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| ==== Foundation Course: Student Handbook ==== | ==== Foundation Course: Student Handbook ==== | ||
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| ===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
| - | Heartwood | + | Heartwood |
| The regulations described in this handbook are designed to protect and maintain two vital areas: | The regulations described in this handbook are designed to protect and maintain two vital areas: | ||
| - Academic quality by ensuring that all learners are treated in a fair way | - Academic quality by ensuring that all learners are treated in a fair way | ||
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| In pursuit of these charitable objectives, the Education Fund makes grants to organisations and educational establishments, | In pursuit of these charitable objectives, the Education Fund makes grants to organisations and educational establishments, | ||
| - | In April 2016, The National | + | In April 2016, The National |
| - | The project is currently managed by Guy Waddell PhD fHEA, MNIMH as Director of Studies Hananja Brice-Ytsma, MSc FNIMH as Clinical Director, | + | The project is currently managed by Lisa Smith (General Manager), |
| In line with its charitable status, all income derived from Heartwood in excess of course production costs is used by The Herbal Medicine Trust to support new initiatives that benefit herbal medicine as a whole. Whilst the Trustees of the Herbal Medicine Trust believe that Heartwood can make a significant contribution to national and international education in herbal medicine, the Herbal Medicine Trust seeks to encourage and support the work of all institutions offering professional herbalist training, and to share knowledge and resources wherever possible. | In line with its charitable status, all income derived from Heartwood in excess of course production costs is used by The Herbal Medicine Trust to support new initiatives that benefit herbal medicine as a whole. Whilst the Trustees of the Herbal Medicine Trust believe that Heartwood can make a significant contribution to national and international education in herbal medicine, the Herbal Medicine Trust seeks to encourage and support the work of all institutions offering professional herbalist training, and to share knowledge and resources wherever possible. | ||
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| Contact information for all tutors and Heartwood staff is available on the Learning Management System. In the event of any additional queries, please email [[mailto: | Contact information for all tutors and Heartwood staff is available on the Learning Management System. In the event of any additional queries, please email [[mailto: | ||
| - | ===== Participation ===== | ||
| - | Participation in the Heartwood Foundation Course requires commitment and taking full advantage of the learning opportunities it provides, understanding that the learning achieved will derive from a readiness to participate fully in all the learning activities offered.\\ | ||
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| - | The value that comes from making a personal commitment of time, effort and intellectual investment is enormous, and it is important to be organised and to plan your work schedule carefully. Be aware of any special course dates or deadlines, and work to those, making sure you are adequately prepared for all tasks. | ||
| ===== Payment of Course Fees ===== | ===== Payment of Course Fees ===== | ||
| - | Monthly Payments are due on 1st of each calendar month without a break until paid in full. It is the students | + | Monthly Payments are due on 1st of each calendar month without a break until paid in full. It is the students |
| ===== Study Interruption and Withdrawal ===== | ===== Study Interruption and Withdrawal ===== | ||
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| If you have chosen to pay by instalments we will stop your subscription, | If you have chosen to pay by instalments we will stop your subscription, | ||
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| + | =====Participation and Timeliness==== | ||
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| + | Participation in the Heartwood Foundation Course requires commitment and taking full advantage of the learning opportunities it provides, understanding that the learning achieved will derive from a readiness to participate fully in all the learning activities offered.\\ | ||
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| + | The value that comes from making a personal commitment of time, effort and intellectual investment is enormous, and it is important to be organised and to plan your work schedule carefully. Be aware of any special course dates or deadlines, and work to those, making sure you are adequately prepared for all tasks.\\ | ||
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| + | Students are expected to complete all aspects of the course within the clear deadlines given. | ||
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| + | The course offers flexibility within the year in terms of unit completion. While students are encouraged to finish units roughly within a given month, some units are necessarily bigger than others and may take longer and we fully understand that life can get in the way at times which may mean that there are weeks when you may be catching up on your learning. However, the course must be fully completed within 10 weeks of the release of Units 11 and 12 (which are released together) in order to achieve your certificate of completion. | ||
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| + | At the close of the course, students will have access to an archived version free of charge for one further year. That version will not contain interactive features such as glossaries, webinars or forums. It will include all the videos, slides, documents, pages and e-book material you would need to use for reference. | ||
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| + | =====For students intending to apply to the Heartwood Professional Course===== | ||
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| + | For any students wishing to proceed onto the Professional Course it is imperative that all parts of the course are completed by the deadlines given during the Foundation Course.\\ | ||
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| + | Monographs must achieve a mark of 60% or over for PC applicants. | ||
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| + | For students intending to apply to the Professional Course on completion of the Foundation Course, they will be eligible for up to 2 academic intakes. | ||
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| ===== Feedback, Suggestions and Complaints ===== | ===== Feedback, Suggestions and Complaints ===== | ||
