Naturopathic Philosophy

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1 SUBJECT OUTLINE Subject Name: Naturpathic Philsphy SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Subject Cde: NATP111 Award/s: Bachelr f Cmplementary Medicine Ttal curse credit pints: 48 Level: 1 st Year Duratin: 1 Semester Subject Crdinatr: David Stelfx (Adelaide) Subject is: Cre Subject Credit Pints: 2 Student Wrklad: N. timetabled hurs per week: 3 N. persnal study hurs per week: 2 Ttal hurs per week: 5 Delivery Mde: Pre-requisites: C-requisites: E-Learning 2 hur lecture 1 hur tutrial Details: Narrated Pwerpint presentatins, webinars Tutr mderated discussin frum and activities Prescribed readings, student handuts, web-based resurces Full Time Part Time Nil Nil SECTION 2 ACADEMIC DETAILS Subject Ratinale This subject intrduces naturpathic philsphy and the principles that underlie naturpathic clinical practice. Students gain an understanding f the histrical backgrund as well as an appreciatin f the pineers f the prfessin. Thrugh critical questining and discussin, students engage in explratin f the principles and key cncepts and hw they relate t treatment mdalities. The rle f practitiner and patient is als explred with a view t supprting the develpment f self-reflectin and self-develpment thrughut the curse as well as in later practice. This subject prvides an essential fundatin fr further study and practice f naturpathy. Learning Outcmes 1. Identify and explain the philsphical principles underlying Naturpathy and their applicatin t clinical practice. 2. Develp a hlistic view f health and naturpathic healthcare that encmpasses the bipsychscialspiritual cntext. 3. Distinguish between the cnventinal medical apprach and the naturpathic apprach t symptms, acute and chrnic disease and the evaluatin f treatment utcmes. 4. Develp the ability t apply the naturpathic view f the prcess f healing and the therapeutic rder t clinical case analyses. 5. Understand the Unity f Disease thery and the Determinants f Health as framewrks fr naturpathic case analysis. 6. Understand the basics f the rles and impact f the practitiner and the client n the healing prcess. 7. Understand the diversity f the Naturpathic prfessin and its dynamic state f develpment. Last updated n 19 Jul 17 Versin: 11.0 NATP111 Naturpathic Philsphy Australian Cllege f Natural Medicine Pty Ltd (ACNM) trading as Endeavur Cllege f Natural Health Page 1 f 5

2 Assessment Tasks Type Learning Outcmes Assessed Weeks Cntent Delivered Week Due Weighting Tutrial Participatin (Weekly frum psts n activities and tpics, minimum. 150 wrds) % each plus 2% bnus = 15% Case Analysis (essay questin, 1000 wrds) Sunday fllwing Week 8 25% Quiz (shrt answer questins) Sunday fllwing Week 11 10% Final Exam (extended respnse questins, including case analysis) Final Exam Perid 50% Prescribed readings: 1. Lindlahr, H. (2010). Nature cure. Miami, FL: Hardpress Publishing. [ebk available] Recmmended readings: 1. Chaitw, L. (Ed.) (2008). Naturpathic physical medicine. Edinburgh, Sctland: Churchill Livingstne Elsevier. [ebk available] 2. Hechtman, L. (2012). Clinical naturpathic medicine. Chatswd, NSW: Churchill Livingstne Elsevier. [ebk available] 3. Kirchfeld, F., & Byle, W. (2005). Nature dctrs: Pineers in naturpathic medicine (2nd ed.). Prtland, OR: NCNM Press. 4. Oschman, J. L. (2003). Energy medicine in therapeutics and human perfrmance. Edinburgh, Sctland: Butterwrth Heinemann. [ebk available] 5. Pizzrn, J. E., & Murray, M. T. (Eds.) (2013). Textbk f natural medicine (4th ed.). St. Luis, MO: Churchill Livingstne. [ebk available] Subject Cntent Week Lecture Tutrial 1. Cnceptual/Philsphical/Idelgical Underpinnings Whle medical systems Definitin f Naturpathy & brief histry Naturpathic therapies/scpe f practice in Australia Cnventinal vs. naturpathic mdels/paradigms Evidence-based vs. evidence-infrmed practice What des it mean t heal r cure? What is health/wellness? (WHO definitin, Lindlahr, Hahnemann) Imprtance/relevance f philsphy and clinical thery in practice Intrductin t the framewrk f the semester Last updated n 19 Jul 17 Versin: 11.0 NATP111 Naturpathic Philsphy Australian Cllege f Natural Medicine Pty Ltd (ACNM) trading as Endeavur Cllege f Natural Health Page 2 f 5

