Why a doctor may want to study homeopathy

Shoulder dystocia with brachial nerve injury

HI and his younger brother

HI 's mum asked me to relate HI's case. Here it is:
While I was doing locum at a friend's clinic HI's parents walked in and showed me a 2 month old baby boy who could not lift his right arm. On examination, I found that there was a brachial nerve palsy , secondary to shoulder dystocia, mum told me there was a fracture and the nerve was badly damaged, ortho surgeon expected it to get better but full recovery was not expected. What could I do, my friend's clinic had nothing but paracetamol for this kind of injury. I wrote a prescription for HI and told parents where to get it . 2 weeks later they came again and showed me HI 's arm. He was now able to move it half way and they kept bringing him back to see me, later at my office . It was about 3 months later that his arm was fully recovered. Mum told me the ortho people could not quite understand how it happened that he recovered fully in record time. It was just Arnica followed by Hypericum. Any homeopath would have figured it out. Anyway, I am still HI's doctor/homeopath and he has needed a remedy once in a while. What I did not know is, HI is a genius and at less that 2 years old, he can read and he is now learning to play the piano! His mum wants my readers to know that she thinks homeopathy helped his brain, I think not, I think he has inherited his mum's genius. She finished her Phd in one year when she was given 3 years and, she was the one who brought WNN 's mum to see me and when I could not find WNN's case files, she reminded me what I prescribed. She seems to have a photographic memory and probably remembers all HI's prescriptions!

The Faculty of Homeopathy

The Faculty of Homeopathy was formed in 1944 from the old British Homeopathic Society (founded in 1843). It was incorporated by the Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950, which confers an educational function on the Faculty.[1][2] The Faculty promotes the development of homeopathy.

Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine in which practitioners treat patients using highly diluted[3][4] preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient. The collective weight of scientific evidence has found homeopathy to be no more effective than a placebo.[3][4][5][6][7]

Membership

The Faculty has over 1,400 members throughout the world. Membership is open to statutorily registered healthcare professionals, with student membership available to undergraduates on medical courses.[8]

Training

Faculty-Accredited courses in homeopathy are taught at five locations in the UK and at eight overseas.[citation needed] After specified training periods, students are eligible to sit the specialist examinations, which lead to the Faculty's qualifications: LFHom, MFHom (for dentists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and podiatrists), VetMFHom (for veterinary surgeons) and DFHom (for pharmacists and podiatrists).[citation needed] The qualifications do not themselves confer any legal qualification to practise homeopathy.[9]

Publications

The Faculty publishes Homeopathy (formerly the British Homeopathic Journal -BHJ), a peer-review[dubious – discuss][citation needed] journal. This journal was first published in 1844, as the British Journal of Homoeopathy (BJH), which became the BHJ in 1911.

Simile is a regular Newsletter-type publication, for the service of members.

International

Apart from its overseas accreditation and teaching, the Faculty is an active member of the international homeopathic community and is one of the founding members of the European Committee for Homeopathy, which has developed a European Code of Professional Conduct and agreed Standards of training in homeopathy in the European Union.

 references:

1. Roberta Bivins (2008). Alternative Medicine?: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 106. ISBN 0-19-921887-0.
2. ^ Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950 (1950 c. xx), s. 4
3. ^ ^{a b} Ernst, E. (2002), "A systematic review of systematic reviews of homeopathy", British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 54 (6): 577–82, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01699.x, PMC 1874503, PMID 12492603
4. ^ ^{a b} UK Parliamentary Committee Science and Technology Committee - "Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy"
5. ^ "Homeopathy - Issues", National Health Service, retrieved 2009-07-30
6. ^ Altunc, U.; Pittler, M. H.; Ernst, E. (2007), "Homeopathy for Childhood and Adolescence Ailments: Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials", Mayo Clinic Proceedings 82 (1): 69–75, doi:10.4065/82.1.69, PMID 17285788, "However, homeopathy is not totally devoid of risks… it may delay effective treatment or diagnosis"
7. ^ Shang, Aijing; Huwiler-Müntener, Karin; Nartey, Linda; Jüni, Peter; Dörig, Stephan; Sterne, Jonathan AC; Pewsner, Daniel; Egger, Matthias (2005), "Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? Comparative study of placebo-controlled trials of homoeopathy and allopathy", The Lancet 366 (9487): 726–732, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67177-2, PMID 16125589
8. ^ "Membership". Faculty of Homeopathy. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
9. ^ Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950 (1950 c. xx), s. 4(d)

Calling all doctors who want a new skill !

I will be conducting a part time certificate introductory course in Homeopathy for medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical assistants.  

