Edmonds, WA
425-672-4485
The SSH Foundation Year is designed to give students a strong foundation in the principles of classical homeopathy, before introducing them to tried-and-true progressive approaches. Nearly every weekend includes the topics of homeopathic philosophy, materia medica, proving, case taking, ethics, and case-analysis methodology. Cured cases (live, on paper, and/or on video) are utilized extensively to bring the material to life. Scroll down for class hours and locations.
Weekend 1, Sept. 10-12, 2010, starting Friday @ 5 pm: Homeopathic Principles, Philosophy, Pharmacy, and History (Lucy Vaughters, PA-C, CCH, Melanie Grimes, RsHom, CCH ). In this introductory weekend, we will bring the Organon to life by applying its key passages and basic tenets of homeopathy to life situations and to actual cases. We will learn the homeopathic pharmacy process via making a remedy. We will focus on the most important people and events in homeopathic history, past and current; and we will use video and paper cases to illustrate homeopathic precepts.
Weekend 2, October 8-10, 2010, starting Friday @ 5 pm: Introduction to Materia Medica: Effective Strategies for Study. Utilizing video and paper clinical cases, we will consider different strategies for studying remedies. Strategies to be considered include studying one remedy at a time via keynotes and themes, and comparing it to remedies with overlapping keynote and thematic presentations; studying themes of taxonomic and miasmatic remedy “families”; and studying original proving information (Lucy Vaughters, PA-C, CCH)
November 12, 1:30-3:30 pm, First guided study group, Bastyr— room location TBA
Weekend 3, November 12-14, 2010, starting Friday @ 5 pm: Using the Repertory to help solve clinical cases (Maryann Ivons, ND, RN). We will become familiar with the layout of Kent’s Repertory-- the repertory upon which all others were based; we will practice locating useful symptoms in the repertory via exercises from Karen Allen’s guidebook; we will practice repertorizing actual cases; and we will compare the pros and cons of different repertories, including Kent’s, Boeninghausen, Murphy’s, and computerized repertories. MacRepertory: Weekend will include a demo session over lunch with a representative from Kent Homeopathic Associates, a leading computer repertory company.
Weekend 4, December 10-12, 2010, starting Friday @ 5 pm: Case taking/ Case-Receiving (Krista Heron, ND, DHANP, and Lucy Vaughters, PA-C, CCH). We will discuss what needs to happen in case-taking, and how to create a safe space for our clients to reveal their disease state. We will consider different techniques and methods for guiding the case-taking process, consider characteristics of effective printed forms; and we will begin to critically observe the process of actual case-taking, as Krista and Lucy each take live cases.
January 7, 2011, Second Study Group, 1:30-3:30 pm, Bastyr.U. (LV)
Weekend 5, January 7-9, 2011, starting Friday @ 5 pm: Case analysis and assessment (Julian Jonas, LAc, CCH). How do we find the picture of disease, and its simillimum, amid all the myriad details that a patient brings to the interview? In this class, the instructor will share tips and techniques that have served homeopaths for decades in helping the image of disease to emerge clearly from the mass of data.
Weekend 6, February 11-13, 2011, starting Friday @ 5 pm: The Follow-Up, and Long-term case management (Lucy Vaughters PA-C, MA-T, CCH). It has often been said, with good reason, that the second prescription is the most difficult. Lucy will painstakingly guide you through follow-up scenario after scenario, so that you gain confidence in “what to do …next.” We will follow the course of three or four long-term cases on video and paper. In this class we will also discuss various points of view and strategies on dosing and repetition, and Lucy will share the major strategies that have served her best over 20 years of practice. Finally, we will conduct a live follow up one or more of the cases that were taken during weekend 4.
March 11, 2011, 1:30-3:30 pm, Third Guided Study Group, Bastyr U (LV)
Weekend 7, March 11-13, 2011, starting Friday @ 5 pm : Chronic disease/miasms, (Julian Jonas, LAc, CCH). What is a “miasm”--is it an infection? A stain? A genetic code? In this weekend, we will frequently utilize the teaching and writing of Hahnemann and Henne Hudens Mass, as well as review many short and medium-sized cases on both paper and video, to explore and elucidate Hahnemann’s theories on the miasms and chronic disease.
