Welcome to the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council,Amravati
Naturopaths Healthcare Practitioners
THE
MAHARASHTRA NATUROPATHY COUNCIL
Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council
is the MAHARASHTRA voluntary regulator for Naturopaths healthcare practitioners
that were set up with government support to protect the public by providing a MAHARASHTRA
voluntary register of Naturopathy therapists. Maharashtra Naturopathy Council’s register has been approved as an Accredited Register by the
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA). This means Maharashtra Naturopathy Council has met the Professional
Standards Authority’s demanding standards. Maharashtra Naturopathy Council registered practitioners are entitled to use Maharashtra Naturopathy Council L’s quality mark which
demonstrates a commitment to professionalism and high standards. The public and
those who commission the services of Naturopathy healthcare practitioners can
choose with confidence, by looking for the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council quality mark. Maharashtra Naturopathy Council (MNC)
guidance confirms that doctors are able to refer patients to practitioners on
Accredited Registers.
Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council
has agreed that the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council may verify applications for Maharashtra Naturopathy Council registration, and any Maharashtra Naturopathy Council members who are not registered
with any register accredited by the Maha Council should be registered with the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council in order to maintain Maharashtra Naturopathy Council membership. Maharashtra Naturopathy Council members can gain the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council quality mark for use on their
practice website. Members wishing to register should download the ‘Request to
register’ form below and send the completed form to the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council chairman or secretary.
To
find out more about the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council
Chairman
DR.PRITESH MALHARI BATTALWAR
NATUROPATHS & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE ANALYST
MAHARASHTRA
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The
Maharashtra Naturopathy Council and Register of Naturopaths
was officially incorporated in 2011 as an independent registering body, but can
trace its roots back to 2009 and the formation of the Nature Cure Society of Maharashtra
State.
Our
Purpose
- § to establish and maintain standards of education for practitioners and to provide for the inspection of colleges and courses of naturopathy for the protection and benefit of the public;
- § to keep a register of persons qualified to practise naturopathy in conformity with the standards of the Register;
- § to supervise the ethical behavior and professional conduct of the practitioners registered by us;
- § to encourage the development of naturopathy on the lines of sound knowledge and practice and to improve the educational standards of our members by encouraging continuing post-graduate education; and
- § to provide for and promote education, investigation and research into the science and art of naturopathy and to disseminate the results of such research.
- The Maharashtra Naturopathy Council are full members of the World Naturopathic Federation, representing the highest standards in naturopathy in the Maharashtra.
- This site is designed to make information about naturopathy accessible to the public, and as a resource for Maharashtra Naturopathy Council members.
- Current Maharashtra Naturopathy Council members can access members-only parts of this site by logging in.
What are the major aims of the MNC?
- To protect the public from poorly trained practitioners
- To ensure professional standards and fitness to
practice
- To establish, maintain and enhance the standard of naturopathic education via a system of accreditation of courses in naturopathy
What is the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council's (MNC) role?
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· To help protect the public from poorly trained practitioners. We aim to
achieve this by ensuring that practitioners who are registered with the MNC are
qualified to a high standard and remain up-to-date with professional standards
and fitness to practice.
· To support MNC registered naturopathic practitioners in their work.
· To establish, maintain and enhance the standards of naturopathic education
via a system of accreditation of naturopathic courses. Encourage high standards
of training by accrediting naturopathic courses.
As more and more people choose Naturopath’s healthcare practitioners alongside
conventional medical treatments, the public and medical professions are
becoming more interested in the safe practice and efficacy of Naturopathy and Naturopathy
therapies.
In conjunction with the government agency Skills for Health, the MNC has
developed National Occupational Standards for Naturopathic Practitioners.
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Are you thinking of undertaking a new training course?
The Maharashtra Naturopathy Council (MNC) is alarmed at the number of courses
available throughout the Naturopathy and
Naturopathy therapy profession that may leave graduates without the
qualification they expected. Before you enroll on any course, ask questions
such as what accreditation is there for the course, and if you’re told a
professional body has given accreditation, we’d suggest you also contact that
body, and again ask relevant questions. We know of one course where its website
says it has been approved by a certain association but that approval is no
longer valid.
