Professional Master Course in Veterinary Homeopathy
The Professional Master Course in Veterinary Homeopathy is a eighteen-month-long integrated virtual classroom and multimedia program, providing over 250 hours of live faculty instruction. Our curriculum has been fully restructured and expanded to offer our program entirely online to be as accessible as possible for veterinarians and veterinary students around the world.
The Professional Master Course comprises of live virtual classroom modules, inter-modular webinars, mentoring case rounds, homework study with clinical case work, and a final evaluation examination.
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The Professional Master Course
- The Professional Master Course is divided into Five Learning Modules with Intermodular Webinars and Mentored Case Rounds between each module.
- The program is designed to attend live for optimum learning, but all lectures will be recorded to be viewed on our online learning platform.
- Students have found being able to re-listen to lectures even after live attendance, invaluable for their studies.
- Students have unlimited access to all lectures until the end of the course.
- The PIVH utilizes an interactive classroom teaching style with lecture, discussion, and casework; utilized to facilitate different student’s learning styles.
- Our lecture style is described as dynamic and engaging, creating a safe participatory environment to balance the right combination of lecture and partaking in active discussion (where it is often said the “real learning” happens).
- Problem-based learning (PBL) case study application is used throughout every module, bringing the theoretical to the practical, thereby engaging students to build the foundations for homeopathic clinical practice.
- PBL casework enables the students to work through and solve real cured cases in a step-by-step process, to learn how to: take a case, follow a homeopathic work-up process and methodology, prescribe, interpret remedy responses, and manage clinical case progress, including supportive care and client management considerations.
- As these are cured clinical cases, students will find out the clinical outcome of the medical management during class to help solidify the learning principles of their decisions.
- Students find the PBL case work critical in achieving clinical confidence and success outside the classroom.
- There is homework study throughout the course year with a final exam to be completed electronically after completion of the final Learning Module.
- Students will receive a comprehensive electronic workbook (if printed will fill a 4″ binder) with detailed handouts inclusive of all lecture notes, additional reference materials, class resources, etc. While we always encourage note taking during class, all the information presented will be included in detail within the handouts.
The Course Length
- Course length is designed to allow both an immersive study experience and a work-life-study balance.
- Students having the opportunity to practice their own clinical case work with dedicated mentoring is vital to success.
- Similar to our fourth year in veterinary school, mentored case work brings our studies to life and truly facilitates students moving through the learning stages.
- Achieving this balance of depth and duration of study is critical to reach mastery and obtain the deeper understanding of classical homeopathy needed to tackle the complex multilayered chronic cases that we so commonly see in practice.
- We cannot stress enough, that the length of the PIVH program is imperative for both the ongoing mentorship and the time needed to achieve understanding of successful prescribing for chronic case work.
The Online Schedule
- Each of the five Learning Modules are divided into two online sessions, part 1 and 2, e.g. Module 1.1, Module 1.2, Module 2.1, Module 2.2, and so forth.
- Online modular sessions (two per Learning Module) will each comprise of three days of live online lectures, which will be recorded.
- Schedule of the online modular sessions will be: Friday through Sunday, with virtual class beginning at 08:30 PST / 11:30 EST and ends at 16:00 PST / 19:00 EST. Each day includes 6 hours of live lectures with regular breaks (including lunch) scheduled throughout.
- In Sum, five Learning Modules comprising of two online sessions each = 10 three-day online sessions over 18 months.
- Learning Modules 1-5 are scheduled with eleven to fourteen weeks between each module to enable assimilation of coursework through homework study, clinical case work, intermodular webinars and virtual case rounds.
- Students find this time between Learning Modules for study and clinical application of each session’s material to be essential, and as equally important to generate sustainability in work-life-study balance!
In Between Learning Modules
- Intermodular webinars and virtual clinical case rounds:
- Provide the opportunity to review key concepts and learning issues directly with the faculty to facilitate your advancement throughout the program.
- Cover topics from theory, case presentations, homework review, and your own clinical case queries.
- Offered live every 2-3 weeks during the program (e.g. more frequently in the beginning when more support is needed), for 3 hour sessions.
- Homework Study between each session includes:
- Reading, practical and theoretical homework, and clinical case assignments.
- The homework is designed to solidify key learning concepts, provide practice case work, enhance the students developing skills, and of most importance, identify any knowledge gaps in one’s learning.
- We advise that for every hour in lecture students should plan on 1-3 hours outside of class in homework study, as are the standard recommendations in higher education.
- Faculty guidance provided through daily forum activity and email support.
Learning Module Outlines:
Module 1: Introduction to Homeopathic Theory & Principles, Taking the Acute Case
- Establishing the foundation principles
- Mechanism of homeopathic effect, the curative response and evaluation
- How to work up a case, use of the repertory and analysis of symptoms
- Adjunctive therapies, case management, building a practice, interview techniques and client communication
Module 2: Recognition and Treatment of Chronic Disease, Taking the Chronic Case
- Introduction to the challenges and differences in treating chronic vs acute disease
- The study of different forms of chronic disease and related remedies for treatment
- How to work up cases of chronic disease, and skillfully determine their characteristic symptoms
- Essential relationship between nutrition and chronic disease
- Nutrition and supportive care
Module 3: Prescription Evaluation, Mastering the Second Prescription in Chronic Cases
- Evaluating patient’s response to homeopathic treatment through further casework
- Use of keynotes symptoms, significance of concomitant symptoms
- Understanding the importance of behavior in remedy selection
- Further materia medica discussion and more in-depth repertory work
Module 4: Vaccination & Epidemic Disease, Treatment of Suppressed Cases
- Vaccinations and use of nosodes to prevent disease
- Treatment of epidemics
- Evolution of chronic disease with increasing complexity over time
- Strategies for managing the confused and suppressed case
Module 5: Difficult and Incurable Cases, Treatment of Cancer: Palliation vs. Cure
- Treatment of cancer, appropriate remedies and proper understanding of case management
- Palliation of incurable cases
- Evaluating case progress
- Research in homeopathy, examples and limitations
- Ethics in homeopathy, good practice standards
In Every Learning Module:
- Clinical Case discussions are used as a basis for application of principles
- Practice management strategies will be reviewed at each session
- Faculty members will contribute essential tips to owning and running a successful homeopathic practice
Required books (for the veterinary course) and books recommended for the study of homeopathy.
