Childhood Infectious Disease Course
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:26 am
Hi,
Please check out Will Taylor's course on Infectious Childhood Diseases. http://courses.homstudies.com
I am very pleased that I changed my mind and signed up for Will Taylor's course on infectious disease. Today was the first lecture and it was enlightening. Several years ago, I was first impressed by Will when I took his acute homeopathy course. In that course, he covered a number of infectious diseases, and in subsequent courses, he has also covered other childhood infectious diseases, also. So, I worried that this course would be a repeat of previous courses. (There are many students who have not taken those courses so I am sure he will repeat essential information.)
To the contrary, he is obviously wants us to understand the physiological and the historical background of the wide variety of childhood infectious diseases. The focus is much sharper this time. My understanding promises to go to a new level. At the same time, it is no joke that I continually have to build up from the position of a beginner in subjects like physiology. Originally, I thought, no one is banging at my door asking for my opinion on immunization, but now I can see that if I am better informed, the general issue with vaccination can become much clearer to me. Also, I will have a better understanding of Ardavan Shahrdar's work.
Honestly, I feel very uncomfortable when homeopathy becomes dogmatism. Hopefully, Sheri does the same with her course, so Will is not the only online source of knowledge. However, I am afraid I might have trouble reading through email and really digesting it. Using his own well developed techniques for presenting highly technical information in slides, Will's lectures expose me to complex information that I would have a lot of trouble beginning to read.
I am a visual learner and I am sociable. There are quizzes and a forum where Will is an active participant, so I get plenty of stimuli to push me to think more deeply. Typically, I listen to lectures many times. All of his lecture videos are online along with PDF files for downloading the lecture slides. Plus, there are always bonus references.
Years later, I may not be able to remember the exact detail, but I will remember the general concepts. I am the kind of person who needs to read paper books. Also, I need to be pulled up to a level of physiological understanding that is necessary for doing well informed homeopathy. In the generous Q&A sessions of the lecture, he combines Organon philosophy with physiology, pharmaceutical development history, politics and down to earth common sense. Instead of dogmatic answers, I am developing so that I am able to form my own opinions and even to do further research.
If anyone is interested in what I learned today or about Will's classes in general, let me know. I can summarize his thoughts on Bronchiolitis in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) for you. We got into far spread subjects such as physiology, checking for meningitis symptoms in the office, treating the complications of sepsis, parental fear of fever, remedies, evaluating rubrics, repertorization techniques, Organon and questioning allopathic terminology such as "secondary disease." There are not many teachers who could spread their wings so widely, and bring us lay homeopathy students into such a cozy nest for online learning.
Students are at levels from beginner to experienced professionals. So, please don't eliminate yourself if you are a homeopathy beginner or a non-medical lay student. I started there. There are students in the class with a medical background, yet I feel privileged because I can study with them and still get my beginner's questions answered.
Best,
Ellen Madono
Please check out Will Taylor's course on Infectious Childhood Diseases. http://courses.homstudies.com
I am very pleased that I changed my mind and signed up for Will Taylor's course on infectious disease. Today was the first lecture and it was enlightening. Several years ago, I was first impressed by Will when I took his acute homeopathy course. In that course, he covered a number of infectious diseases, and in subsequent courses, he has also covered other childhood infectious diseases, also. So, I worried that this course would be a repeat of previous courses. (There are many students who have not taken those courses so I am sure he will repeat essential information.)
To the contrary, he is obviously wants us to understand the physiological and the historical background of the wide variety of childhood infectious diseases. The focus is much sharper this time. My understanding promises to go to a new level. At the same time, it is no joke that I continually have to build up from the position of a beginner in subjects like physiology. Originally, I thought, no one is banging at my door asking for my opinion on immunization, but now I can see that if I am better informed, the general issue with vaccination can become much clearer to me. Also, I will have a better understanding of Ardavan Shahrdar's work.
Honestly, I feel very uncomfortable when homeopathy becomes dogmatism. Hopefully, Sheri does the same with her course, so Will is not the only online source of knowledge. However, I am afraid I might have trouble reading through email and really digesting it. Using his own well developed techniques for presenting highly technical information in slides, Will's lectures expose me to complex information that I would have a lot of trouble beginning to read.
I am a visual learner and I am sociable. There are quizzes and a forum where Will is an active participant, so I get plenty of stimuli to push me to think more deeply. Typically, I listen to lectures many times. All of his lecture videos are online along with PDF files for downloading the lecture slides. Plus, there are always bonus references.
Years later, I may not be able to remember the exact detail, but I will remember the general concepts. I am the kind of person who needs to read paper books. Also, I need to be pulled up to a level of physiological understanding that is necessary for doing well informed homeopathy. In the generous Q&A sessions of the lecture, he combines Organon philosophy with physiology, pharmaceutical development history, politics and down to earth common sense. Instead of dogmatic answers, I am developing so that I am able to form my own opinions and even to do further research.
If anyone is interested in what I learned today or about Will's classes in general, let me know. I can summarize his thoughts on Bronchiolitis in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) for you. We got into far spread subjects such as physiology, checking for meningitis symptoms in the office, treating the complications of sepsis, parental fear of fever, remedies, evaluating rubrics, repertorization techniques, Organon and questioning allopathic terminology such as "secondary disease." There are not many teachers who could spread their wings so widely, and bring us lay homeopathy students into such a cozy nest for online learning.
Students are at levels from beginner to experienced professionals. So, please don't eliminate yourself if you are a homeopathy beginner or a non-medical lay student. I started there. There are students in the class with a medical background, yet I feel privileged because I can study with them and still get my beginner's questions answered.
Best,
Ellen Madono