Minutus

i agree that testing is really about gamemanship and knowing
the rules of the game to win. i was very glad to do this
2 month prep course which provided those rules, including
the ones needed to do the cases. my understanding is that
they really only use polychrest cases. further, they want
to see a particular format used for the case presentation.
karen allen puts out a book for studying for the chc which
is probably invaluable if one doesn't take a prep course
geared to the test.
that said, i am not at all convinced that taking the test
is that meaningul since, like most tests, it primarily shows
that you know how to pass a test. the real world is quite
different.
tanya
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I agree and that it is case presentation under supervision for several years that should be granted the best certificate of all - assessing the success or failure of each candidate vis the success or failure of cases (in varying degrees of complexity). Joy
i agree that testing is really about gamemanship and knowing
the rules of the game to win. i was very glad to do this
2 month prep course which provided those rules, including
the ones needed to do the cases. my understanding is that
they really only use polychrest cases. further, they want
to see a particular format used for the case presentation.
karen allen puts out a book for studying for the chc which
is probably invaluable if one doesn't take a prep course
geared to the test.
that said, i am not at all convinced that taking the test
is that meaningul since, like most tests, it primarily shows
that you know how to pass a test. the real world is quite
different.
tanya
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A significant number of supervised cases, as well as a year or two of full-time practice, and presentation of ten of one’s own successful cured cases are also part of the CHC exam requirements and contents. This wasn’t noted in the previous discussions. Rosemary
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From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joy Lucas
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To: minutus@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Minutus] Re: CHC Test (was Re: New Approaches (Was: provings))
I agree and that it is case presentation under supervision for several years that should be granted the best certificate of all - assessing the success or failure of each candidate vis the success or failure of cases (in varying degrees of complexity). Joy
i agree that testing is really about gamemanship and knowing

the rules of the game to win. i was very glad to do this

2 month prep course which provided those rules, including

the ones needed to do the cases. my understanding is that

they really only use polychrest cases. further, they want

to see a particular format used for the case presentation.

karen allen puts out a book for studying for the chc which

is probably invaluable if one doesn't take a prep course

geared to the test.
that said, i am not at all convinced that taking the test

is that meaningul since, like most tests, it primarily shows

that you know how to pass a test. the real world is quite

different.
tanya
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I'll look up Karen Allen's book! (For the "someday" that I
finally take the test...)

Definitely the "knowing how to take a test" factor is significant; we
all know that in *every* field there are people who do great on tests
but not so much in practice, and most emphatically also the reverse.
While life may indeed be a "test", it's not graded by any governing
body!

Still, tho, I doubt the tests or certification are really irrelevant.
(And I know a bit about the very sincere effort that has gone and
continues to go into them!) Just as with e.g. grades in high school
and college, while they're certainly not *definitive*, and yet they do
tell *something*. There's probably not a single solution that will
work best for every person... Don't you think it's useful to have
*some* means of showing that a person has learned the basics (or at
least some of them), and that they've done enough of the "circuit" to
assume *some* basic understanding?

Shannon

Thanks so much for all the great responses to this ... very helpful. I suppose if I decide to do this, it will be odd to try to find a homeopath for clinical observation/formal supervision since I have treated for over 2+ years now.
Truly,
Erica

Don't think of it as being odd then, see it as being useful as I think all practicing homeopaths should have ongoing supervision throughout their time as a homeopath.

Joy

http://www.joylucashomeopathy.com
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/homeopathystudy/