THE HERBAL CLINICIAN PROGRAM
Herbal medicine courses at Herbal Medics Academy are designed to give the maximum amount of information, hands-on experience and even clinical scenarios, in the shortest amount of time.
The concept is that we want to teach you the most necessary and crucial elements in regards to a materia medica (your personal list of herbs that you learn to use), preparations (tinctures, salves, syrups, etc.), a structure that is western-physiology based in order to create your own herbal formulas, medicinal plant identification and growing, ethical wildcrafting, diagnosis (assessment), creating a home or neighborhood clinic in a post-disaster setting, creating a treatment plan, and much more.
To this end, our botanical medicine classes have a core set of classes, and elective modules.
2020/2021 Course Schedule: Quick Links
Introduction to Herbal Medicine for Beginners – An On Demand Course
Clinical Physical Assessment Techniques – An On-Demand Course
Formulating & Formulas – On-Demand Course
Clinical Spanish – 4 week course begins on October 1st, 2020. Registration will remain open until October 15th, 2020.
Clinical Nutrition – 8 week course begins on September 21st, 2020. Registration will remain open until October 12th, 2020.
Herbal Management for Acute Viral Infections – 3 week course begins on October 8th, 2020. Registration closes October 19th, 2020.
Botanical Functional Medicine – 12 week online course begins on January 4th, 2021. Registration closes January 25th, 2020.
Herbal Management for Acute Viral Infections – 3 week course begins on January 7th, 2021. Registration closes January 19th, 2021.
Herbal Medicine for Professionals – 12 week online course begins February 22nd, 2021. Registration closes March 22nd, 2021.
2-Day Texas Botany Course – March 20th – 21st, 2021.
Infection & Wound Management – 3 week online course begins April 5th, 2021. Registration closes April 16th, 2021.
Formulating & Formulas – 3 week online course begins June 7th, 2021. Registration closes on June 17th, 2021.
Venomous Bites & Stings – 4 week online course begins July 5th, 2021. Registration closes July 19th, 2021.
Making Your Own Herbal First-Aid Kit – 3 week online course beginning August 9th, 2021. Registration closes August 19th, 2021.
Herbal Medicine for Professionals – 12 week online course begins August 23rd, 2021. Registration closes September 20th, 2021.
Intermediate Level (440 Class/Clinic Hours + Case Studies and Thesis)
Pathophysiology Module Dates: (ONLINE) – presenting physiology, anatomy, pathophysiology and herbs from the standpoint of an herbalist. These modules are completely online. (Each module is 16 class hours for a total of 192 class hours)
Infection & Wound Management Online – April 6th – 27th, 2020.
The Liver System for Herbalists – May 4th – June 1st, 2020.
The Musculoskeletal System for Herbalists – August 3rd – 31st – 2020.
The Nervous System for Herbalists – November 2nd – 30th, 2020.
The Respiratory System for Herbalists – February 1st – March 1st, 2021.
The Cardiovascular System for Herbalists – May 3rd – 31st, 2021.
The Endocrine System for Herbalists – August 2nd – 30th, 2021.
The Genitourinary System for Herbalists – November 1st – 29th, 2021.
Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, & Throat for Herbalists – February 7th – March 7th, 2022.
The Immune System for Herbalists – May 2nd – 30th, 2022.
Infection & Inflammation for Herbalists – August 1st – 29th, 2022.
The Digestive System for Herbalists – November 7th – December 5th, 2022.
The Integumentary System for Herbalists – February 6th – March 6th, 2023.
The Liver System for Herbalists – May 1 – 29th, 2023.
The Musculoskeletal System for Herbalists – August 7th – September 4th, 2023.
The Nervous System for Herbalists – November 6 – December 4th, 2023.
Clinical Case Studies
Clinical Case Management for Herbalists – June 2018, 9 week course begins June 5 – July 31st.
Individual Case Study Round Table Discussions
These are discussed in group, online/conference call round table discussions. Round Table discussions are conducted regularly and take place in the evenings for 1 – 2 hours.
12 total class hours.
Each Round Table class will be limited to 8 participants.
Herbal Case Studies Round Table – July 23rd, 2020.
Herbal Case Studies Round Table – October 1st, 2020.
Open Office Hours 2020
Free Open Office Hours Session – October 26th, 2020.
Clinical Exposure Work (ON-SITE) 2018
HMA offers a variety of methods to gather documented clinical hours working with clients within the community. Each clinical exposure intensive week gives a minimum of 40+ hours working with under-served populations and the logistics of running a mobile clinic, from start to completion, including follow-up care for clients.
These clinical exposure weeks are typically a minimum of five days and are hosted around the country and internationally.
HMA also hosts monthly community herbal clinics for ongoing clinical hours, tele-clinics and individually assigned case studies.
Our clinical program has over 450+ of clinical hours.
2018/2019
#1: Detroit, July 14-15th, 2018
#2: Navajo Nation in Arizona, September 16 – 21st, 2018
#3: San Antonio, TX, April 24th – 28th, 2019
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Intermediate Common (Herbalist Skills) Modules (ONLINE AND ONSITE)
ONSITE 5-day intensive – 5-Day Skills for Herbalists – hands on portion on one subject per day on the above topics (40 onsite hours), 10/22 – 10/26, 2018, San Antonio, TX.
Clinical Assessment Skills (12 online hours), July 11 – August 4th, 2018
Horticulture/Gardening and Harvesting, Constituent Theory (12 online hours): TBA
Intermediate Herbal Remote and Post Disaster Medicine (16 hours online): TBA