3 2. Vis Medicatrix Naturae The Healing Pwer f Nature Definitin f the principle; key rle in naturpathy Vitalism in ther whle medical systems (qi, prana, etc) Hmestasis and self-repair Histrical rts f vitalism in naturpathic therapies Materialism/biscience view f the bdy and the Vis Medicatrix Naturae Relatinship f spirituality t the cncept f the Vis Medicatrix Naturae Cnnectin t/lve f nature, wrking in synergy with nature Mdern energy medicine 3. Prcess f Disease and Healing The VMN in Actin Naturpathic definitin f disease Acute vs. chrnic disease Symptms as expressins f the illness Acute inflammatry prcess & the bdy s innate intelligence Schematic f the prcess f disease and healing Remving bstacles t cure/disturbing factrs Hering s Principles f Cure Healing Reactins/Discharge vs. Disease Crisis 4. Primum Nn Ncere First D N Harm Definitin f the principle; Hippcratic histry Cncept f the least frce interventin Stages f inflammatin First D Nthing as a crllary Distinguishing suppressin, palliatin and cure/ eliminatin Restrative practices as least frce interventins The rle f patience in achieving a cure 5. The Therapeutic Order The Guiding Frce fr First D N Harm 1. Establish the cnditins fr health 2. Stimulate self-healing mechanisms 3. Supprt weakened r damaged systems r rgans 4. Address structural integrity 5. Address pathlgy with specific natural substances, mdalities r interventins 6. Address pathlgy with specific pharmaclgic r synthetic substances 7. Suppress pathlgy 6. Tlle Ttem Treat the Whle Persn Definitin f the principle and f hlism Treating the persn vs. fighting the disease Individualised view f disease Analysis and Synthesis Cmplexity and variability The rle f cntext/systems in hlism Bipsychscialspiritual cntext/apprach Overview f Integral Thery Rle f spirituality in medicine and healing Webinar: Intrductin t naturpathic case analysis Last updated n 19 Jul 17 Versin: 11.0 NATP111 Naturpathic Philsphy Australian Cllege f Natural Medicine Pty Ltd (ACNM) trading as Endeavur Cllege f Natural Health Page 3 f 5

4 7. Cnstitutinal Medicine Treating the Whle Persn in Practice Cnstitutin defined Overview f the cnstitutinal systems f hmepathy, Ayurveda and Five Element Acupuncture Identificatin f patterns: physical, mental, emtinal NON-TEACHING WEEK (nte that make-up classes may be scheduled in this week) Online Students - The break week falls between Weeks 7 and Tlle Causam Treat the Cause Definitin f the principle Causes f illness accrding t histrical medical thught, e.g., Ayurveda Unity f Disease (Lindlahr) Primary and secndary causes f disease Terrain, miasm and temperament vs. pathgen Txemia Imbalance f micrflra NDD Nature Deficit Disrder Mdern surces f txicity 9. The Determinants f Health and Nature Cure Treating the Causes f Illness Define the Determinants f Health Addressing the Determinants f Health Histry and practice f hygiene and Nature Cure Hw these appraches address the primary and secndary causes f disease The emerging apprach f Emunctrlgy 10. Dcere Naturpath As Teacher Definitin f the principle Rle f the naturpath as educatr and guide Assessing readiness fr change Types f supprt and ways f teaching Walking the talk rle mdelling Therapeutic presence Individual vs. grup visits Outreach t cmmunity Writing/speaking The Placeb Effect - the patient as a mdality Placeb in treatment Ttal treatment effect Placeb in research Therapeutic value f the placeb effect 11. Practitiner as a Therapy: Dcere Thrugh Being the Medicine Self-develpment as a practitiner/wunded healer Interactive Skills Uncnditinal Presence Healthy bundaries Listening withut judgment Last updated n 19 Jul 17 Versin: 11.0 NATP111 Naturpathic Philsphy Australian Cllege f Natural Medicine Pty Ltd (ACNM) trading as Endeavur Cllege f Natural Health Page 4 f 5

5 Verbal and nn-verbal cmmunicatin Self reflectin Therapeutic tuch The patient/practitiner relatinship Distributin f pwer within a clinical setting Rapprt building Hrizntal & vertical vectrs implicit within a patient/practitiner relatinship Patient centred practice: key cncepts 12. Preventare Preventin Definitin f the principle Revisit earlier cncepts as they apply t preventin Health during cnceptin and pregnancy Health management in childhd and adlescence Empwering the patient t achieve and maintain health Patient engagement Intentin and healing Healing pwer f the mind Psychneurimmunendcrinlgy 13. Creating a Healthy Wrld Thrugh Preventin Sciecnmic Determinants f Health Sustainable (ecnmic/envirnmental)/ restrative health care a visin The Gaia hypthesis and health whle systems Humanity s impact n the envirnment & vice versa Metaflammatin and climate change the link Sil depletin and fd quality Cnsequences f glbal ppulatin grwth Diversity f the naturpathic prfessin and its dynamic state f develpment Naturpathic medicine in Nrth America, India and Eurpe Recent imprtant develpments in naturpathy- Fundatins f Naturpathic Medicine Prject Rle f naturpathy as a bridge between cnventinal and traditinal medicine in develping cuntries Rle f integrative/cllabrative medicine in develped cuntries The future f naturpathy in Australia prfessinal frmatin Synthesis f the semester 14. Nn-Teaching Week 1 (nte that make-up classes may be scheduled in this week). 15. Nn-Teaching Week 2 (nte that make-up classes may be scheduled in this week). 16. Final Exam Week 1 *Please nte: Online enrlled students are required t sit the final exam n campus as per the Examinatin Plicy Higher Educatin. The Exam Week fr subjects ffered nline is identified fr each enrlment perid n the Student Calendar fr Online Higher Educatin Study fr the current calendar year. 17. Final Exam Week 2 Last updated n 19 Jul 17 Versin: 11.0 NATP111 Naturpathic Philsphy Australian Cllege f Natural Medicine Pty Ltd (ACNM) trading as Endeavur Cllege f Natural Health Page 5 f 5