Be wary of courses where there are no direct contact hours. Webinars and
e-learning aren’t the same as direct contact. Major insurance companies won’t
provide cover for such courses. “We always advise our clients that we do not
cover courses that are purely distance learning and if their course included
any practical hours or if they went on to take a practical course, we ask for
details and how they were deemed competent to practice. We check these on a
case by case basis.” DSC-Strand say: “From an insurance perspective
underwriters regard all Naturopathy therapies as a practical skill. In view of
this it is a requirement that insurance applicants can demonstrate that their
training undertaken includes mandatory practical elements to the course
involving face to face interaction with a course tutor, as well as the
theoretical elements.”
Who belongs to the MNC?
Several organizations and colleges following Naturopathic philosophy are
members, embarking upon the route to profession-led regulation; their details
can be found on the 'Members' page of this website.
Naturopaths reco maha naturopathy that health is more than the
absence of disease;
it is dependent upon a multitude of factors and is a reflection of a harmonious
interaction with our environment. Good health means each individual has the
capacity to live life to full potential, in body, mind and spirit. Naturopathy
aims to increase the vitality of patients so that they can dispel disease by
means of their own self-healing mechanism. Disease is seen as the body's
response to challenges in the internal or external environment.
The fundamental principle of Naturopathy is the healing power of nature.
Naturopathy is a healing system which places emphasis on health and how to
promote it, rather than on disease and how to suppress it. Prevention is always
preferable to cure.
The Maharashtra Naturopathic Council defines Naturopathy as a
therapeutic system which, amongst other distinguishing features, has four
principal hallmarks;
- It
seeks to facilitate and promote the body's inherent physiological
self-healing
- It
reco mahanaturopathy the uniqueness
of each patient
- It
always attempts to establish and support the cause of a condition, not
merely the end effect
- It
requires an holistic approach, taking into consideration the
inter-relationship of all organs and systems of the body, not just
consideration of the local area or organ that may seem to be affected.
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How do Naturopathic
Practitioners work?
The Naturopathic Practitioner makes use of
supportive physical forces and agents
such as: light, water,
air, thermal effects, magnetism, earth, electricity or vibration;
and seeks to harness the
patient's own life force more directly with massage,
through rest, by
exercise, by stimulating reflexes, by making dietary prescriptions,
by psychotherapeutic
interventions or by employing the patient's own
heterostatic capacity.
The Naturopathic Practitioner may achieve alterative
effects by a number of
therapeutic approaches, for example: acupressure,
acupuncture, colonic
hydrotherapy, homeopathy, hydrotherapy, iridology,
kinesiology, massage
therapy, nutritional therapy, osseous manipulative therapy,
phytotherapy (herbal
medicine).
Who is on the Maharashtra Naturopathic Council?
Listed here on this web-site you will find
the regulatory organisations, the professional associations, the colleges and
the universities who each currently have delegates on the Maharashtra
Naturopathic Council.
The current members of the MNC are listed below
Membership Criteria
MNC MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA
The MNC consists of organizations working on an
equal footing and with agreed aims and Lay committee members to bring a
consumer perspective. There shall be no individual practitioner membership of
the MNC.
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Organizations eligible for inclusion into the MNC as full
members should:
1.
a. Be a professional organization with a
functional MAHARASHTRA based administrative office
b. Represent qualified Naturopaths, or
therapists practicing according to naturopathic philosophy
c. Require minimum criteria of qualification and
training as laid down in the MNC Core Syllabus including supervised
practicum
d. Maintain a register of members
e. Verify that their members hold suitable
professional indemnity and public liability insurance to practice
2. OR be Schools accredited by such MNC member organizations
3. Be able to demonstrate how the above criteria
in 1. are implemented
4. Be accountable to and for its members
5. Have a membership database of at least 25
individual qualified and practicing therapists
6. Be prepared to abide by the MNC Memorandum
and Articles of incorporation, Rules and Code of Ethics,
Disciplinary and Complaints
procedure and Continued Professional Development procedures
7. Acknowledge as the benchmark National
Occupational Standards (NOS) for the practice of Naturopathy
8. The MNC shall determine the membership
eligibility of applicant organizations and the councils' decision on
the granting or termination
of membership shall be final
9. No organization shall be considered a member
of the MNC if it has failed to pay within such period as may
have been defined by the MNC,
or as laid down within the Memorandum and Articles, such annual
subscription as may be set from
time to time as being required for its membership
10. No organization which is not financially
solvent can be considered for or continue as a member of the MNC
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Practitioner
Register
The Maharashtra Naturopathy Council, as the
Standards Body, has established Core Elements for Naturopaths. Individuals who
are entitled to become members of the MNC will have trained and will practice
to a minimum of the levels set out in the Core Elements.