Weekend 8, April 1-3, 2011, starting Friday @ 5 pm. Clinical Homeopathy I, Emergency Homeopathy: Treating in Disaster Afflicted Regions (Lauri Grossman, DC, CCH). Dr. Grossman maintains a busy homeopathic practice in NYC, and is Chairperson of the Humanism Dept. at The American Medical College of Homeopathy. She has traveled to Haiti several times with Homeopaths without Borders (HWB) to render emergency care to victims of that disaster. On Friday afternoon, she will share her experiences treating patients homeopathically in disaster-stricken regions; lecture is open to the general public. In Saturday and Sunday's seminar (which is open to students with a minimum of foundation training in homeopathy, as well as experienced homeopaths) Dr. Grossman will share numerous cases and the thinking and analysis processes which led to successful prescriptions in each.
Weekend 9, May 13-15, 2011, starting Friday @ 5 pm: Clinical homeopathy I: Pediatrics- Children’s Cases (Maryann Ivons, ND, RN). Dr. Ivons is enjoyed by students for her vast practical clinical experience, and her memorable teaching metaphors. This weekend she will teach materia medica and case-assessment methodology, as well as the pathophysiology, for common children’s ailments, via many well-selected short cases.
May 15-June 9 (3 hours, students’ own choosing): Take home final exam
Weekend 10, June 3-5, 2011,
(Friday , June 3, 1:30-3:30 pm): Year end review (LV). (Friday, 5-9 pm): Student material medica presentations.
( Saturday- Sunday): Proving. We are fortunate at SSH to have the expertise of Melanie Grimes, a sensitive and extremely conscientious Master Prover, who has led and published numerous provings. From her vast experience, she brings students the gift of captivating storytelling. She also will guide students through exercises designed to enhance their understanding of the proving experience and methodology, and of how the proving symptoms relate to the medicine we use clinically. Melanie concludes the weekend by commencing an actual proving with students, which will become part of permanent homeopathic literature; students may opt to participate as actual provers, or else as supervisors to a proving-partner. (Melanie Grimes, CCH, RsHom)
August 7, 2011 (4-8 pm-includes dinner)-in Edmonds: Proving Download (Melanie Grimes). Provers do not congregate during the 4-6 week term of the proving, so as to not “infect” one another with the energy of their proving experience. During this special video-recorded reunion, provers share their experiences of the proving substance—and are often astonished by similarities that arise between their own experience and some of that of their fellows. We will conclude this special event with a shared meal, celebrating the successful completion of the Foundation Year.
ALL classes take place at Bastyr University, Kenmore WA- Room 184. Very inexpensive single room accommodations (with shared bath) are available through Bastyr U. Conferencing Services at 425-602-3061.
All Friday classes (except June) start at 5 pm and run until 8:15 pm. Saturday and Sunday classes start at 9:30 am and run until 5 pm. June class starts Friday at 2 pm and runs til 9 pm.
Acute care is where “the rubber meets the road” in homeopathic practice. With an acute care kit, a few well-selected books, and the right training, you can reduce suffering, save money, and safely and gently curtail acute illnesses. With healthcare costs skyrocketing, the number of uninsured people increasing drastically, and the threat of epidemics looming, there is no better time than now to master acute homeopathy.
For those of you who are already versed in homeopathy, you will be hard-pressed to find a more information-packed, enjoyable review course-- taught by such experienced homeopaths!
Module 1 (Sept. 23, 2011, 5:30-8:30 pm): Introduction to Homeopathy, Part I: Principles, History, and Pharmacy -- required of those students who have no foundation training in homeopathy . (Lucy)
Module 2 (Sat. Sept. 24, 2011 9-noon): Introduction to Homeopathy, Part II: The Practice of Acute Homeotherapeutics. What is “acute” (vs. “chronic”) homeopathy? “Dose-ology”: an easy-to-grasp scheme for dosing; cases to practice applying core concepts from parts 1 and 2 (Lucy)
Module 3 (Sat. Sept. 24, 1:30-4:30) : Emotional First aid/acute care, Part 1: Acute grief and sadness; PTSD/ fear/ anxiety; over-excitement; burnout . (Lucy)
Module 4 (Sun. Sept. 25, 9-noon): Emotional first aid, Part 2, Psychosomatization: recognizing and treating the emotional states (shock, betrayal, insult, mortification, disappointment, terror, anger, jealousy) that often underlie physical illnesses, such as headaches; stomach aches; urticaria; insomnia; etc. (Lucy)
