Irish
College of
Traditional
&
Integrative
Medicine
2014-15
ICTIM welcomes you to an
exciting and rewarding new future.
At ICTIM we offer opportunities,
one step at a time
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The Irish College of Traditional & Integrative Medicine (ICTIM)
welcomes you, and invites you, to review our 2015 prospectus of
programmes.
We offer opportunities, one step at a time
Who we are
ICTIM is a new and exciting development in education and training.
ICTIM originated out of the developing education and training
programmes for Medical Herbalists in Ireland. However, we quickly
realised that these education programmes should not just be for Medical
Herbalists but healthcare practitioners of all professional registers.
Mission Statement
We are an online education institution providing accredited education and
training in Herbal Medicine, Nutrition, and Naturopathic
Medicine, blending traditional, empirical and research based evidence of
practice.
Approach
Our approach is patient centred integrative medicine, which enables you, to
provide patients with the best possible therapeutic outcomes. Our medium
is blended learning, involving web based on-line learning and
practical experience.
Rosari Kingston M.Sc. (Herbal medicine)
http://www.rosarikingston.com/
Rosari Kingston is one of the core team and director at ICTIM.
She is also a practicing herbal physician in West Cork, Ireland.
Rosari has undertaken extensive research into the Irish healing
tradition and believes that elements of this tradition are
beneficial in patient care.
She developed (with others), the honours BSc degree in Herbal
science at Cork Institute of Technology, through which,
graduates have a comprehensive grounding in science, before
commencing their clinical training.
Her blog is available at http://irishmedicalherbalist.blogspot.ie/
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Bringing
education
and training
to YOU
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We offer education and training for professional practitioners by
professionals. This range of professional educational and training
programmes is designed to support you in YOUR practice.
As professionals we live busy lives. Medical knowledge is expanding and
growing daily. A quick search on any relevant database such as Pubmed
will show the year on year increase in publications. This is increasingly
evident in the area of nutrition, herbs and natural products and their use in
both healthcare and medicine. It can be impossible to keep up to date with
the volume of research that is being produced on a daily basis. This can
make it very difficult to ensure that you are aware of the current
developments in your area of expertise.
Therefore, we bring education and training to YOU, on-line and accessible
from your office or home.
How does
on-line
learning
work
On-line learning
On-line learning offers you the opportunity for a flexible and convenient
mode of study which is at the forefront of modern approaches to education
and training.
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The ability to access training from professionals from around the
world from the comfort of your own home or office is a unique
opportunity not always available within the traditional modes of
study.
 For some of our seminars/ courses you will join at set dates and
times, for others you can take them at your own pace and time.
Typically, the on-line learning system works in the following way:-
Choose and purchase a seminar/course. You can get up to date
information on our website
(www.irishcollegeoftraditionalandintegrativemedicine.com ). If
there is a special offer available make sure you avail of it at this
time.
2. We will then e-mail you the seminar/ course pack. This pack will
include details of how to register for the seminar/ course and any
specific time and relevant dates.
3. For set seminars/ courses you will be sent an e-mail reminder the
day before and details of how to join the seminar/ course.
4. For others you choose your own pace and time to study and/ or join
in chat rooms, blogs as you choose.
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What we
offer
We provide a wide range of educational opportunities
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For all
Practitioners
on a
professional
Register
Continuous Professional development/ Continuous
Education
Short courses
Practical clinical skills workshops
Professional courses accredited by their professional
body
Continuous Professional Development
ICTIM has developed a series of continuous professional development
seminars on an exciting range of topics covering nutrition, herbs and
traditional medicine.
These are given as part of our range of on-line courses and seminars that
have been developed in response to demand from industry, physicians
and practitioners. These comprise a mixture of set seminars (dates are
posted on the website) and flexible (Can be done in your own time)
seminars and courses. They typically range in the time needed for
completion from one hour to eight hours
CPD points
Continuous Professional Development is central to maintaining
professional competence and skills.
Where possible these courses/ seminars will be registered with
the appropriate professional association for CPD points. Please check out
the courses/ seminars for details.
CPD seminars typically run from September to May.