There are two routes for
registration with the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council
Route A
As a member of one of the following professional
associations: Association of Master Herbalists (AMH), Association of
Naturopathic Practitioners (ANP), Guild of Naturopathic Iridologists Int (MAHANATUROPATHY),
Incorporated Society of Registered Naturopaths (ISRN), Naturopathic Nutrition
Association (NNA)
Route B
Individual membership: If you consider you work
in a naturopathic way, you are invited to apply for registration with the Maharashtra
Naturopathic Council. To be eligible, you will need to have a diploma in one of
the following:
Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chiropractic, Colonic
Hydrotherapy, Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Iridology, Kinesiology, Massage
Therapy, Medical Practitioner, Natural Hygiene, Nutritional Therapy, Oriental
Medicine (TCM), Osteopathy
You will need to provide copies of relevant
diplomas relating to your naturopathic practice. As we need to substantiate
that training has matched the high standards required by the MNC, we may ask
for details of your training course and / or contact details of your training
provider. We will also ask you to provide evidence of CPD (Continuing
Professional Development) - unless you are newly qualified, and evidence of
current professional insurance if you are practicing in the MAHARASHTRA -
registrants who practice overseas must check in their own country whether they
require professional insurance cover
The MNC has a two-tier Register for Naturopaths.
All registrants are required to comply with the MNC's Codes of Ethics for
Professional Practice and must work within the Naturopathic National
Occupational Standards (NOS).
Registered
Naturopath
Practitioners who are fully qualified in
Naturopathy will be able to apply for registration at the higher level of
Registered Naturopath status. A Registered Naturopath will be qualified in at
least one of the disciplines listed above, plus will have completed all the required
elements of naturopathic training. Some Registered Naturopaths will have
completed a specific naturopathy course that will entitle them to use the designator
letters ‘ND’ after their name.
Associate
Naturopath
An Associate Naturopath will be qualified in at
least one of the disciplines listed above, and will have completed some of the
required elements of naturopathic training. The MNC provides a route for its
Associate Naturopaths to 'upgrade' to full Registered Naturopath status by
completing those naturopathic core elements that have not already been covered
during previous training
How to Register
If you are a member of one of the above-named
professional associations, please contact the association for the application
form that will entitle you to fast-track registration with the MNC.
If you wish to apply for individual membership,
please complete the application form and return it to us.
Education and
Training
The MNC Education sub-committee is composed of representatives of MNC members who are involved with teaching Naturopathy or Naturopathic modules.
The function of this sub-committee is to devise the means by which a future regulator may uphold high educational standards in Naturopathy. It reports back to the main MNC board where final decisions are democratically voted upon.
The main work of the sub-committee revolves around the MNC Core Elements and Standards of Naturopathic Education, initially adopted by the MNC in 2004 and subsequently revised in September
Naturopathic
Practitioner
What is a
Registered Naturopath?
A Registered Naturopath will be qualified in at least one
therapy plus will have completed all the required elements of naturopathic
training. Some Registered Naturopaths will have completed a specific
naturopathy course that will entitle to use the qualifying letter ‘ND’ after
their name.
What is an
Associate Naturopath?
An Associate Naturopath will be qualified in at least one
therapy and will have completed some of the required elements of naturopathic
training.
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Registration
Requirementsfor registration
Membership
of the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council
is confined to those who had undertaken full-time training in Naturopathy or
including graduates of the four year full-time courses at the registered
University, Board, Society, Trust or Institutions of Maharashtra and graduates
of accredited post-graduate courses in Naturopathy Applications are also
considered from practitioners who have completed full-time or correspondence training
overseas at colleges or courses in countries where their training is officially
approved, and have obtained some years experience in professional practice. In
addition, the Registration Committee is able to consider, and in some suitable
cases accept, applications from practitioners whose qualifications may be
different from those outlined above, so long as the practitioner meets the
minimum levels of naturopathic competence described here.