Module 5 (Sun. Sept. 25, 1:30-4:30): EPIDEMIC!!! Flu and other epidemic diseases. (Lucy)
Module 6 (Sat. Oct, 22, 9-noon): Trauma, Part 1; Concussion; shock; burns; bleeds; breaks. Also, pre-op and post-op protocols. (Dr. Ivons)
Module 7 (Sat. Oct. 22, 1:30-4:30): Trauma, Part 2--Orthopedic injuries: First Aid for strains, sprains; tendonitis; bursitis; broken bones; nerve injuries, and coccydynia. (Ivons)
Module 8 (Sun Oct 23, 9-noon): Acute ailments of the Abdomen: including traveler’s diarrhea; acute gastritis; gastroenteritis ("stomach flu"); digestive upsets; acute constipation; colic. (Dr. Ivons)
Module 9 (Sun., Oct 23, 1:30-4:30): Acute Genito-urinary problems: cystitis (“UTI”); urethritis; salpingitis; kidney stone pain and pyelonephritis . (Dr. Ivons)
Module 10 (Sat., Nov. 19, 9-noon): Acute Skin Problems. Boils; impetigo; cellulitis; MRSA; paronychia; insect, jellyfish, & sea urchin stings; dermatitis; snake & animal bites (Ivons)
Module 11 (Sat., Nov. 19, 1:30-4:30): Infectious diseases that come with Rashes and Exanthems—including shingles; chicken pox; measles; roseola; Fifth disease; scarlatina; Lyme disease( Ivons)
Module 12 (Sun, Nov. 20, 9-noon): HEENT-Coughs and colds, allergies, and acute infections of the ears, eyes, nose, mouth, and throat: includes conjunctivitis, periorbital cellulitis, gum infections, dental abcess, pharyngitis, otitis, styes; URI’s; allergic rhinitis. (Lucy)
Module 13 (Sun., Nov. 20, 1:30-4:30): Intensive, fun review session. (Lucy and Dr. Ivons)
Note to Certificate Program Students (50 hrs): Certificate Award Requires Successful Completion of Quizzes with Passing Grade of 70%. Classes will be audio-taped and available for download by Certificate Program students in the event of excused absences.
“This was a great class! It was very informative, very well structured,
and it gave me some good practical tools to use in my practice. I definitely
recommend it to any of my colleagues who want to deepen their understanding
of the practical applications of homeopathy.
--Joshua Rubenstein, ND
"This is an exceptionally informative class for the non –homeopath as well as the seasoned veteran. The instructors are direct, dynamic and thoroughly prepared. They have a fun and energetic way of conveying a deep understanding of the principles and clinical applications of homeopathy in acute care cases as well as increasing the student’s comprehension of the underlying pathophysiology. The case studies are relevant and in depth. They help build confidence in prescribing. I would highly recommend this class to anyone wanting to use homeopathy for treating acute care illnesses/trauma in their daily life or practice."
--Jolie , RN MSN
Required of all students (available through Minimum price Books: minimum.com 800-663-8272)
Required of new students to homeopathy:
Recommended but not required:
Remedy kit: A 50 remedy, 30c potency acute care kit may be purchased through the course at substantial savings.
$750 for all 13 modules (Certificate Course)
$80 per module
$650 for modules 3-13 only (Certificate course; qualified students only)
$375 for returning students (who completed entire course before)
Classes will be held at the University House, 4400 Stone Way N, in the Wallingford district of Seattle. The facility is spacious and bright, and features excellent audio-visual resources as well as an easy walk to many good restaurants and shops.
All classes grant CE credit for ND’s in WA, as well as for CHC applicants and certificate holders.
Maryann Ivons, ND, RN, was an ICU nurse and college nursing instructor before receiving her doctorate in naturopathic medicine at Bastyr U. in 1987. Since then, she has practiced naturopathic family medicine, with an emphasis on homeopathy, at The Monroe (WA) Naturopathic Clinic. She is core faculty for the Seattle School of Homeopathy, as well as a long-time clinical instructor and preceptor for Bastyr U. naturopathic medicine students. She is chair of the homeopathy section (and former chair of the minor surgery section) of the NPLEX exam.
Lucy Vaughters, PA-C, CCH, MA-T, is founder, director and core teacher of the Seattle School of Homeopathy—the Pacific NW’s first and only state-licensed homeopathy career school. She has been a licensed, board-certified Physician’s Assistant since 1984, practicing in a variety of conventional health care settings prior to starting her homeopathic practice in 1990. She currently practices at the Evergreen Center for Homeopathic Medicine in Edmonds. She served as homeopathic teaching faculty and clinical preceptor to Bastyr University naturopathic students from 1999-2005. She served on the Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC) from 1997-2000.