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| Academic support is available in a number of ways. General questions can be raised with the course tutors during regular online seminars and text-chat sessions, and in the Unit forums.\\ | Academic support is available in a number of ways. General questions can be raised with the course tutors during regular online seminars and text-chat sessions, and in the Unit forums.\\ | ||
| - | Particular and individual issues can be raised via the LMS direct messaging system to their tutors.\\ | + | Particular and individual issues can be raised via the LMS direct messaging system to Delphine Sayre, the FC Course Leader, or course |
| If you have difficulties using the LMS, help is available and you are strongly encouraged to use it as early and often as you like by emailing [[mailto: | If you have difficulties using the LMS, help is available and you are strongly encouraged to use it as early and often as you like by emailing [[mailto: | ||
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| A learner who is the subject of a complaint of misconduct or against whom a criminal charge is pending or who is subject of a police investigation, | A learner who is the subject of a complaint of misconduct or against whom a criminal charge is pending or who is subject of a police investigation, | ||
| - | No learner will be suspended or excluded unless they have been given an opportunity to make representation in person to the Course Leader and the General Mamanger. If for any reason it is not possible for a learner to attend | + | No learner will be suspended or excluded unless they have been given an opportunity to make representation in person to the Course Leader and the General Mamanger. If for any reason it is not possible for a learner to attend |
| Notwithstanding the above, Heartwood reserves the right to summarily exclude students for non-payment of fees or acts of gross misconduct without the need to follow the above warning procedure. | Notwithstanding the above, Heartwood reserves the right to summarily exclude students for non-payment of fees or acts of gross misconduct without the need to follow the above warning procedure. | ||
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| ===== Obligations of learners ===== | ===== Obligations of learners ===== | ||
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| + | You should engage with all learning activities which form part of your course Units subject to medical issues or other personal reasons notified to the Administrative Coordinator (support@heartwoodteam.net).\\ | ||
| Learners are required to comply in every respect with the Regulations and Conditions of Use of the Heartwood Learning Management System (and associated systems) as set out below.\\ | Learners are required to comply in every respect with the Regulations and Conditions of Use of the Heartwood Learning Management System (and associated systems) as set out below.\\ | ||
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| Learners who post materials such as photos, videos, audio recordings and text extracts must ensure that they have obtained the requisite permission to do so. Explicit permission must also be obtained for the use of Heartwood’s name or logo in any publication, | Learners who post materials such as photos, videos, audio recordings and text extracts must ensure that they have obtained the requisite permission to do so. Explicit permission must also be obtained for the use of Heartwood’s name or logo in any publication, | ||
| - | ===== Access to the systems | + | ===== Access to the Learning Management System (LMS) ===== |
| Learners are provided with access to the Heartwood Learning Management System by means of a username and password. Users must take all reasonable steps to keep their passwords confidential and not disclose them to anyone else. If an enrolled learner believes that their password has become known to anyone else, the password should be changed at the earliest opportunity. | Learners are provided with access to the Heartwood Learning Management System by means of a username and password. Users must take all reasonable steps to keep their passwords confidential and not disclose them to anyone else. If an enrolled learner believes that their password has become known to anyone else, the password should be changed at the earliest opportunity. | ||
| Any user who, for whatever reason, comes to know the password of any other user must not attempt to obtain access to the Learning Management System using that password nor disclose it to any other person. Use of a password by anyone other than the authorised person will be treated as serious misconduct.\\ | Any user who, for whatever reason, comes to know the password of any other user must not attempt to obtain access to the Learning Management System using that password nor disclose it to any other person. Use of a password by anyone other than the authorised person will be treated as serious misconduct.\\ | ||
| - | All reasonable efforts will be employed to ensure that Learning Management System will be made accessible to all learners, regardless of disability, who have a legitimate reason for using them. | + | All reasonable efforts will be employed to ensure that Learning Management System will be made accessible to all learners, regardless of disability, who have a legitimate reason for using them.\\ |
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| + | You are expected to become familiar with the use of the LMS as part of the course. If you have any problems in using the LMS, you should contact support@heartwoodteam.net at your earliest opportunity. | ||
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| ===== Penalties ===== | ===== Penalties ===== | ||
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| ===== UNIT 4: Materia Medica 1 ===== | ===== UNIT 4: Materia Medica 1 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This is the first of three Materia Medica units, the first of which contains a detailed consideration of five common medicinal plants: | This is the first of three Materia Medica units, the first of which contains a detailed consideration of five common medicinal plants: | ||
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| * Meadowsweet, | * Meadowsweet, | ||
| - | ===== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| * Get to know 5 important medicinal plants (particularly how and why they are used), and develop a strong affinity with each plant so that you can use them wisely and appropriately | * Get to know 5 important medicinal plants (particularly how and why they are used), and develop a strong affinity with each plant so that you can use them wisely and appropriately | ||
| * Understand research into medicinal plants compounds and into the effects of whole plant extracts | * Understand research into medicinal plants compounds and into the effects of whole plant extracts | ||
