Essential knowledge: The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role This includes knowledge of: Basic knowledge of philosophical tradition of science/allopathic medicine Basic knowledge of sociology of health and the health care system Basic knowledge of the current political context of health care Basic knowledge of the practices of other therapies Basic nutritional requirements for the various ages and stages of life Disease processes and affecting factors for a range of common diseases Ethical issues in management Ethical issues in medicine How homœopathy works with the other therapeutic models Industry standards Knowledge and understanding of the Law of similars Management issues and responsibilities Work health and safety (WHS) requirements in the workplace Team development issues The homœopathic integration of these approaches to health The qualitative, quantitative, cultural and traditional lines of evidence used in homœopathy The rationalistic, analytical approach to an understanding of disease The vitalistic, empirical approach to healthThe philosophies, principles and tools of homœopathy The principles of: action of homœopathic medicines according to Hahnemann aggravation dynamism or 'the vital force' exciting cause of a disease fundamental cause of a disease individualisation of the case minimum dose modern hypotheses concerning the action of the homoeopathic medicines nature of disease according to Hahnemann primary and secondary actions of medicines similarity single dose single medicine suppression - the consequences of suppression of symptoms or discharges on the future development of disease susceptibility and sensitivity the systemic nature of disease, including the so-called local or one-sided diseases, in aphorisms (§), (§186-205) Organon of Medicine totality of symptoms The principles of: different phases of miasms primary and secondary symptoms of miasms the theory of acute and chronic miasms the nature and characteristics of miasms: psoric miasm sycotic miasm syphilitic miasm tubercular miasm cancer miasm treatment of miasms according to phase: the nature of idiosyncrasies the direction of cure ('Hering's Law") the organism's drive to externalise disease (§201) Organon of Medicine |