The Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine distance learning award 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 Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine consists of many separate modular courses covering a whole spectrum of health topics - each of these modular courses is a stand-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.

View summary of BSc (HM) curriculum

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. The College and its courses have been accredited by the Pastoral Medical Association in the USA and the Complementary Medical Association (CMA) in the UK.

Expertise

It is very rare to find a College that takes all these modalities and more and puts them into a Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine 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 Founder and Academic Dean of the DaVinci College of Holistic Medicine, Dr. George J 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 Holistic 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. Students taking the Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine will be able to spend time undertaking clinical work at this cutting-edge Holistic Centre as part of their requirements.

Course Completion

To gain maximal benefit from your studies, 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 14 compulsory Diploma courses, as well as one elective, so the average student should complete all 15 compulsory courses to be awarded the Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine in just over 24 months. A maximum of 48 months is allowed for completion for students with heavy work commitments.

Compulsory courses required (unless exemption is awarded):

Electives include:

Medical students usually study for just about 4,200 physical hours in the entirety of their course - most of the academic study is crammed into the first two years - they also have practical work on top of this. The Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine covers 15 courses plus dissertation which comes to a total of 3,200 hours (16 x 200 hours - 3,200). This means that 200 hours per course is equivalent to a solid month of study, eight hours per day.

If a student decides to go on to complete the Doctor of Science in Holistic Medicine, there will be a further three courses to complete, chosen from the electives (3 x 200 hours = 600 hours), along with the dissertation (400 hours), making a further 1,000 hours. This is added to the 3,200 hours of the BSc (HM) making a total of 4,200 hours. This is equivalent to just over 500 days of solid work - a lot can be learned in this time!

Clinical Practicuum

Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine students will have an opportunity to study with Dr. Georgiou at the DaVinci Holistic 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 diseases.

There is also the flexibility of studying in other Holistic Centres closer to home, but these must be assessed by the College before being certified to accept students.

Dissertation

In order to complete the Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine there is a dissertation based on empirical work or case studies that needs to be completed by the end of the course. 

Postgraduate Courses

After completing the Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine it is possible to immediately move on to the postgraduate Doctor of Sciences in Holistic Medicine - DSc (HM). Credits from the Bachelor of Science in Holistic Medicine will be automatically transferrable towards this higher degree.

BSc (HM) Course Curriculum

All the following 15 Diploma Courses or modules must be taken to complete the requirements for the Professional Diploma in Holistic Medicine: