has over 900 members worldwide. Faculty-accredited training is available to doctors, nurses, vets, dentists, midwives, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, osteopaths and chiropractors wishing to integrate homeopathy into their everyday practice. Postgraduate courses are delivered at five locations in the UK and four overseas. Please contact the Faculty-accredited teaching centres listed in this leaflet for further information on courses, including teaching dates and fees. At the end of training, students are encouraged to sit the Faculty of Homeopathy’s examinations which lead to the qualifications LFHom, DFHom and MFHom. The Faculty’s Academic Office can answer any queries you may have about the examination process. Training is open to healthcare professionals who hold a qualification that is statutorily registrable in the UK. All Faculty-accredited courses are extensive in the depth and breadth of subject matter covered, and practitioners will be expected to gain an understanding of the areas outlined below : • core principles and concepts of homeopathy; • the his torical and philos ophical background to the development of homeopathy; • current scientific evidence; • homeopathic pharmacy and materia medica; • consultation and case analysis skills. Once their training is complete, practitioners will have gained an appreciation of the scope and limits of homeopathy within contemporary medicine, and how this knowledge can be applied w ithin their particular dis cipline and level of practice. 1. Foundation Training is appropriate for healthcare practitioners who wish to understand the basic principles of homeopathy. The curriculum specifies the core knowledge required for the Primary Health Care Examination (PHCE) and the LFHom (Vet) examination. Successful candidates are eligible to become Licenced Associates of the Faculty and may use the letters LFHom followed by a suffix denoting the practitioner’s profession. 2. Diploma Level Training is available for pharmacists and podiatrists. It equips practitioners to use homeopathy extensively in conditions appropriate to, and within, the accepted bounds of competence of their particular profession, and prepares students to sit the Diploma examination. Successful candidates are eligible to become Diplomate members and pharmacists may use the letters DFHom(Pharm) and podiatris ts DFHom(Pod). 3. MFHom Training expands substantially on introductory training and prepares chiropractors , dentists, doctors, nurses, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and vets who satisfy the entry criteria, for the Membership examination. Successful candidates are eligible to become full members of the Faculty and may use the letters: MFHom, MFHom(Chiro), MFHom(Dent), MFHom(Nurse), MFHom(Osteo), MFHom(Pharm), MFHom(Physio), MFHom(Pod) or VetMFHom. The table overleaf indicates where training courses are offered, at each level, for each professional group. FACULTY OF HOMEOPATHY
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T R A IN IN G & QU A LIFICAT ION S
T he Faculty of Hom eopathy is a unique
organisation that ensures the highest
standards in the education, training and
practice of hom eopathy by healthcare
profess ionals , both in the U K and overseas .
Incorporated by an A ct of Parliam ent in 1950,
the Faculty has over 900 members worldwide.
Faculty-accredited training is available to
doctors , nurses , vets , dentis ts , m idwives ,
pharm acists , phys iotherapists , podiatris ts ,
osteopaths and chiropractors wishing to
integrate hom eopathy into their everyday
practice.
Postgraduate courses are delivered at five
locations in the U K and four overseas . Please
contact the Faculty-accredited teaching
centres lis ted in this leaflet for further
inform ation on courses , including teaching
dates and fees .
A t the end of training, s tudents are
encouraged to s it the Faculty of
Hom eopathy’s exam inations which lead
to the qualifications LFHom , DFHom and
M FHom . T he Faculty’s A cadem ic Office
can answer any queries you m ay have about
the exam ination process .
Training is open to healthcare profess ionalsw ho hold a qualification that is s tatutorilyregistrable in the U K .
All Faculty-accredited courses are extens ive in the depth and breadth of subject mattercovered, and practitioners will be expected to gain an understanding of the areas outlined below:
• core principles and concepts of homeopathy;
• the historical and philosophical backgroundto the development of homeopathy;
• current scientific evidence;
• homeopathic pharmacy and materia medica;
• consultation and case analys is skills .
Once their training is complete, practitionerswill have gained an appreciation of the scopeand limits of homeopathy within contemporarymedicine, and how this knowledge can beapplied within their particular discipline andlevel of practice.
