EDUCATION:

The ECH recognises that high-quality health care depends on high standards of education. This is as true for homeopathy as for any other medical discipline and the Education Subcommittee works to support training organisations throughout Europe in the attainment of the best possible standards of education for homeopathy.

Standards

Over many years, our expert panel has worked with the ECH and its other subcommittees to develop the Medical Homeopathy Education Standards, for the ECH & LMHI affiliated schools. These standards provide an agreed framework for high-quality education and they are a training benchmark for safe and effective homeopathic practice by qualified medical practitioners.

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Homeopathy has much to contribute to modern medicine. The Education Subcommittee fully supports the ECH’s mission to integrate homeopathy widely within health care systems throughout Europe. We also engage constructively in dialogue and collaboration with international organisations which promote high standards of homeopathic medical education.

Our curricular frameworks and examination standards are compliant with recognised standards in modern adult education. This ensures parity with organisations providing higher education and ensures the ongoing availability of homeopathic courses at several European Universities.

Accreditation

Quality assurance is an important part of the Education subcommittee’s work and is central to the accreditation of ECH affiliated schools and teachers.

How to obtain accreditation

In order to obtain accreditation for a course, every teaching centre must fulfil the following requirements:

Once accreditation has been granted, it remains valid for a period of 6 years and is renewable following review.

A new standard on Services of Medical Doctors which includes additional qualification in Homeopathy was approved by the Member States of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and published in 2017. This European Standard (EN 16872:2016) defines the knowledge and skills that are required by medical homeopaths. It also makes clear the relationship between conventional and homeopathic approaches, and contains statements on clinical practice, ethical codes and conduct, basic educational requirements and continuous professional development.

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Support

The ECH education subcommittee represents a wide spectrum of expertise. This has allowed us to harmonize many of the essential prerequisites for training in homeopathy and establish our core standards for education. However, over and above our accreditation responsibilities, we also aim to support our affiliated schools by providing guidance and developing a bank of shared resources. These include e-learning modules (under development) and support for teacher training within our “Sharing Teaching Experience” project.

Dialogue

Education is a dynamic and on-going process. The members of the Subcommittee welcome any input you may have concerning education-related topics, such as teaching methodology, the incorporation of research and evidence into teaching programmes, improvement of communication between teachers and students, educational delivery and design (including e-learning) and any other activities with relevance to the education of homeopathic doctors.

For further information on ECH

we recommend you look at the webpages of our other subcommittees.

Our library references include a List of Dissertations and Thesis created collaboratively by the team of the ECH Documentation Subcommittee specifically to support the needs of those practicing and studying homeopathy.

Please use the link to contact us for your questions or suggestions.

The subcommittee meets twice a year, as part of regular ECH meetings with other Subcommittees. If you are interested in joining the work of our committee, please contact the coordinator who can arrange a preliminary visit to one of our sessions.

Coordinador:

Dr.  Dora Pachova

Str. Ilarion Makariopolski Nr. 2

Sofia 1202

Bulgaria
e-mail: education@homeopathyeurope.org