The MSc/PGDip Professional Practice in Chinese Herbal Medicine at Middlesex University is a unique training programme in the UK and Europe. It provides an opportunity for those who already possess a bachelor degree, particularly for those who have a previous degree or equivalent level qualification in a healthcare related profession (e.g. GPs, physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, midwives, nurses, and complementary practitioners including acupuncturists), to study Chinese Herbal Medicine, and to gain a professional qualification as practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine.
This programme is designed to meet the requirements of the Core Curriculum of the European Herbal and Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA) for Chinese Herbal Medicine. The EHTPA is the umbrella body that monitors standards of education for various herbal medicine professions in the UK. Full accreditation is currently being sought for this programme. Subject to EHTPA approval, graduates will be eligible to apply for membership of UK Chinese herbal medicine professional bodies. In April 2011, the government announced the intention to statutorily regulate Medical Herbalists with the Health Professions Council (HPC) to assume responsibility for the accreditation of all herbal and traditional medicine courses and registration of successful graduates. The EHTPA is working with the HPC to manage this transfer.
Taking into account each individual’s current professional knowledge and previous training, we will tailor their study in a way that best suits their needs, whilst ensuring attainment of the EHTPA’s requirement to produce graduates who are competent, safe and caring herbal practitioners. The duration of training will therefore vary for different individuals, as it may be possible to offer exemptions from some aspects of study on the basis of previous learning.
During this intensive training course students will be given a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of Chinese herbal medicine, including its history and philosophy, as well as instruction in botany, herbal materia medica and major active components, herbal formulary, and clinical applications of herbal medicines. Among other subjects studied are diagnostics, clinical sciences, professional development and research, and nutrition. Students will also benefit from our specialist Library and dedicated facilities for laboratory work and clinical skills, including undertaking clinical training at our partner institution, the Asanté Academy of Chinese Medicine, staffed by highly qualified and experienced Chinese Medicine practitioners.
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Students who complete all 300 credits will be awarded the MSc Professional Practice in Chinese Herbal Medicine, which will allow them to practise as a herbal practitioner in the UK, and to apply for registration with the appropriate professional body. Students who choose not to take the final Work Based Learning Project (60 credits) will be awarded the PGDip Professional Practice in Chinese Herbal Medicine, and will also attain full professional status.
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