It
is important to remember that the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council
is a Maharashtra State Register. Registration is confined to those
practitioners trained and working in the Maharashtra, or trained overseas but
resident in the Maharashtra State. Practitioners trained and working overseas
are not normally considered for registration.
See
the Application Procedure page for further details.
Minimum
Levels of Naturopathic Competence
In order to apply naturopathic therapeutic techniques safely and
competently a practitioner must have sound knowledge of anatomy, physiology,
pathology, nutrition, naturopathic principles and basic medical therapeutics.
A practitioner must have acquired sufficient depth of knowledge
of the principles of medicine and the pathological processes of underlying
disease and be aware of the physiological basis of, and current concepts
regarding, naturopathic treatment.
A practitioner must be capable of taking and interpreting a
pertinent case history which should include information about the patient’s
present complaint including predisposing, precipitating and maintaining factors
as well as information about the patient’s medical, physiological, social and
family history.
A practitioner must be able to conduct and interpret an
appropriate clinical examination which will include:
§ an
examination and evaluation of the biomechanics of the patient and a reasoned
assessment of the fundamental biomechanical interrelationships within the
body’s structure
§ The use and
interpretation of appropriate and currently acceptable clinical testing
procedures and auxiliary investigations, including a clinical examination of
the nervous system.
A practitioner must be trained to make an appropriate
differential diagnosis based upon current knowledge. This should include
awareness that pain associated with certain visceral diseases can mimic pains
originating from within the muscular-skeletal system. It is essential therefore
that a practitioner should be able to distinguish between pain of a
biomechanical nature and that of visceral origin as well as determine whether a
pain is derived from the site where it is experienced or referred from another
part.
A practitioner must be trained to record systematically all
relevant information and findings and be able to communicate these, and their
relevance, to the patient’s Maharashtra practitioner and/or other health care
practitioner.
A practitioner must also be aware of the absolute and relative
contra-indications to naturopathic treatment. The practitioner must also be
aware of his/her limits of competence and be able to recognize when the patient
is suffering from a condition where naturopathic treatment may be inappropriate
and which accordingly requires referral to a registered medical practitioner.
On completion of an initial examination, the practitioner should
be in a position to determine whether naturopathic treatment is appropriate,
and if so formulate an appropriate treatment plan and prognosis. The
practitioner should be able to communicate his or her findings, diagnosis,
prognosis (and possible prophylaxis) to the patient in such a way that the
patient’s own expectations are taken into consideration. Naturopathic treatment
embraces a wide range of therapeutic techniques.
Practitioners should be familiar with at least the core
techniques of naturopathic techniques and know how to apply and modify them
appropriately to the patient’s particular condition. The following therapies
are considered to be of primary importance in the naturopathic treatment of
disease: nutrition and dietetics, fasting, structural adjustment, hydrotherapy,
encouragement of a healthy life-style and health education. In naturopathic
philosophy it is just as important, if not more so, to explain to the patient
why disease occurs and what the patient can do for him or herself to maintain
the new, improved level of health given to them by naturopathic treatment. In
this way the patient is given responsibility for his or her health.
Practitioners should be aware of the hazards of inappropriate
and over treatment, and be capable of evaluating, assessing and reassessing the
patient’s changing condition and any other ongoing therapeutic procedure that
the patient may be receiving.
To sum up, the practice of naturopathy requires a depth of
medical and biomechanical knowledge with a repertoire and refinement of
technical skills that short undergraduate courses alone cannot adequately hope
to provide. In order to absorb the professional skills and ethical values
essential for safe and competent practice all student naturopaths require a
continuity of clinical experience combined with substantive interaction with
professional lecturers, clinicians and peers in an environment which allows for
a synthesis of theoretical learning and practical experience.
