a new participatory course for health care practitioners

UK, Northampton University, School of Social Sciences, Division of Psychology

Contact         Professor Harald Walach

Tel                       +44 (0)1604 892952

Email                   harald.walach@northampton.ac.uk

Switzerland

HEIG-VD, Human Systems Engineering, Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud, in collaboration with Haute école cantonale vaudoise de la santé, HES, department of Filière Infirmières et infirmiers

Contact          Professor Christophe Muth,  Directeur du MAS HSE

Tel                   +41 (0) 21 964 51 00

Email               Christophe.Muth@heig-vd.ch &  hanna@biesold.net 

 

 

Co-facilitated by Natalie Tobert and Liz Archer

UK:     Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Institute of Postgraduate Medicine

        Contact        Dr Jim Price, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care

 

        Tel                 +44 (0)1273 644506

        Email            jim.price@bton.ac.uk

· Healing and Spiritual Awareness:, an 8 week student selected component ran in Spring 2008.  It was taught during March & April 2008, at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, for 3rd year trainees.

· Culture, Communication, Meaning & Understanding:      Four week workshop programme booked for Queen Mary’s & Barts Medical School in London, for November 2008

 

· Culture, Health & Spiritual Awareness as an SSC, is being considered for 2008/09 for first year medical students, at  Royal Free and University College Medical school

 

Three universities are considering running the course 2008 / 2009 onwards, & are discussing it for accreditation at Masters Level.

 

Medicine Beyond Materialism Courses

Dialogue on cross cultural perceptions of health, life and death