Last year we covered topics such as, Probiotics and Health, Food
intolerances, allergies and sensitivity, IBS, Cancer
Please check out our website (www. irishcollegeoftraditionaland
integrativemedicine.com) for full details and costs.
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E portfolio
And there
is more!
ICTIM will also help you develop your e-portfolio, keep track
of your education and training, research, reading, skills and
CPD.
For those unfamiliar with an e-portfolio is essentially an on-line
scrapbook where you keep tabs of all the additional reading you
do, courses or conferences attended, CPD seminars, etc.
Therefore, when re-registering with your professional body you
have all you need at your fingertips.
For all
Practitioners
including
Doctors,
Pharmacists,
Nurses
practitioners,
etc.
Short courses
ICTIM has developed a number of short specialist courses covering
specific areas of expertise and interest for practitioners.
To date we offer short courses in
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Nutrition
Essential oils
Traditional Medicine
Herb walk and plant identification
Endobiogenic medicine
First aid
Good Manufacturing Practice
Clinical Skills Workshops
These workshops cover both beginner and advanced levels of clinical and
examination skills, patient care, attention and assessment. These are
organised at different times of the year so check out our website for details.
www.irishcollegeoftraditionalandintegrativemedicine.com
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Professional courses
Professional courses are accredited by their respective professional
association. Checkout our accredited courses on our website
www.irishcollegeoftraditionalandintegrativemedicine.com
Accredited
by the Irish
Institute of
Medical
Herbalists
(IIMH)
Advanced Clinical Practice in Natural Medicine/ Herbal
Medicine – Post-graduate diploma
This course is a modular based post graduate training in Advanced Clinical
practice comprising a blend of online e-learning, workshops and clinical
training developed by ICTIM and accredited by the Irish Institute of
Medical Herbalists (IIMH).
It is science and evidence based in its approach while retaining the best of
traditional knowledge. It is a demanding and rigorous course, covering biomedicine, traditional medicine and the clinical sciences.
There are two ways to join this course.
Entry
One is the standard entry for graduates of the Herbal Science programme
in Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and the other is a non-standard entry
for graduate of other disciplines.
Standard
entry
Graduates of the Herbal Science degree from Cork Institute of Technology
can apply for direct entry onto the course. They will be required to
complete an interview plus garda (police) clearance.
Non-Standard
entry
Due to the specialist nature of this course students entering via the nonstandard route will be required to complete a number of compulsory
modules covering background knowledge before commencing the
subsequent modules.
Who is this
for?
Non-standard entrants can include practitioners seeking advanced level
training or other science or healthcare graduates such as Doctors,
Pharmacists,
Nurses,
Before
each module
of etc
the course you will be sent some preliminary material
that will require study before you attend each module. This will generally be
background material (for example, a core text and/or specially written
material/journal article/s) aimed at ensuring that all students, whatever their
previous learning experience, will have attained a certain basic knowledge of
the subject and its terminology.
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These modules include Introduction to Natural Medicine and Principles of
Natural Medicine and cover the following topics;
Module
Introduction to Natural
Medicine
Topics
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Principles of Natural Medicine
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Human biology
o Anatomy
o Physiology
Plant science
o Botany
o Phytochemistry
o Pharmacognosy
History / Philosophy
Disease processes
Pathophysiology
Materia medica
Biochemical pharmacology
Pharmacy
You will also develop an e-portfolio which you can take with you detailing
your academic achievements during your training.
You will be retrospectively registered on the clinical programme on
successful completion of these modules. These background modules also
form a ‘stand-alone’ course which can be taken by health care
practitioner’s who wish to have a good solid understanding of the basics of
herbal medicine but who do not wish to complete a clinical training
programme.
1000 clinical hours at accredited clinics are required as part of this
programme. There are also a number of taught subjects covering body
systems, research and clinical workshops
Before each module of the course you will be sent some preliminary
material that will require study before you attend each module. This will
generally be background material (for example, a core text and/or specially
written material/journal article/s) aimed at ensuring that all students,
whatever their previous learning experience, will have attained a certain
basic knowledge of the subject and its terminology.
Your training is closely monitored and evaluated at all stages giving you a
clear understanding of your progress and advancement to date. Selfevaluation and critical reflection on your progress through the courses are
the building blocks on which your abilities will continue to develop over
your professional career.
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