Benefits of registration
Benefits
of registration with the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council
include:
§ Membership of the
largest Maharashtra Naturopathy Councils registering body;
§ A listing in the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council Directory
of Practitioners, which is available on the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council website*;
§ A detailed web
entry, listing Qualifications, Specialties, Further Information, a photo &
up to 5 practice addresses*;
§ A Certificate of
Membership*;
§ Membership Identity
Card*;
§ Voting rights at
the Annual Maharashtra Meeting*;
§ Eligibility to
stand for election to Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council
L committees and Council*;
§ A voice and
influence in Maharashtra government processes which might affect our right to
practise;
§ Acknowledgement of
professional status by the Naturopathy and Natural Healthcare Council (Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council)*;
§ A well-advertised
public Helpline for practitioner referrals;
§ e-Newsletters
containing important information;
§ Public relations
carried out by the Register on behalf of naturopathy and registered
practitioners;
§ Access to
publications, such as the Register of Members, leaflets for practice promotion,
amongst others;
§ Free licensed
access and use of the professional version of the Natural Standard Database;
Registration
also brings automatic membership of the State Naturopathic Association, benefits of which includes:
§ Subscription to The
State Naturopathic Journal;
§ Reduced cost
attendance at the Annual Conference and at regular Study Days for continuing
post-graduate education and more;
§ Access to the
Association’s locum service, for those looking for work, or looking either for
locums or assistants;
§ Access to reduced
cost medical malpractice insurance, as well as specific practice policies;
§ A members’
helpline, to help with any professional problems or difficulties.
Apply
to join the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council: contact the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council Secretary
*
Benefits available to full members only
Application Procedure
There
are two paths to registration. To make an application for registration you must
download the correct application pack, which contains all the papers and
information necessary for your application.
Path
1 is for graduates of accredited or approved colleges, while Path 2 is designed
for other applicants.
Once
the Secretary receives your application for registration, he will check it to
make sure that all relevant sections have been completed, that the correct fee
has been submitted, and that all necessary paperwork has been attached. If
everything is correct, he will send you an acknowledgement of receipt, and will
forward the papers to the Membership Committee, who will consider the
application. The Membership Committee may ask for additional information
and/or request an interview with the applicant. As a rough guide,
the Membership Committee will report its initial findings to the Secretary
within six weeks, who will then notify you of the result.
Once
the Membership Committee has all the information it needs, it
has five options when considering the application:
§ Unconditionally
accept the applicant as a Full Member
§ Unconditionally
accept the applicant as an Associate Member with recommendations for on what
requirements need to be met in order to become a full member
§ Accept the
applicant as an Associate Member (for a limited time period), with conditions
in order to remain a member after that time period has elapsed e.g. mentoring
and/or a study pathway
§ Not accept the
applicant but with advice on what would be needed in order to re-apply
§ Not accept the
applicant but with no option to re-apply
A
flowchart of the Registration process can be downloaded from the link at the
bottom of the page.
If
you wish to make an application for registration, please return the completed
forms, with the correct payment, to the Secretary’s office.
Fees
§ The
registration fee for the year 1st January to 28th March is currently as
follows:
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Membership
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Rs.1,000.00
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Lifetime
members
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Rs.10,000.00
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Members
not in practice
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Rs.5,00.00
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Application
fee (paid on joining)
RenewalFeesYearly Let
fees Rs.1,000.00
Accreditation Rs.20,000
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Rs.5,00.00
Rs.5,00.00
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WHAT IS NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE?
Naturopathic Medicine is the system of primary health care which
works with the individual’s efforts towards the optimal expression of
physiological, physical, and mental/emotional health.
WHAT IS A NATUROPATH?
A Naturopath is a person who applies treatment modalities based
on the principles of Naturopathic Medicine. Naturopathy is an approach to
health care which aims to promote, restore and maintain health. The following
principles underpin the practise of Naturopathy:
§ The Healing
Power of Nature or Vis Medicatrix Naturae: There is a ‘vital force’ or ‘life
force’ which drives the self-healing or self-correcting mechanisms of the body.
§ The Triad of
Health, which describes the connection and interaction between the structural,
biochemical and mental/emotional components of all living beings. Dysfunction
in one area invariably leads to disruption elsewhere.
§ The
Uniqueness of the Individual: People are genetically, biochemically,
structurally and emotionally different from one another. Each person responds
in a unique way to influences whether they are mental/emotional, structural,
nutritional, social or cultural.
