naturopathy, herbal medicine, education, research
On Friday 21 November 2014 the Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council (CS&HISC) issued a notice confirming the decision to delete the Advanced Diplomas of Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, and Homoeopathy, from December 2015.
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I recently received the alert emails from the NHAA reminding members that their CPE Diary for 2014 is due by the end of December. I know many respond with “yawn, not again?!”, but for me I see compulsory continuing professional education (CPE) as a sign of a real health profession, and I am happy to participate.
Continue reading “Continuing Professional Education – an essential component of a real profession”Next Tuesday 21st October I’ll be conducting a teleseminar on diabetes, for New Zealand herbalists and naturopaths. Hosted by the New Zealand company Phytomed, the title is “Diabetes – Herbal Support for Better Outcomes”.
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Registrations for the must-go conference of 2015 have now opened. The 9th International Conference on Herbal Medicine, hosted by the NHAA from 20-22 March 2015, will be the premier clinically-relevant herbal medicine conference of 2015.
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Whilst there is still some push-back against the CS&HISC decision to discontinue the Advanced Diplomas of Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, and Homoeopathy, ARONAH has come out in support of the decision.
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Over a number of years of teaching, one of the common issues I’ve noticed is that students often find calculating dosage equivalents rather challenging. It is important to be able to convert between liquid extract quantities and dry herb amounts, and vice versa. So I thought this would be a good place to discuss the issues and provide some techniques to help.
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As you may have seen in my recent posts (here and here), the CS&HISC recently made a decision to remove the Advanced Diplomas of Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutritional Medicine, and Homoeopathy from the Health Training Package in December 2015. This came after almost 18 months of discussion and consultation, and majority support amongst stakeholders.
Yet the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS) refuses to accept the majority decision, is actively opposing it and is seeking to have the CS&HISC decision overturned.
Continue reading “ATMS Seeks to Maintain the Lowest Standards”
Scientific American reports on a new method to detect coffee adulteration.
Continue reading “Detecting coffee adulteration”It is great to see Oborne Health Supplies, in their August newsletter, reminding everybody of the regulations around extemporaneous dispensing of herbal liquids, and what we absolutely should not be doing.
Continue reading “Premixing or Individualised Dispensing – Legality”
I often hear people refer to the disciplines of naturopathy and herbal medicine as an “industry”, and I have to say it grates on me every time. Why? Because we are a profession, not an industry.
Continue reading “Industry or Profession … Which are we?”