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Two Approaches to Applying
for the Exam & Certification Standard
Approach: To Earn Full
Certification & the “CCH” Designation
Individuals who choose the standard approach to certification must
fulfill all prerequisite requirements, submitting documentation along with the
original application. The applicant must also submit formal written case reports
of five long-term chronic cases which include at least six months of follow-up.
On successful completion of the written exam and approval by the board
through the final oral interview, the applicant will earn the right to use the
“CCH” designation and be listed in the CHC directory.
Applicants who follow the Standard approach
must satisfy one of the following 4 options, as well as
completing the clinical experience &
professional practice requirements. (See details on previous page.): 1.
Formal Instruction Completion
of 500 hours of approved education
in Classical Homeopathy (see Educational Requirements, on previous page).
Documentation of education hours must be submitted in the form of school
transcripts, official certificates of attendance from training programs or
seminars, or detailed documentation of tutoring situations.
2.
Completed Apprenticeship Completion
of an apprenticeship of at least 2000 contact hours in no less than three (3)
years and no more than six (6) years. Apprenticeship
is defined as ongoing work with a tutor or preceptor who assumes responsibility
for the theoretical education and practical training of the apprentice.
“Contact hours” are defined as the amount of time the apprentice
spends under direct supervision of the preceptor while the preceptor is actively
seeing homeopathic patients. To ensure that sufficient guidance and attention is
given to each apprentice, no more than two apprentices may be involved in an
observation or clinical situation at any time. To
qualify as a preceptor/teacher for certification purposes, an individual must
either have CCH status or be formally approved by the board of
directors—providing documentation that, during the 2 years prior to applying
to become a preceptor, he or she
has treated at least 200 different homeopathic patients per year.
Applicants who wish to earn the required education hours within an
apprenticeship situation must submit clear documentation of the chosen
preceptor/teacher’ s qualifications (as set out above). During the time of
apprenticeship, the preceptor/teacher must maintain a general health care
practice which includes a minimum of 750 homeopathic patient visits per year
(with no fewer than 100 different patients per year) throughout the period of
years that apprentices are instructed. After
the first year of apprenticeship, the apprentice must be given increasing
responsibilities in patient contact—eventually taking cases, doing complete
case analysis, and recommending a course of treatment without the active
participation of the teacher, though still under the teacher’s supervision,
with guidance available. To ensure
that the applicant’s educational requirements have been fulfilled, all hours
earned through apprenticeship must be fully documented by the instructor,
along with comments or reports that reflect the student’s progress;
these must be submitted to the CHC along with the formal application. 3.
Professional Homeopathic Practice Experienced practitioners who have completed at least four (4)
years of practice in classical homeopathy—with a minimum of 500 homeopathic
visits per year, involving a minimum of 100 different patients per year—may
apply to take the CHC exam on the basis of this experience, instead of on the
basis of formal education hours.
At least 70% of patient visits used to meet the practice requirement must
have involved constitutional treatment. To choose this option, 4.
Combination of Training and Experience If
the applicant is not eligible through one of the options listed above, he or she
may fulfill the application prerequisites through a combination of methods, with
a designated number of points awarded for training and practice. To qualify for
this option, the Applicant must earn forty (40) points through the following
point system:
• Formal instruction: 1
point for each 12.5 hours of training as defined in option 1,
above
• Apprenticeship: 1 point per 50 contact hours as defined in option 2, above
• Professional homeopathic practice:
5 points per 6 months practice, as
defined in option 3, above. Any
length of time between 6 months and a year may be credited with the appropriate
number of points for half a year. (No smaller fractions of a year than half will
be acceptable for earning points
through this method.) Interim Approach:
To Earn “Candidate for Certification” Status
This option has been added so new graduates of approved homeopathic
educational programs in North America may receive some recognition of their
efforts in the study of homeopathy. Individuals
who have completed 500 hours of formal homeopathic training are allowed to
choose the option of taking the written parts of the exam before fulfilling the
clinical experience requirements, & submitting five long-term case reports
for approval by the CHC committee. After passing all parts of the written exam,
the applicant will recieve an interim designation —“Candidate for
Certification”—and will be allowed two years in which to fulfill all other
requirements, after which the oral exam must be successfully completed.
The Candidate will not be
entitled to use the designation “CCH” until the entire certification process
is complete—including approval of submitted cases, completion of all required
practice hours, & passing of the oral examination with final approval by the
Board. Those with “Candidate” status will not be listed in the directory
until full certification has been earned. Please
note that no change has been made in the CHC’s requirements for certification.
Applicants
who choose the Interim approach must fulfill the same requirements, but will
complete them in a different sequence. |
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