The Montreal Institute of Classical Homeopathy

What Makes MICH Unique?

Dialogue

At MICH, we use the dialogue method developed by quantum physicist David Bohm. This dialogue method has proven itself to be an effective way to ensure good communication and "activate" students, as well as develop collaboration and a wholistic model for inquiry. Dialogue facilitates coming to the image totality in case discussions.

Self-Evaluation as a Teaching Tool

Asking the students to review the list of professional homeopathic competencies and scoring themselves on a regular basis helps them to monitor their learning, set their study goals, and gage their understanding. This review of professional competencies helps them to integrate what it means to be a homeopath - specifically. By graduation, they will have acquired the essential skill of evaluating their own performance in each case -- to monitor the need for further professional training or the need to refer a case to another MICH Homeopath.

Case Taking as an Integrative Approach to Homeopathy

Video and live cases shown from the very beginning of MICH training are used as a vehicle to integrate all aspects of homeopathic training. Remedies from the Materia Medica are always presented within the context of a real case. Parts of video-taped cases, which relate to the subject matter at hand, are shown as examples. Videos and live cases are used in class to model case taking. The video or case is regularly stopped and the students are asked to provide their observations or the next step. In this way, students learn to actively follow a patient and take notes.

Direct Experience

Students actively participate in practical exercises involving different aspects of case taking. They each practice a specific part of the homeopathic conversation, such as: patient observation, listening, following the patient, self-awareness, questioning, and awareness of the process itself. The students are usually in groups of three. An example would be that one student plays the role of patient, another the homeopath and another observes a particular aspect of the process or exchange. Then the students change roles until everyone has played each role. A graduate or facilitator supervises each group. As students increase their understanding and their capacity, these exercises gradually evolve into full case taking.

Personal Experience

MICH Students are required to see a graduate homeopath on a regular basis in order to appreciate the role of the patient, understand the action of remedies, and have the direct experience of case taking.

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