BS/EN 16872-2016 pdf download.Services of Medical Doctors with additional qualification in Homeopathy (MDQH) Requirements for health care provision by Medical Doctors with additional qualification in Homeopathy.
5.3 Principles for therapeutic action
With respect to therapeutic actions the MDQH shall:
a) be capable of acting according to the principles of homeopathy,
b) avoid suppression. The preferred treatment shall be directed towards long-term general amelioration of the patient’s condition, but in certain cases, the doctor may offer palliative care,
c) explain the relationship between lifestyle and complaint to the patient and provide advice on self- care and prevention or refer to other healthcare professionals for advice on self-care and prevention,
d) explain the choice of treatment before starting the therapeutic process,
e) consider the self-healing power of every human being as a basic principle; the treatment supports, arouses or activates cure but, in some exceptional circumstances, is palliative.
I) aim at enabling the patient’s growth and/or development as a free individual, overcoming his/her problems or illness, and preserving the patient’s independence.
g) have acquired skills in the use of approved examination equipment and materials,
h) undertake continuing professional development to maintain the required standards of knowledge, training and expertise. This is achieved by taking refresher courses and continuing professional development (CPD), by conferring with colleagues and consulting the professional literature,
i) refrain from therapeutic actions he/she is not trained in,
j) take personal responsibility for any therapeutic action; in the case of delegating treatment to other health care providers – not independently authorized – the final responsibility shall remain with the delegating doctor,
k) be respectful about his/her profession and towards colleagues and members of other health care professions.
I) make the results of his/her research and clinical experience known in a methodical and honest manner without distorting the facts and without keeping knowledge or methods of treatment to him/herself, and avoid inappropriate self-promotion and advertising or laying claim to secret or exclusive methods of treatment, or claiming that he/she is able to produce extraordinary cures, and
m) renounce any actions contrary to professional ethics.
The therapeutic objective as well as the practical approach to illness may differ in homeopathy as compared to conventional medicine. The Homeopathic Education Programme (HEP) shall prepare medical doctors to maintain and improve on best and safe homeopathic care for lifelong, self-directed learning and for continuing professional development. Professionalism with respect to knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour shall he developed.
Due to medical education regulations within Europe, the national educational institutions’ standards for accreditation on this subject will apply. If national regulation is lacking, the CEN/TC 427 standard for accreditation will apply.
6.2 Basic requirements of the Homeopathic Education Programme (HEP)
6.2.1 Admission requirements
All applicants shall be medical doctors or medical students, and for practicing they shall be admitted to practice as medical doctor in their country of residence.
6.2.2 Requirements of the Homeopathic Education Programme (HEP)
The HEP, including course lectures, applied training and examinations, shall be organized by an
institution with expertise in homeopathy.
Teachers shall be experts with experience on the subject of their course.
Training should comprise class teaching with sufficient clinical training and clinical experience for an equivalent minimum of at least 350 h. One third should concern clinical training. The applicant should have the possibility to complete the training within the period of 3 years of part-time study.
Teaching methods such as c-learning, webinars, supervised homework etc., may be implemented as they develop.
6.3 Learning outcomes
6.3.1 Main outcomes
The HEP shall prepare MDQHs for:
a) maintaining and improving on best and safest homeopathic care for lifelong, self-directed learning for continuing professional development, and
b) further professionalism (i.e. knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviour expected by patients and society).
6.3.2 Required knowledge and skills
During the HEP the student should comply with the knowledge and skills as described in 3.2. and 3.3. and should:BS/EN 16872-2016 pdf download.
BS/EN 16872-2016 pdf download
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