Seattle Homeopathy Clinic (SHC) is a low-cost outpatient homeopathy clinic, which serves as the clinical training arm of the Seattle School of Homeopathy. It is staffed by highly qualified licensed healthcare practitioners/homeopaths, who closely supervise each student's work.
SHC provides outstanding clinical training to qualified students who have completed 300 + didactic hours at SSH. Qualified students who have received 300+ hours training at other programs may apply, as may students who are in the process of completing their second year at SSH; preference is given to qualified SSH students.
The Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC) requires 250+ hours of supervised clinical training, as well as the completion of 10 supervised clinical case write-ups. Each 6-weekend session of SHC training provides 75 live clinic hours, as well as the opportunity (at an additional cost) to complete the CHC requirement of 10 supervised cases and/or receive up to 50 additional clinical hours.
Unlike most other programs, in which students watch a patient's case being taken "theater-style", the Seattle Homeopathy Clinic training features closed-circuit technology, so that the volunteer patient can have her case taken with the feeling of privacy—as in actual practice. Clinic enrollment is limited to eight students, to maximize individual attention and patient safety.
Our clinic supervisors, Nancy J. Mercer, ND and Lucy Vaughters , PA-C, CCH, are very experienced and qualified homeopaths and teachers. Dr. Mercer has been the core homeopathy clinical instructor at Bastyr Center for Natural healing for nearly a decade, and Lucy Vaughters (founder of Seattle School of Homeopathy) has been in clinical practice of medicine since 1984, specializing in homeopathy since 1991. Lucy is a licensed, board-certified Physician Assistant, who is also board certified in homeopathy, and Nancy is a licensed and board-certified Naturopathic Physician.
All clinical sessions take place at the Evergreen Center for Homeopathic Medicine in Edmonds.
Clinic runs from 9-5 daily, one weekend per month, from January to June yearly.
Clinic dates fall usually on the first weekend of the month.
Consult SSH website for clinic dates from January-June in 2011 and 2012.
Cost of 6-weekend series: $1700 plus $100 deposit= $1800.
Cost of single weekend (on space available basis)= $325.
Through our contract with Homeopathic Symposium and/or or Homeopathic Virtual CLinics, SSH students will have the opportunity to view, study, and solve clinical cases on their own. Completed cases will earn credit towards CHC prerequisites. Visit our website in 2011 for more details.
The “Sensation Method” was originally developed by Dr. Rajan Sankaran, and is practiced successfully by homeopaths around the world. The method allows the homeopath to perceive the patient very deeply, often leading to profoundly curative results. It also allows the homeopath to correctly prescribe remedies about which there is very little proving information. However, the method must be understood “from the ground up” if lasting curative results are to be achieved with any consistency.
This course prepares the homeopath to integrate “Sensation Method” into practice, leading to deeper-acting prescriptions and more effective, successful, and satisfying therapeutic relationships with clients. Beginning with an examination of what Sankaran terms the “levels of experience,” the course proceeds to teach methodology of case-taking, using videos from Doug’s practice. There is an emphasis on high-level participation from students ensuring that, by the course’s conclusion, each student will be proficient in the Sensation Method.
This course is intended for graduates of homeopathy programs, advanced students, and for practitioners already familiar with such foundations of homeopathic practice as Materia Medica, repertory use, and homeopathic philosophy, including the Organon.
Doug Brown’s first career was as a sociologist working for Cornell University’s American Indian Studies Program. He then attended Yale University’s Nurse Practitioner Program and provided primary care in clinics and hospitals for 11 years. When his young son was dramatically cured from an illness through homeopathy he enrolled in Hahnemann College, where he studied with Roger Morrison, Nancy Herrick, Jonathan Shore, and others. He graduated as valedictorian in 2001. Since then he has studied extensively with Rajan Sankaran and other members of the “Bombay School”. He believes that to fully benefit from homeopathy’s healing potential we need to continually strive to reach deeper levels of understanding and experience in our work with patients. The insights of the Sensation Method are indispensable aids to visualize and progress along that path.
Doug maintains a busy homeopathic practice in Portland, Oregon, and teaches at the American College of Homeopathic Medicine in Phoenix, AZ, and at the Seattle School of Homeopathy. For two years he served as the Editor for the newsletter of the North American Society of Homeopaths. He has published several articles in Homeopathic Links and American Homeopath, has conducted two trituration provings, has given a workshop in Russia and was a keynote speaker in Canada. He receives rave reviews as a teacher and clinical preceptor.
