A Warm Welcome from the Course Director
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Ellen Kramer MCPH, RShom is Director and Course Manager for the College of Practical Homeopathy , who provide the only full time and part-time ‘Vocational training courses in London’. She also has busy private practices in Islington and Finchley and is the author of ‘Methods of Homeopathic Prescribing’.
The College offers students the opportunity to obtain a Licentiate in Homeopathy which is the standard qualification for practice in the UK. It qualifies you to register for membership of one of the professional bodies representing Homeopaths and to start your own practice. Students can obtain this qualification at CPH via a number of different routes depending on their circumstances. We provide a flexible programme to meet the needs of our adult student base and this means you can study for a qualification via our three or four year part time courses, a two year full time course, and a Distance E learning programme. It is possible to change between these courses at appropriate times.
We also provide Post Graduate courses in Naturopathy, Homeopathy and Iridology, as well as seminars and workshops on a range of related subjects. CPH is a vocational college (although our academic standards are second to none) and we place the most emphasis on practical application as the base to any learning.
We believe that teaching homeopathy solely as an academic subject doesn’t work. We learn to do things by doing them. A training at CPH focuses on case analysis. We have found that once students are clear what needs curing and what method is most appropriate they then have the right tools to find the most appropriate remedy. This means their success rate, their confidence and practice grows. It makes them adaptable to any given situation that their patients may present and gets them to think about what they are doing. At CPH we teach our students to be ‘independent’ and equip them with the skills that allow them to succeed in both professionally and within a changing market place.
The unique approach adopted at CPH allows the rapid development of practical skills alongside the theoretical approaches taught – the only real way to learn. (Please note that Modules are based on a unique developmental approach that integrates different disciplines – e.g. Anatomy and Physiology are taught alongside clinical practice and therapeutics as appropriate - if you are looking at clients with respiratory problems you will be covering the lungs etc in A&P, appropriate remedies in therapeutics etc). No other course applies homeopathy in this way and that is why we are the only genuine college of ‘practical’ homeopathy.
Our courses use carefully selected tried and tested teaching material (based on over 20 years of experience of training homeopaths), regularly updated approaches to give you thorough, enjoyable and creative study.
We have a comprehensive written material database so that all students receive module notes etc via electronic means (this in itself is unusual as most colleges still expect student to take notes in class). Study material comprises of written material, and audio or visual presentations based on a module and contain assignments. Students also have access to an e-forum for students. The course material is presented in a used friendly format and is designed to act as a comprehensive reference manual that will support students for the rest of their professional lives.
Uniquely our courses require students to begin to see patients early on in their clinical training. Students will begin to take cases fairly early on (normally family and friends) and will be expected to find a way of beginning clinical practice in a way that is appropriate to them in order to build up their clinical hours. (Part time and Full time students have access to our own student clinics).
Assessment is on-going and we do not require essays or the sitting of exams. We do require students to complete regular assignments and cases, produce their own Materia Medica and Therapeutics Manual - up to 84 or so remedies (this is a major piece of work and is developed over the length of the course, and present cases for graduation which are externally marked. Tutors are fully qualified practitioners, chosen for their skills in helping you learn.
CPH provides a unique learning environment that enables our students to become the highest quality practitioners, a process that requires commitment, dedication, openness to being challenged and to challenge. It requires the development of your sense of humour, humility and compassion for yourself and others, and a willingness to get it wrong and still turn up the next day with a smile on your face and have another go.
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