This course will lead to an exam conducted by the Faculty of Homeopathy ( UK ) . 

The Faculty of Homeopathy founded in 1844 provides internationally recognised training pathways in homeopathy for statutorily regulated healthcare professionals . The courses are provided by  accredited teaching centres in the UK and overseas. 

The course will start in January 2013 and there are 5 modules which will be taught over 8 months. There are 5 weekends of face to face learning as well as online exercises and notes .
The exam will be held one month after the last module. Passing the exam will lead to a Licentiate of the Faculty of Homeopathy ( LFHom) and entitles the holder to become a licentiate member of the British Homeopathic Association as well as associate member of the Malaysian Homeopathic Medical Council.

The fees for doctors taking the course is RM 8000 and can be paid in 8 installments of RM 1000.  There is a registration fee of RM 500 and an exam fee of RM 1000.
Fees for nurses and medical assistants will be 20% less.

The details will be announced as soon as we can as some details are still being ironed out .

Those interested can email me at suriya1010@me.com
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Some abstracts on surveys at the UK NHS on Homeopathic treatment

Responses to homeopathic treatment in National Health Service general practice.

Robinson T.

Source

Barton House, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3EQ, UK. doctortwrobinson.com

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To assess homeopathic consultations in NHS general practice over a 12-month study period; to analyse the conditions treated homeopathically and assess the responses to homeopathy prescribed in a standard 10 min GP consultation.

METHODS:

Data on each homeopathic consultation over 12 months were recorded: including patient details; condition/diagnosis; response score; prescribed medicine; prescribing strategy; medical specialty category. Clinical response was scored using a modified version of the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital Outcome Scale.

RESULTS:

Over the 12-month study period, a total of 5,331 consultations were conducted within the general practice; 489 (9%) of these consultations were homeopathic. A wide variety of conditions were treated homeopathically, 78% of patients had a positive clinical response, 19% no response, 3% negative response. Analysis of the prescribing strategies demonstrated that 73% of the homeopathic prescriptions were issued using the 'problem-based' strategy. The remainder were 'patient-based' (19%), 'context-based' (4%) and 'combined' (4%) strategies.

CONCLUSIONS:

This study illustrates the varied and successful application of homeopathy within the general practice setting. Response scores reveal the beneficial effects of homeopathic treatment. This study supports the use of homeopathy within NHS general practice, delivered in a 10 min consultation.

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Homeopathy. 2006 Oct;95(4):199-205.
Outcomes from homeopathic prescribing in medical practice: a prospective, research-targeted, pilot study.
Mathie RT, Robinson TW.
Source
Faculty of Homeopathy and British Homeopathic Association, Hahnemann House, Luton, UK. rmathie@trusthomeopathy.org
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS:
A base for targeted research and development in homeopathy can be founded on systematic collection and analysis of relevant clinical data obtained by doctors in routine practice. With these longer-term aims in mind, we conducted a pilot data collection study, in which 14 homeopathic physicians collected clinical and outcomes data over a 6-month period in their practice setting.
METHODS:
A specifically designed Excel spreadsheet enabled recording of consecutive clinical appointments under the following main headings: date, patient identity (anonymised), age and gender, medical condition/complaint treated, whether chronic or acute, new or follow-up case, patient-assessed outcome (7-point Likert scale: -3 to +3) compared with first appointment, homeopathic medicine/s prescribed, whether any other medication/s being taken for the condition. Spreadsheets were submitted monthly via email to the project co-ordinator for data synthesis and analysis.
RESULTS:
Practitioners typically submitted data regularly and punctually, and most data cells were completed as required, enabling substantial data analysis. The mean age of patients was 41.5 years. A total of 1,783 individual patient conditions were treated overall. Outcome from two or more homeopathic appointments per patient condition was obtained in 961 cases (75.9% positive, 4.6% negative, 14.7% no change; 4.8% outcome not recorded). Strongly positive outcomes (scores of +2 or +3) were achieved most notably in the frequently treated conditions of anxiety, depression, and irritable bowel syndrome.
CONCLUSIONS:
This multi-practitioner pilot study has indicated that systematic recording of clinical data in homeopathy is both feasible and capable of informing future research. A refined version of the spreadsheet can be employed in larger-scale research-targeted clinical data collection in the medical practice setting--particularly in primary care.
PMID: 17015190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Teachers and students should read this interview to find out the ingredients of good homeopathy, good teachers and good students

pathy.com/homeopathy-interviews/dr-prasad-s-shetye-and-dr-falguni-k-khariwala/

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