Naturopaths also recognize that:
§ Health is
more than the absence of disease. It is dependent upon a multitude of factors
and is a reflection of a harmonious interaction with our environment.
§ Acute disease
processes are different from chronic processes. The acute response is the
body’s attempt to restore health often through enhanced processes of
elimination. Suppression of such healing processes contributes to the potential
for chronic breakdown.
§ Disease
processes involve activation of the body’s homeostatic mechanisms. Health is
homeostasis – a dynamic equilibrium.
§ The
individual requires suitable foods for nourishment, clean water, fresh air and
sunlight, as well as appropriate exercise, rest and relaxation.
§ Prevention is
preferable to cure.
The defining elements of Naturopathic practice are that
Naturopaths:
§ Work with the
body’s own self-correcting mechanisms or efforts to maintain homeostasis.
§ Endeavour to
address all aspects of the Triad of Health.
§ Regard
education and co-operation of the patient as highly as treatment of the
patient.
§ Address
lifestyle factors which are contributing to the problem and re-educate the
patient into a lifestyle more conducive to health.
§ Aim to
establish health on a cellular level by improving circulation and innervation,
nutrition, detoxification and elimination.
Naturopathic Treatment
PRINCIPLES
The
Naturopath always seeks to:
§ Do no harm.
§ Employ methods
which work with the body’s healing power and self-correcting mechanisms and
avoid treatments which may work against these mechanisms and which suppress
acute diseases.
§ Deal with
underlying causes of dysfunction where possible.
§ Reduce the burden
of load. It may not always be possible to identify the underlying causes of the
problem, but often a number of contributory factors can be identified. It is
preferable to reduce the overall burden on the body using established
naturopathic means.
§ Sometimes it may be
necessary to use short term measures which assist in the removal of symptoms
for the comfort or safety of the individual, however it is important to also
employ long-term health restoration measures.
§ Attempt to address
all aspects of the Naturopathic Triad of Health.
§ Employ simple
treatments before more complex, where possible.
§ Support patients’
efforts in gaining and maintaining control of their own health.
PRACTISE
Because
Naturopathy is above all an approach to health care, there are many treatment
modalities which can be employed. However, they are always applied in a way
which works with the body’s own healing efforts and are used in accordance with
the principles of treatment previously specified. Treatments may primarily be
concerned with the biochemical, structural or mental/emotional depending upon
the nature of the problem.
The
core naturopathic modalities are:
- § Clinical dietetics and applied nutrition.
- § Detoxification techniques.
- § Hydrotherapy.
- § Physical Therapy. Examples include osteopathy/chiropractic (by an appropriately registered practitioner), naturopathic physical manipulation, manual lymphatic drainage, massage and other soft tissue techniques e.g. neuromuscular technique.
- § Psychotherapeutic techniques.
- § Electrotherapy.
- § Offering advice regarding a healthy lifestyle.
- § Many other therapies may be employed as part of naturopathic practice (where the practitioner has gained a suitable additional qualification), such as Medical Herbalism.
Assessment
PRINCIPLES
The
Naturopath aims to identify the causative factors which are creating functional
disturbance. This would include evidence of both sub-clinical disease and any
gross pathology. In order to make an assessment it is necessary to recognise
that
§ Underlying causes
of dysfunction should be identified where possible.
§ Structural,
biochemical and mental/emotional factors may all contribute to the patient’s
condition.
§ The individual
genetic make-up of the patient, the inherited miasmata and the environment are
predisposing factors in the expression of disease and will contribute to the
individual’s experience of that disease.
§ There is often
multifarious causation. A diverse range of factors may play a role in disease
processes. There is usually a cumulative effect of predisposing factors and a
final excitatory or trigger factor.
PRACTISE
Naturopathic
assessment may include the following elements;
- § Case history taking
- § Analysis of lifestyle and environment
- § Clinical examination
- § Clinical tests
- § Laboratory testing
- § Subtle energy diagnostic methods
Education
An
integral part of naturopathic treatment includes being able to educate the
patient in all elements of healthy living.
PRINCIPLES
The
Naturopath should:
§ Recognise the level
of knowledge and acceptance of an individual and assist them in gaining insight
into their health.