1. Foundation Training is appropriate forhealthcare practitioners who wish tounderstand the bas ic principles of homeopathy.The curriculum specifies the core knowledgerequired for the Prim ary Health CareE xam ination (PHCE ) and the LFHom (Vet)examination.
S uccessful candidates are eligible to becomeLicenced Associates of the Faculty and mayuse the letters LFHom followed by a suffixdenoting the practitioner’s profess ion.
2. Diplom a Level Training is available forpharmacists and podiatris ts . It equipspractitioners to use homeopathy extens ivelyin conditions appropriate to, and within, theaccepted bounds of competence of theirparticular profess ion, and prepares s tudentsto s it the Diplom a exam ination.
S uccessful candidates are eligible to becomeDiplomate members and pharmacists mayuse the letters DFHom (Pharm ) andpodiatris ts DFHom (Pod).
3. M FHom Training expands substantially onintroductory training and prepares chiropractors,dentis ts , doctors , nurses , osteopaths ,pharmacists , phys iotherapists , podiatris ts and vets who satis fy the entry criteria, for the M em bership exam ination.
S uccessful candidates are eligible to becomefull members of the Faculty and may us e the letters :
M FHom , M FHom (Chiro), M FHom (Dent),M FHom (N urse), M FHom (Osteo),M FHom (Pharm ), M FHom (Phys io),M FHom (Pod) or VetM FHom .
T he table overleaf indicates where trainingcourses are offered, at each level, for eachprofessional group.
FA CU LT Y OF HOM E OPAT HY
B R IS T OLAcademic Department of HomeopathicM edicine, B ris tol Homeopathic Hospitalat S outh B ris tol Community HospitalHengrove Promenade, B ris tol B S 14 0DE
Director : Dr Helen B eaumontK ey Contact: Tel: 07808 339740 E mail: [email protected]
G LA S G OWThe Vital Force, C/o NHS Centre for Integrative Care Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital1053 Great W estern R oadGlasgow G12 0YN
Tel: 0141 211 1617E m ail: [email protected] eb: www.thevitalforce.org
LON DONAcademic Unit, The R oyal London Hospitalfor Integrated M edicine, 60 Great Ormond S treet, London W C1N 3HR
Director : Dr S ara E amesK ey Contact: M rs Amy B owrin M B ETel: 020 344 82310/11Fax : 020 344 82312E m ail: [email protected] .ukW eb: www.uclh.nhs .uk/rlhim
N OR T HE R N IR E LA N DThe Dunsilly Hotel, 20 Dunsilly Road, Antrim ,BT41 2JH (please send all written correspondence to the main Faculty address).
K ey Contact:
Tel: 07712 188165 Email: [email protected]
Y OR K S HIR EB ritish Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy,Unit 8 E rivan Park, S andbeck W ay,W etherby LS 22 7DN
K ey Contact: Tel: 01937 543860Email: [email protected] eb: www.bavh.net/
OV E R S E A S CE N T R E S for Faculty-accreditedhom eopathic training
IN DIA – HY DE R A B A DThe Hyderabad S chool of Homoeopathy8-3-945/A/22 Nagarjuna NagarHyderabad 500 073, India
Course Director: Dr P Krishna ChoudaryK ey Contact: Dr Aparna KodaliTel: +91 (0)40 23733200E m ail: [email protected] eb: www.homeopathy-india.com
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Directors : Drs Claudio M angini and
K ey Contact: Rafaella GiannettaTel: +39 010 570 2988
+39 010 553 1067+39 345 056 3074
Fax : +39 010 553 1067E m ail: [email protected] eb: www.dulcamara.org
J A PA N – T OK Y OJ apanese Phys icians S ociety forHomeopathy2-28-724, Shimomiyabi-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0822, J apan
Course Director : Dr R onko ItamuraK ey Contact: M s Kayo YoshidaFax : +81 362808859E m ail: [email protected] eb: www.jpsh.jp
R U S S IA – M OS COWInternational Training Center of Class ical HomeopathyB ox 32, M oscow 117630, R uss ia
Centre Director : M s Victoria DmitrievaK ey Contacts : Dr Valeri Dmitriev and
M s Zinaida KurochkinaTel/Fax : +7 (499) 685 1660E m ail: [email protected] eb: www.gommed.ru
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