What is the Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine?

The Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine is a unique series of courses that are rarely found in schools and colleges of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) or Natural Medicine. Most colleges and schools offering CAM courses will do so in one field or modality; i.e. you will get a course in homeopathy, or one in herbal medicine, or in naturopathy or acupuncture or flower remedies and so on. When qualifying from these schools you will be an expert in only one modality of healing, but you will not have a broad base that encompasses many of these modalities combined. This is the main advantage of the DaVinci College of Holistic Medicine - it provides the practitioner or student with many different tools and protocols to use in clinical practice that go far beyond any one modality.

A Modular System
The Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine consists of many separate modular courses covering a whole spectrum of health topics - each of these modular courses is a stands alone and can be taken as an individual Diploma Course with Certification. This encourages the student to implement this knowledge-base in clinical practice as soon as they have completed each Diploma course, as they will have the Certification to prove that they have passed these exams for the said course.

The modular course structure based on distance-learning allows the student to work at their own pace while working elsewhere without having to disrupt family or working life. The student can even work while they are traveling as most of the course materials are in downloadable files that can be stored on the hard disc of the computer. There are hundreds of pages of reading material with each course.

There are also many interactive videos and documentaries to watch and you can even copy these directly to your laptop and watch them while on a plane. There are also hundreds of links to many other sources of helpful information - these courses have taken many years to write and develop and are at a cutting-edge level that is difficult to match. The courses should ideally be taken in sequential order to benefit from prerequisite knowledge required to build on.

Course Author
It is very rare to find a College that takes all these modalities and more and puts them into one Professional Diploma Course - this is the essence of this course - you will not only be studying homeopathy or herbal medicine or naturopathy, but in fact you will study enough of each to be able to practice as a competent Holistic Health practitioner, dealing with many health issues that using only one healing modality will not be able to help.

This is made possible because the author and Academic Dean of the DaVinci College of Holistic Medicine, Dr. George Georgiou has been studying natural methods of health for over 25 years and has amassed degrees and diplomas in the biological sciences, clinical nutrition, herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, Su Jok acupuncture, energy medicine, iridology, sclerology, live blood analysis, thermography, clinical psychology and clinical sexology, along with a lot more training in other modalities of healing, as well as many research interests and publications.

Not only did he spend a life-time studying all these topics in depth, but he has applied this knowledge by building a bespoke Holistic treatment centre called the DaVinci Natural Health Centre in Cyprus that uses all these modalities and more and sees patients from all over the world, specializing in the treatment of chronic disease

Course Completion
To gain maximal benefit from the courses, it is recommended that the student plan to take at least two, but preferably three courses per semester (4 chronological months). There are a total of 16 diploma courses so the average student should be able to complete all sixteen compulsory courses to be awarded the Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine in about 24 months. A maximum of 48 months is allowed for completion for students with heavy work commitments.

Clinical Practicuum
Professional Diploma students will have an opportunity to study with Dr. Georgiou at the DaVinci Natural Health Centre and will be able to get hands-on training in all aspects of the holistic healing arts. This will be the students opportunity to see the application of everything they have learned on real patients with real diseses.

Future Courses
The intention in the near future is to expand on the Professional Diploma to bring it to the level of a Doctoral Diploma in Holistic Medicine for the student that wants to proceed further to a higher award. Credits from the Professional Diploma will be transferrable towards this higher degree.

Course Curriculum
All the following 16 Diploma Courses must be taken to complete the requirements for the Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine:

1. Anatomy & Physiology - a comprehensive course that will take you step-by-step through all the different anatomical and physiological systems of the body using interactive cadavers - built from real anatomy data each model has a choice of 3D views with interactive functions to fully rotate and add and remove anatomical structures from the models and to view and label any structure from bone to skin. There are also Practice Quizes, animated diagrams that are interactive and enable the student to move from a macro to a micro level, and an Exam Review that enables the students to set up their own exams on the chapters studied.
   
   
2. Pathology & Disease - this Pathology and Disease course is designed to enable students and practitioners of Holistic Medicine to understand the basic principles by which orthodox medicine operates. It is important to denote that this course has been designed with the Holistic Medicine practitioner in mind and is not a general pathology course that one would encounter in a medical school curriculum.
   
   
3. Orthomolecular Nutrition - Part 1 – this is a comprehensive course that lays down the theoretical groundwork that the practitioner will build on in PART 2. This covers the basic reasons for eating health diets as opposed to refined ones, the various nutrients required by the body to function optimally, weight management, physical fitness and nutrition, pregnancy, old age, safety of foods, food pyramids and lots more.
   
   
4. Orthomolecular Nutrition - Part 2 - this course takes the practitioner beyond the theory and looks at how orthomolecular nutrition can be used in the clinical setting to help treat a variety of illnesses from headaches, migraines and digestive issues, to Candida and even cancer. Many of these protocols have been tried and tested in a clinical setting and are known to successfully work - just taking these 'clinical secrets' based on decades of work is worth its weight in gold!
   