§ Lead by example.
Naturopaths must make efforts to follow a lifestyle which is Naturopathy to
these guidelines.
§ Recognise that the
individual plays an essential part in their own health restoration.
§ Guide their
patients into accepting more responsibility for their own health.
§ Stimulate a healthy
independence from, rather than dependence on, the practitioner.
PRACTISE
The
Naturopath should be able to offer well informed advice in the following areas;
§ The Naturopathic
principles of health and disease, how the patient became unwell, what is keeping them unwell, how they can get well and how they can stay well.
§ Diet and nutrition,
including nutritional supplementation.
§ Detoxification
including fasting and elimination.
§ Physical exercise.
§ Management of acute
diseases/healing crises.
§ Hydrotherapy and
phytotherapy for home use.
§ Breathing and
breathing exercises.
§ Relaxation and
stress management.
§ Natural fertility
awareness.
§ Preconceptual care,
pregnancy and natural childbirth. (It is acknowledged that delivery of the
infant is restricted to those who are registered to practise as midwives or
medical doctors. Referral should therefore be made to a suitable midwife).
Education & Training
The Core
Elements of Naturopathic Training:
- Training:
- Registration:
- Accreditation
The Core Elements of Naturopathic Training
In
October 2011, the Education Standing Committee of the Maharashtra Naturopathy
Council published the revised “Core Elements of Naturopathic Training”. This
document is part of a wider process of accreditation and forms the skeleton
around which the delivery of a course/programme leading to the practice of
naturopathic medicine should take place. As such, it delineates the minimum
learning outcomes that should be achieved by students.
In
terms of content, colleges and institutions are encouraged to go beyond that
specified here in the detailed delivery of the programmes they offer. The core
elements are designed to cover the essential areas to be covered in
naturopathic training, inevitably there will be some overlap and apparent
duplication in content. Colleges are not expected to design their programmes
using these 8 core element sections as their curriculum document.
The
Maharashtra Naturopathy Council is concerned with ensuring competent, safe and
effective practitioners, aware of the breadth and limitations of naturopathic
medicine practice. This document forms the basis for acceptance to the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council, whether training has been in the Maharashtra or elsewhere.
It is recognised that each institution would wish to have its own identity and
unique emphases. The Education Standing Committee (ESC) of the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council L encourages institutions to develop their courses so as to
include the core elements and to justify their approach against its
requirements. Course level the course is expected to be the level of a first
degree.
Study
Time
The
length of study time will depend on the nature of the course. The length should
be sufficient to adequately cover all areas of study and produce the desired
learning outcomes. It is unlikely that a course of less than three years full
time ( minimum 33 week educational year covering approx. 500-560 teaching
hours) will achieve these outcomes. Contact with patients is an essential part
of study and is expected that this would be a minimum of 400 hours (over the
length of the course). (These figures refer to undergraduate courses; a
separate document is being prepared for post-graduate courses).
Academic
Assessment
Assessment
methods must be designed so that the college can satisfy itself that the
student has reached the level of competence required for each element.
Assessment methods are to be decided by the individual institution but are
likely to include short answer assignments, essays, examinations, practical
vivas and observations.
Clinical
Assessment
Students
are expected to develop the ability to deal confidently with the complexities
and contradictions that arise in clinical practice. Students must show
awareness of the ethical dilemmas, which may occur in their work, and must be
able to formulate solutions to these. Clinical skills should be performed
consistently and with confidence. By the end of the module, students must show
that they are ready to practise naturopathic medicine independently. Students
may be assessed in a variety of ways including writing up case histories of
patients seen in clinic, completing competency logs, clinic supervisors’
assessments, clinical exams, etc. The assessment process will be designed so
that the College is able to satisfy itself that students have developed both
the necessary competencies and an adequate level of global competence in
naturopathic medicine.
Training
Undergraduate
programmes
Undergraduate
programmes There are two undergraduate courses that we recommend, one taught at
the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council. This is the Naturopathic Certi Diploma,
Degree, PGD, M.D, P.hd, Phylosophy usually taught combined with a BSc (Honours)
degree in Naturopathy, Medicine. For further details, contact the College by Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council.
