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Plan homeopathic treatment strategy
Plan homeopathic treatment strategy
Unit of competency
National Code
HLTHOM605C
HLTHOM605C
State Code
D8293
D8293
TGA Status
Replaced
Replaced
DTWD Status
Deleted
Deleted
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
29/08/2012
Field of Education
061999 - Complementary Therapies, N.e.c.
Original Release Date
29/08/2012
Nominal Hours
80
Description
DescriptorThis unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare for treatment of client's and to negotiate a treatment plan with them, according to homœopathic principles and practice
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Determine treatment strategy
- 1.1 Determine the treatment strategy according to the homœopathic diagnosis and the therapeutic needs of the client
- 1.2 Ascertain contraindications to treatment and modify treatment strategy according to homœopathic principles
- 1.3 Take into consideration treatment and advice provided by other health care professionals in determining the strategy to be used
- 1.4 Select treatment strategy appropriate to the client's phase/stage of disease
- 1.5 Take into consideration possible client compliance issues in specific treatment options
- 1.6 Select medicines according to the law of similars and on the basis of established homœopathic clinical practice
- 1.7 Select the most appropriate posology
- 1.8 Select the most appropriate administration method
2. Formulate a plan to identify and manage obstacles to cure
- 2.1 Identify and assess obstacles to cure
- 2.2 Negotiate dietary modifications, if appropriate
- 2.3 Negotiate lifestyle modifications, if appropriate
3. Discuss the treatment strategy with the client
- 3.1 Allocate sufficient time to discuss the treatment strategy, appropriate to the client's needs
- 3.2 Negotiate client compliance
- 3.3 Clarify discrepancies between the practitioner's and the client's perception of the condition and therapeutic expectations
- 3.4 Communicate relevant information from medical or diagnostic reports where appropriate
- 3.5 Clarify responsibilities of practitioner and client within the treatment plan
- 3.6 Negotiate the management of selected treatment in relation to any other current therapies
- 3.7 Discuss treatment evaluation/follow up strategies
RANGE STATEMENT
The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.
Contraindications to treatment may include:
Traumatic injuries or conditions requiring immediate medical attention
Life threatening situations
Personal or life circumstances
Ability or willingness to comply with treatment
Phase or stage of the disease must include one of the following:
Uppermost layer
Acute presentation/phase totality
Chronic presentation/phase totality
Miasmatic presentation/phase totality
Mixed miasmatic presentation/phase totality
Pathological phase totality
Incurable/untreatable state totality
Homœopathic medicines include:
Those described in homœopathic materia medica
Sarcodes, nosodes, imponderables, tautopathics and autonosodes
Any substance proven and prepared according to homœopathic guidelines
Medicines selected according to the law of similars must include consideration of:
Relevant aphorisms in the Organon of Medicine 5th/6th edition
Homœopathic principles of the single medicine and minimum dose
Posology must include:
Selection of potency - decimal (x), centesimal (c) or fifty millesimal (LM/Q) scales, or mother tincture
Frequency of repetition - single dose, infrequent doses or frequent doses
Appropriate administration method may include:
Olfactory
Sublingual
Cutaneous
Via fluid medium, alcohol, or water
Via pilules
Via powder
Plussing method
Obstacles to cure may include those factors referred to in the organon, 6th edition, aphorisms §259-263 including:
Diet and eating patterns/habits
Exercise
Recreation
Relaxation
Hygiene
Drugs and other substances of addiction
Emotional health
Living conditions
Socio-economic factors
Occupational factors
Other aggravating and/or maintaining factors
Negotiate dietary modifications may include advising on the following:
Foods, beverages and nutritional supplements
Eating patterns/habits
Diets for particular disorders and disease states such as:
cœliac disease
diabetes mellitus
diarrhœa
constipation
gastric ulcer
Negotiate lifestyle modifications may include providing advice or referral on the following:
Exercise programs
Relaxation techniques
Hygiene
Recreational drugs and other substances of addiction
Concurrent medications
Occupational risks
Personal or relationship counselling
Community resources and/or support services
Client compliance refers to:
Ability to follow instructions or suggestions
Willingness to follow instructions or suggestions
Visual impairment
Discrepancies may include:
Client is unaware of the immediate danger of their condition
Client is over anxious about their condition
Client is unaware of maintaining causes acting on their condition
Practitioner is unaware of some implications of the client's condition
Practitioner and client have other views about what the main problem is
Responsibilities of the practitioner may include:
Isolating the sick person
Notifying doctor about their condition
Appropriate hygienic behaviour
Appropriate sexual behaviour
Notifying state health authorities of notifiable / communicable disease
Commitment to the treatment plan
Providing the treatment and follow-up
Discussing relevant contraindications or potential complications to treatment
Reviewing the treatment plan
Adjusting the treatment plan
Responsibilities of the client may include:
Following instruction/advice during and post treatment
Advising practitioner of any relevant contraindications or potential complications to treatment
Advising practitioner of compliance issues
Commitment to the treatment plan
Treatment evaluation strategies may include:
Discussing and reviewing response to treatment
Reviewing achievement of treatment goals
Monitoring time frame for achieving treatment goals
The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.
