information overload/ effective teaching

[Guest guest]

Will, Rory, et al,

 

It looks like the gig at TAI is mine. Which means that I will be creating

660 hour program. So this very issue is one that I am grappling with: how

to really create a meaningful program that empowers students to really use

herbs. How many graduates really write their own prescriptions. How many can

think on the spot? Diagnose and write a formula in the moment? I do this all

day every day and I agree w/ Todd's (Rory's?) comment that the key is

knowing how to look stuff up. Even if I don't have a formula memorized, I

know which one I want, I know how to then modify it.

What does it take to help students make accurate snap decisions ( beyond

handing out bottles of patents)?

Is anyone besides Al using online testing or learning activities?

 

Also- if anyone would be willing to share their syllabus', I'd be interested

in seeing what others are doing. But please contact me privately

 

Thanks

Cara

 

 

we want the public and other professionals to respect us

> as the subject matter experts in TCM, especially when we achieve the

> doctoral level. We need to start listening to the subject matter experts in

> education and admit that knowing TCM is not the same thing as knowing how

> to teach. If we value controlled research, perhaps that will sway some.

> citations to come.

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> Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare

> practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing

> in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services,

> including board approved online continuing education.

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[Guest guest]

Methinks y'all rehashing the Shan Han Lun and Zhangji comments are as

relevant today as then.

 

I would argue for learning the treatment principles first.

Then Category of a formula, then the formulas in that category and their

differences. Latter the individual herbs. This idea takes a huge information

load to the smallest common denominator and then builds and expands.

For example

tai yang Stage (one of six) 8 parameters,4levels Heat Damage, Triple Burner

etc.

Sweating (one of eight methods)

Release Exterior (one of eighteen/ Bensky)

Ma Huang Tang or Gui Zhi Tang (minimum 60 to know?)

Chen Pi, et al (thousands to choose from)

 

Advanced classes would focus on combination of treatment strategies and

combination of formulas

More Advanced is combining emperor herbs from formulas based upon strategies

combined with individual herbs as assistants and ministers.

 

of course When the diagnosis is in error ...

 

When a new practionor prescribes a simple formula (say patent formula) a

certain chain of events are more readily monitored by more advanced peers

and advice and recommendations may then be made. And less likely the harm to

the patient (Physicians First Law)

As the novice develops depth they are better able to articulate their

prognosis and explain their course to a peer if review/correction is needed.

Keep it Simple.

 

 

Ed Kasper, LAc

Santa Cruz, CA.

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