The second, which was formally
accredited by the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council in September 20 every year,
for Naturopathic Medicine. The Council is no longer taking new applications for
this course.
Postgraduate
programmes
The
Register is currently working with the College of Osteopaths Educational Trust
to complete the accreditation of its naturopathic diploma. MNC also offer a
postgraduate diploma, which is open to registered medical practitioners, Naturopaths,
chiropractors and medical herbalists and other practitioners trained in
anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnosis, and clinical methods to primary
health care levels. For further details, contact the College of MNC.
Extended
pathway programmes
The
Register has not as yet accredited any extended pathway programmes offering
naturopathic training. However, it is conscious of the fact that a number of
primary health care disciplines are now being taught using extended pathway
learning and is currently working with a number of colleges and schools
offering such training in order to assure itself that such training will
produce practitioners who will meet the minimum educational and clinical
standards laid down by the Council
Correspondence
courses
The
Register believes that Naturopathy is a primary health care profession, because
patients usually come to a Naturopathic practitioner without referral from a
registered medical practitioner, and, therefore, without a clinical diagnosis.
There is a risk, under such circumstances, that an inadequately trained
practitioner may not spot a potentially life-threatening condition while
offering to treat the patient’s more superficial symptoms. For this reason, the
Register requires of its practitioner members an in-depth knowledge of
pathology and clinical diagnosis and a supervised clinical practical training
that it believes cannot be obtained by correspondence-based training.
Accreditation of courses
The
Maharashtra Council and Register of Naturopaths (Maharashtra Naturopathy
Council) is concerned to facilitate and encourage the education and training of
Naturopaths in accordance with its declared aims and philosophy. The Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council seeks to ensure that the qualification to practice awarded
by a course of training will meet the professional and academic standards set
by the Council.
Any
existing course or new programme that wishes to be recognised as an accredited
award by the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council must be subject to scrutiny and
regular monitoring as established by the Council. At a time of increasing
accountability both within Higher Education and Professional Training the Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council must be in a position to satisfy itself that its accredited
awards reflect a consistent and high standard of professional competency
underpinned by appropriate theoretical knowledge.
To
achieve accreditation from the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council, Colleges and
training organisations will be expected to engage in an exercise to enable the
Council to judge the level and relevance of any course that wishes to be
accepted and recognized by the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council. The process of
preparing proposals for initial accreditation or seeking continued recognition
should be seen as a mutually supportive professional Endeavour that is about
establishing and maintaining the highest ideals of the profession.
The
guidelines set out the processes and procedures that need to be satisfied in
order that the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council can consider a course for
initial or continued accreditation. The document should be self explanatory in
terms of what is required by the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council but further
discussions with specific members of the Council can be requested in order to
provided further clarification of the requirements. The task should not be
viewed as intrusive but rather as creating a partnership between the training
institutions and the Professional Body representing the Naturopaths.
In
order to be able to satisfy itself that a course can be accredited, or to
ensure continued recognition by the Maharashtra Naturopathy Council, it will be
necessary for the College to provide course documentation and allow a visiting
team to inspect the facilities and resources as well as meeting with students
and tutors.
The
costs of accreditation incurred by the Register are met by the applicant. This
approach to accreditation is in line with recent developments within Higher
Education and many Registering Bodies.
As
indicated above the undertaking should be in the spirit of collaboration not
confrontation. There should be an opportunity for a free and professional
exchange between people charged with the responsibility for the training of
Naturopaths and the Registering Body. Colleges wishing to apply for
accreditation should in the first place write to the Secretary of the Register
with brief details of the course, and requesting a copy of the guidelines.
The Maharashtra Naturopathic Council, in
conjunction with its member professional associations, has a stringent protocol
for accreditation of courses that provide naturopathic education.
The following courses have been accredited as
meeting the standards required by the MNC.
Institute of Naturopathic Medicine - Naturopathy
Institute of Naturopathic Medicine – Herbal
Medicine
Institute of Naturopathic Medicine -
Naturopathic Nutritional Therapy
Natural Healthcare Institute - Naturopathic
Nutritional Therapy
NOTE : The Maharashtra
Naturopathy Council in September 20 every year, for Naturopathic Medicine. The
Council is no longer taking new applications for this course.
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