   
5. Herbal Medicine – this course is designed for the practitioner who wants to understand Western Herbal Medicine - the basic theory, pharmacognosy, therapeutic constituents in herbs, preparation of herbal formulas, prescribing and dosages, curative herbs for many diseases as well as obtaining tried and tested formulas that have been used successfully in clinical practice over many years. There are many downloadable files and videos to facilitate the learning process.
   
   
6. Homeopathy – this is a solid grounding in homeopathy with many useful gems for ‘short-cutting’ the process – includes classical and complex approaches, as well as homotoxicology. The complete course consists of 14 Lessons with over 900 pages of reading material all downloadable .pdf files that can be stored on your hard drive and reviewed even on your travels. Also included are videos of documentaries and lectures on various aspects of homeopathy.
   
   
7. Naturopathic Medicine - Part 1 - this course lays down the theory of Naturopathy and examines its history and its significance in the world of healing. The student will learn in detail naturopathic protocols for detoxifying different organ systems, the use of herbs, homeopathics, nutritional supplements and other healing modalities as well as treating specific disease processes.
   
   
8. Naturopathic Medicine - Part 2 - this course will take the student much deeper into using naturopathy in the treatment of specific diseases, but will emphasize protocols related to treating diseases such as MS, Cancer, autism, schizophrenia, depression, Crohn's Disease, ulcerative colitis and those health issues that the medical profession generally considers as 'incurable.' Protocols for all these diseases that have worked successfully for many years will be shared with the student making this an invaluable clinical gem!
   
   
9. Live Blood Analysis – this course will open up the world to nutritional microscopy so that you can analyze your patient’s blood to determine nutritional deficiencies, the status of the immune system and more.
   
   
10. ANS Clinical Testing - a fascinating way of communicating with your patient’s autonomic nervous system to elicit health information quickly and efficiently - this course will cover VEGA Testing, Autonomic Response Testing (ART), Heart Rate Variability Testing (HRV) and Thermography.
    
    
11. Bach Flower Remedies – this Bach Flower Remedy Diploma Course will give you a thorough understanding of the Bach remedies so that you can begin taking histories and prescribing in clinical practice immediately upon completion of the course. The student will learn about the history of the remedies, Dr. Bach’s philosophy, how these remedies are made, how to take a history and prescribe, details of each of the 38 remedies (Materia medica) as well as Rescue remedy, as well as how to use flower remedies with animals.
    
    
12. Iridology - This is a content-rich course with cutting-edge research in iridology that enables the student to interact with one of the world’s most active researchers in Iridology, Professor Bryan Marcia who earned his Ph.D. in Iridology in the US. Students taking this course will be able to really immerse themselves in thousands of images of human irides, along with many real case histories. It will also be an honour and privilege to interact with one of the world’s mentors in iridology who will share their clinical experience with an open mind and a big, warm heart.
    
    
13. Energy Medicine - this course takes the student into 21st century medicine by examining its history and some of the therapeutic devices that have been developed over the decades, some of which had powerful healing qualitites. Devices such as the BICOM bioresonance device, VEGA biodermal screening device, PAPIMI, Rife Technology, Beck, and other technologies will be examined in detail to provide the student with enough knowledge to be able to use these devices in clinical practice. The author has had many years of clinical experience with these devices.
    
    
14. Holistic Psychology - this course does not only incorporate the basics of psychology, but also goes much further and looks at practical ways in which the practitioner can help the client on a psychoemotional level. Topics that will be examined in depth include Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Psychokinesiology, Hellinger's Family Constellations, Bach Flower Remedies, Homeopathy, Su Jok Therapy, Iris Light Therapy, Sound Therapy and more.
    
    
15. Toxicology & Detoxification - students of Holistic Medicine cannot become good practitioners unless they learn the meaning of toxins and their effect on health, as well as the various natural procedures for mobilizing and eliminating these from the body. Tried and tested protocols will be shared with the student based on many decades of detoxification with thousands of clients in clinical settings - many of these protocols are unique and have never before been published. This course is a must for all practitioners and can be taken as a stand-alone Diploma Course.
    
    
16. Naturopathic Sexology - often sexual issues come up with clients and the Holistic practitioner should be in a position to handle the most basic of these such as erectile problems, premature ejaculation, sexual desire disorders in both sexes, vaginismus and orgasmic dysfunction. This course is truly unique and never before taught as the author Dr. Georgiou has coined the term 'Naturopathic Sexology' as a unique science. As a practicing Clinical Sexologist, Clinical Psychologist and a Doctor of Science in Alternative Medicine he combines these modalities to provide a powerful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunctions using a Holistic Approach.

All students who are seriously interested in pursuing this Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine need to complete the Application Form and pay the Evaluation Fee (€75 Euros) by clicking on the button below. The application form will then be reviewed by the Academic Dean who will respond soon and inform you what topics you will be exempt for.