Sept 2012 – Feb 2013, over 6 weekends, the 3rd weekend of each month: September 15-16, 2012, October 20-21, 2012, November 17-18, 2012, December 15-16, 2012, January 19-20, 2013, and Feb. 16-17, 2013
Seattle area location, TBA
$1700 for the series, or $ 300 per weekend (by permission only).
Application may be downloaded from website. Registration due by July 30, 2012 to avoid $150 late fee.
Required Texts
Strongly Recommended Texts
Suggested Text
Session 1 (Sept. 15-16, 2012):
Required Reading: Sankaran, Sensation Refined: pp: 1-102; Joshi: 1-38
Recommended Reading: Ildiko Ran, Sensations: The Healing Power of Homeopathy, pp 19-35
Topic: Levels of Experience. 7 Levels, from Name, Facts, Emotions, through Delusion, Sensation, Energy, and Seventh Level. Excerpts from video cases to practice awareness of level at each moment in case-taking. How do we consistently guide the process to deeper levels?
Session 2 (Oct. 20-21, 2012):
Required Reading: Sankaran, Sensation Refined: pp. 103-134, 141-146, 169-176. Bhawisha and Shachindra Joshi, Patterns in the Periodic Table: pp. 39-128
Recommended: Ran, pp. 37-62
Topics: Levels of Experience, cont’d. Video cases will be used with focus on identifying gateways to deeper levels. How do we identify entry points into the depth of the case? Emphasis will be placed on cases from the first two rows of the Periodic, Hydrogen through Neon.
Session 3 (November 17-18, 2012):
Required Reading: Sankaran, Sensation Refined: pp: 177-228. Joshi: 129-213
Topics: Following the Energy: Success depends on identifying where energy in the case lies, and in which direction it is moving. How do we differentiate pure image from actual sensation? This differentiation is key to avoiding the most common pitfalls in the practice of sensation method. We will also remedies from review Row 3 of the periodic table, as well as discuss cases from the Animal Kingdom.
Session 4 (December 15-16, 2012):
Required Reading: Sankaran, Sensation Refined: pp. 231-287 . Joshi, pp. 214-297
Recommended: Ran pp: 63-96
Topics: Following the Energy, (continued). The importance of “nonsense”. Leaving the Mind at the Door. Embracing “not knowing.” Hand gestures and Facial Expressions. “Meeting Point” versus “Turning Point” Cases. Videocases will draw from Noble gas cases, heavier elements.
Session 5 (January 19-20, 2013):
Topic: Miasms and Plants-- Eliciting the Defining Core Sensation.
Recommended reading : Ran pp: 99-114
Sankaran, Insight Into Plants, Vols I-III. ( We strongly recommend skimming this work, esp. first two volumes).
Session 6 (February 16-17, 2013):
Required Reading: TBA
Topics: Finding the Global in the Local, or “Flipping the Pancake”. How do we know when we are on the right track? What is the thread that connects the mind to the body? The “confluence point,” and the “global sensation” must be at the center of our prescription. Video cases will examine how to take the patient from local, situational and contextual to global, general, and source. Video cases of animal remedies and imponderables. End-game. Confirming our Understanding. Integrating Sensation Method with Traditional Methodology of Classical Homeopathy. The Place of Free Association. Video cases of common and uncommon remedies.
Course Director: Maryann Ivons ND
Instructors: Maryann Ivons ND, RN, Herb Joiner-Bey, ND, Lucy Vaughters, PA-C, MA-T, CCH, and Theodore Matheny, MD
Objectives: Course is designed to give homeopaths-in-training student sufficient introduction to pathophysiology and anatomy /physiology that s/he can assess what needs to be cured in a given homeopathic case; can distinguish common symptoms of disease from individualizing symptoms (that are more valuable in homeopathic analysis); and , most importantly, can make timely decisions of when to refer a patient for to the ER or other health care professionals evaluation, if necessary.
Class meeting times for 2010-12: Class meets from 9-4:30 daily during three weekends per academic year, with one module each morning and one each afternoon. There is a 1 hr. 15 minute break for lunch each day.
Class Location: Class will meet at The Evergreen Center for Homeopathic Medicine, 617 Dayton St. in Edmonds.
Admission and Suitability: Admission is on space-available basis, and preference (as well as tuition incentives) are given to students who take the entire sequence of modules. Course is suitable for students wishing to prepare for CHC exam, and meets CHC patho-physiology class requirements. Class is also an excellent refresher course for students who are in need of a review, for instance, for the CHC exam.