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| ===== UNIT 5: Human Science 2 – Physiology and Comparative Nutrition ===== | ===== UNIT 5: Human Science 2 – Physiology and Comparative Nutrition ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| In this Unit, we review of the main nutrient classes (carbohydrate, | In this Unit, we review of the main nutrient classes (carbohydrate, | ||
| - | ==== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| * Introduction - why do we eat? | * Introduction - why do we eat? | ||
| * The major food groups | * The major food groups | ||
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| ===== UNIT 6: Materia Medica 2 ===== | ===== UNIT 6: Materia Medica 2 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This is the second of three Materia Medica Units in which we consider 5 more valuable medicinal plants in the herbal materia medica: | This is the second of three Materia Medica Units in which we consider 5 more valuable medicinal plants in the herbal materia medica: | ||
| * Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna Jacq. | * Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna Jacq. | ||
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| * Lavender, Lavendula angustifolia Mill. | * Lavender, Lavendula angustifolia Mill. | ||
| * Nettle, Urtica dioica L. | * Nettle, Urtica dioica L. | ||
| - | ==== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| * Deepen your understanding of major plant compounds, research, safety and efficacy | * Deepen your understanding of major plant compounds, research, safety and efficacy | ||
| * Explore case histories, plant tastings, simple home recipes and practical pharmacy | * Explore case histories, plant tastings, simple home recipes and practical pharmacy | ||
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| ===== UNIT 7: Human Science 3 ===== | ===== UNIT 7: Human Science 3 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This unit reviews the changes that occur in healthy tissue when the body is exposed to factors that provoke illness, and investigates how various body systems, organs and tissues combine to mount a healing response. | This unit reviews the changes that occur in healthy tissue when the body is exposed to factors that provoke illness, and investigates how various body systems, organs and tissues combine to mount a healing response. | ||
| - | ==== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| === In This unit you will === | === In This unit you will === | ||
| * Be introduced to the senses | * Be introduced to the senses | ||
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| ===== UNIT 8: Materia Medica 3 ===== | ===== UNIT 8: Materia Medica 3 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This is the third of three Materia Medica Units where we consider the importance and significance of five more medicinal plants, focusing on how and why they are in common use. We also look at some straightforward but effective home remedies including juices, powders, decoctions and syrups. | This is the third of three Materia Medica Units where we consider the importance and significance of five more medicinal plants, focusing on how and why they are in common use. We also look at some straightforward but effective home remedies including juices, powders, decoctions and syrups. | ||
| * Thyme, Thymus vulgaris L. | * Thyme, Thymus vulgaris L. | ||
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| ===== UNIT 9: Herbal Approaches to Common Conditions 1 ===== | ===== UNIT 9: Herbal Approaches to Common Conditions 1 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This is the first of three units in which we take an in-depth look at conditions commonly seen by medical herbalists and other primary care health workers. | This is the first of three units in which we take an in-depth look at conditions commonly seen by medical herbalists and other primary care health workers. | ||
| - | ==== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| * An introduction to broad concepts of conventional pathophysiology relating to | * An introduction to broad concepts of conventional pathophysiology relating to | ||
| upper respiratory tract infection, sinusitis, and gastro-oesophageal reflux. | upper respiratory tract infection, sinusitis, and gastro-oesophageal reflux. | ||
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| ===== UNIT 10: Herbal Approaches to Common Conditions 2 ===== | ===== UNIT 10: Herbal Approaches to Common Conditions 2 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This is the second of three units in which we take an in-depth look at conditions commonly seen by medical herbalists and other primary care health workers. | This is the second of three units in which we take an in-depth look at conditions commonly seen by medical herbalists and other primary care health workers. | ||
| - | ==== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| * Investigate the pathophysiology of insomnia and osteoarthritis | * Investigate the pathophysiology of insomnia and osteoarthritis | ||
| * Understand insomnia and osteoarthritis from a Western herbal viewpoint, with particular emphasis on how the approach of the phytotherapist differs from that of conventional medicine | * Understand insomnia and osteoarthritis from a Western herbal viewpoint, with particular emphasis on how the approach of the phytotherapist differs from that of conventional medicine | ||
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| ===== UNIT 11: Herbal Approaches to Common Conditions 3 ===== | ===== UNIT 11: Herbal Approaches to Common Conditions 3 ===== | ||
| - | ===== Introduction | + | ==== Introduction ==== |
| This is the last of three units in which we take an in-depth look at conditions commonly seen by medical herbalists and other primary care health workers. | This is the last of three units in which we take an in-depth look at conditions commonly seen by medical herbalists and other primary care health workers. | ||
| - | ==== Overview | + | === Overview === |
| * Consider the patho-physiology of irritable bowel syndrome, and of some commonly encountered skin conditions including eczema and psoriasis | * Consider the patho-physiology of irritable bowel syndrome, and of some commonly encountered skin conditions including eczema and psoriasis | ||
| * Review each condition from a Western herbal viewpoint, with particular emphasis on how the approach of the phytotherapist differs from that of conventional medicine | * Review each condition from a Western herbal viewpoint, with particular emphasis on how the approach of the phytotherapist differs from that of conventional medicine | ||
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| ==== Additional Information ==== | ==== Additional Information ==== | ||
| There is a reference and further reading list. | There is a reference and further reading list. | ||
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