naturopathy, herbal medicine, education, research
Yesterday I was honoured to be the winner of the 2021 Bioceuticals Integrative Medicine Award for Contribution to Research & Education.
Continue reading “Wonderful honour – winner of the 2021 BIMA for Contribution to Research & Education”
Since the closure of Endeavour College’s Office of Research, Endeavour’s path and mine have slowly been diverging, and I am pleased to announce that today I started as Senior Learning Facilitator – Naturopathy & Western Herbal Medicine, at Torrens University Australia (TUA).
Continue reading “New role: Senior Learning Facilitator at Torrens University – a change for the better”After spending the last four years as a casual lecturer working across both Australasian College of Natural Therapies and Endeavour College of Natural Health, it was time for a change.
Continue reading “New role: Senior Lecturer at Endeavour College”With the removal of the Advanced Diplomas of Naturopathy, Western Herbal Medicine, Nutritional Medicine and Homoeopathy, from the Health Training Package at the end of this year, training providers initially thought they had 18 months to teach out students already enrolled in December 2015.
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Congratulations to Maureen Boh, a former student in my pharmacognosy class at ACNT, for getting her work published!
Continue reading “Student publication – Silybum monograph”
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.
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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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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”Whether you are a student completing an assignment, or a practitioner writing a journal article or commencing research, knowing how to write a literature review is an important skill.
Continue reading “Conducting & Writing a Literature Review”