Contraindications to treatment may include:
Traumatic injuries or conditions requiring immediate medical attention
Life threatening situations
Personal or life circumstances
Ability or willingness to comply with treatment
Phase or stage of the disease must include one of the following:
Uppermost layer
Acute presentation/phase totality
Chronic presentation/phase totality
Miasmatic presentation/phase totality
Mixed miasmatic presentation/phase totality
Pathological phase totality
Incurable/untreatable state totality
Homœopathic medicines include:
Those described in homœopathic materia medica
Sarcodes, nosodes, imponderables, tautopathics and autonosodes
Any substance proven and prepared according to homœopathic guidelines
Medicines selected according to the law of similars must include consideration of:
Relevant aphorisms in the Organon of Medicine 5th/6th edition
Homœopathic principles of the single medicine and minimum dose
Posology must include:
Selection of potency - decimal (x), centesimal (c) or fifty millesimal (LM/Q) scales, or mother tincture
Frequency of repetition - single dose, infrequent doses or frequent doses
Appropriate administration method may include:
Olfactory
Sublingual
Cutaneous
Via fluid medium, alcohol, or water
Via pilules
Via powder
Plussing method
Obstacles to cure may include those factors referred to in the organon, 6th edition, aphorisms §259-263 including:
Diet and eating patterns/habits
Exercise
Recreation
Relaxation
Hygiene
Drugs and other substances of addiction
Emotional health
Living conditions
Socio-economic factors
Occupational factors
Other aggravating and/or maintaining factors
Negotiate dietary modifications may include advising on the following:
Foods, beverages and nutritional supplements
Eating patterns/habits
Diets for particular disorders and disease states such as:
cœliac disease
diabetes mellitus
diarrhœa
constipation
gastric ulcer
Negotiate lifestyle modifications may include providing advice or referral on the following:
Exercise programs
Relaxation techniques
Hygiene
Recreational drugs and other substances of addiction
Concurrent medications
Occupational risks
Personal or relationship counselling
Community resources and/or support services
Client compliance refers to:
Ability to follow instructions or suggestions
Willingness to follow instructions or suggestions
Visual impairment
Discrepancies may include:
Client is unaware of the immediate danger of their condition
Client is over anxious about their condition
Client is unaware of maintaining causes acting on their condition
Practitioner is unaware of some implications of the client's condition
Practitioner and client have other views about what the main problem is
Responsibilities of the practitioner may include:
Isolating the sick person
Notifying doctor about their condition
Appropriate hygienic behaviour
Appropriate sexual behaviour
Notifying state health authorities of notifiable / communicable disease
Commitment to the treatment plan
Providing the treatment and follow-up
Discussing relevant contraindications or potential complications to treatment
Reviewing the treatment plan
Adjusting the treatment plan
Responsibilities of the client may include:
Following instruction/advice during and post treatment
Advising practitioner of any relevant contraindications or potential complications to treatment
Advising practitioner of compliance issues
Commitment to the treatment plan
Treatment evaluation strategies may include:
Discussing and reviewing response to treatment
Reviewing achievement of treatment goals
Monitoring time frame for achieving treatment goals
EVIDENCE GUIDE
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic) is essential for assessment of this unit
Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over the required range of situations relevant to the workplace
Where, for reasons of safety, space, or access to equipment and resources, assessment takes place away from the workplace, the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible
Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender
Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:
interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace
scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units
holistic/integrated assessment including:
working within the practice framework
performing a health assessment
assessing the client
planning treatment
providing treatment
Context of and specific resources for assessment:
An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
Relevant texts or medical manuals
Relevant paper-based/video assessment instruments
Appropriate assessment environment
Method of assessment:
Practical demonstration and observation in the work place (if possible)
Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice
Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting (laboratory). If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision
Explanations for plan preparations
Oral questioning and discussion
Access and equity considerations:
All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities
Related units:
This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related competency units:
HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients
HLTHOM608C Provide homoeopathic treatment and manage the case
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic) is essential for assessment of this unit
Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over the required range of situations relevant to the workplace
Where, for reasons of safety, space, or access to equipment and resources, assessment takes place away from the workplace, the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible
Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender
Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:
interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace
scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units
holistic/integrated assessment including:
working within the practice framework
performing a health assessment
assessing the client
planning treatment
providing treatment
Context of and specific resources for assessment:
An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
Relevant texts or medical manuals
Relevant paper-based/video assessment instruments
Appropriate assessment environment
Method of assessment:
Practical demonstration and observation in the work place (if possible)
Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice
Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting (laboratory). If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision
Explanations for plan preparations
Oral questioning and discussion
Access and equity considerations:
All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities
Related units:
This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related competency units:
HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients
HLTHOM608C Provide homoeopathic treatment and manage the case
Replaces
| State Code | National Code | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| C9299 | HLTHOM605B | Plan homeopathic treatment strategy | Unit of competency |
| State Code | National Code | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| J115 | HLT60612 | Advanced Diploma of Homoeopathy | Qualification |