Credit Hours: A total of 39 hours per year, or 78 hours per two-year program, is possible, broken down as follows:
Tuition costs: Cost is $800 per year (12 modules) or $1500 for the two-year program . Cost per individual module is $80 per module (on space-available basis). There is a 25% discount for returning students.
Required Texts:
Recommended (not required) for Pathophysiology:
Recommended anatomy websites:
Homework: Students will study the anatomical system being covered in next class in their texts and online resources. Students will also study the physiological functioning of each organ system.
Lectures and A/V presentations: Anatomy and physiology of a particular anatomical system will be presented (for instance,” “the cardio-vascular system.”). Instructor(s) will reinforce and supplement homework readings via class lectures, graphic displays, actor re-enactments, and/or powerpoint presentations reviewing key features of anatomical system under study, its normal physiology, and pathologies potentially affecting that system and how they manifest clinically. Resources used include anatomical charts, texts, anatomical models, power point presentations by instructors, on-line resources, and/or short videos.
Case-work: After students have thoroughly reviewed a particular anatomical system and its physiological functioning, they will be posed with written, acted and/or videotaped cases of the sorts of presenting problems they may encounter in actual homeopathic practice. These “patient problems” will serve as the basis for teacher-directed large group question-answer and discussion; small group or paired problem-solving and discussion; individual or small group research (using required texts and/or anatomical charts/models); and completion of short answers for future study guide use.
Quizzes: Short monthly self-assessment quizzes will round out teaching methods, assisting students in pacing their studies, and recognizing areas needing remediation.
Exams: One final exam will be given at the conclusion of each 12-unit sequence. The exam will be take-home, electronic, and students will be required to sign an honor code. The last classroom module of each academic year will be an intensive review session.
Entire course grants 72 classroom hours and 6 distant learning hours in Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology, for a total of 78 credit hours (CHC requires 72 hrs)
Location: All classes take place at The Evergreen Center for Homeopathic Medicine; 617 Dayton St., Edmonds WA 98020. There are many good restaurants within walking distance.
First weekend, Modules 1-4: Sept 18-19, 2010
Second weekend (January 22-23, 2011)
Third Weekend ( May 21-22, 2011):
Final exam: electronic, take home— given out in May; students have one month to complete and return.
Module 13-16: Sept. 17-18, 2011
Module 17-20: Jan. 21-22, 2012
Module 21-24 (May 19-20, 2012)
May 2012: Take home electronic end-of-course final exam. Students will have 1 month to complete at home.
"Materia medica"--the symptom-pictures of our medicines -- is the flesh and blood of homeopathy study. With over 3500 remedies in our materia medica, this study is life-long. At SSH, we honor traditional methods of materia medica study --for instance, looking at proving information ; lecturing on characteristics of one remedy at a time; comparing remedies based on similar symptomatology; looking at remedies that have similar clinical uses or similar tissue affinities; etc.
Especially exciting are methods that some of the most progressive homeopathic minds of our era—such as Jan Scholten , Rajan Sankaran , Divvya Chabbra, Louis Klein, and Massimo Mangialavore—are teaching. Computer-based analysis and advanced methodologies have facilitated the identification of themes and core sensations that run through entire botanical families, animal sub-kingdoms, chemical groups, and miasmatic groupings of remedies. These methods are not entirely new; "classic" homeopaths like Julia Green and Farrington advocated studying classes of remedies.
SSH is happy to present a blend of both "traditional" and progressive methods of materia medica study, organizing all of its materia medica classes by groups and sub-groupings, to expedite elegant and efficient learning.
Students will have extensive homework reading in materia medica texts monthly, short written assignments, and two larger written projects. There will be monthly self-administered quizzes to expedite learning, and a final take-home exam. A 70% score is required to pass each, and work is given to remediate missed problems. Instructors use lecture/slide presentations, videotapes of cured cases, small group work and discussion, film clips, and paper-case analysis to facilitate learning.
Required:
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Materia medicae: your choice of at least three of the following
2. Sankaran, The Soul of Remedies
3. Scholten, Homeopathy and the Minerals
4. Vermeulen, Prisma
Optional texts:
Class takes place at Bastyr University the second weekend of each month, from Sept. 2011-June 2012 from 5 pm Friday evening through 5 pm Sunday evening.
Hours: Class meets from 5-8:30 pm on Friday evening, and from 9-5:00 on Saturday and Sunday, with 1.5 hours for lunch and two 15-minute breaks.
$4100 for entire sequence (175 total credit hours possible).
$425 per weekend, on space-available basis (does not include quizzes or exam or study group attendance)
Download application here.
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