CFI Level 7 Award, Certificate, Diploma and Extended Diploma in Integrative Healthcare & CFI Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Healthcare Research
Qualification title
CFI Level 7 Award in Integrative Healthcare
CFI Level 7 Certificate in Integrative Healthcare
CFI Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Healthcare
CFI Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Healthcare Research
CFI Level 7 Extended Diploma in Integrative Healthcare
Summary
These qualifications aim to develop the theoretical and practical knowledge, critical and analytic abilities and the professional and reflective practice of health care professionals to help them transform health care into a more effective and compassionate practice that respects the individual as a whole person.
Key features
The qualifications will provide opportunities for students:
- To develop and maintain a sound knowledge of Integrative Medicine (IM) and a critical and enquiring approach to a variety of therapeutic interventions and their use in a range of common conditions.
- To have developed the knowledge and skills to respond to the needs of contemporary patients, wishing to use a variety of approaches in the management of their health, e.g. in managing chronic illness, and maintaining wellness across different phases of their life.
- To have developed self-confidence and skills in holistic assessment such that they can help patients towards maintaining health, personal resilience, and self-empowerment.
- To be able to deal with the rigours of contemporary working environments through self-reflection, personal resilience, and self-care.
- To have developed confidence and skills to assist Health Care Professionals to manage and communicate changes towards Integrative Healthcare (IH) in their clinical practice.
- To understand the importance of planning and evaluation in the development of holistic integrated practice.
- Contribute to a network of practitioners with a knowledge of practice-based research and its role in evidence informed integrative medicine.
- Participate in a community of practice that helps to redefine the concept of health as contextual, communal and connected to nature.
- To develop research skills that can be applied in a range of academic and business contexts, including the fundamentals of qualitative and quantitative research.
- To identify and critique information sources from the academic literature or business webpages and reports to develop a proposal and literature review for your chosen project area.
- To identify a relevant methodology and design a research project to collect data for analysis.
- To make recommendations for your own practice or business endeavours that respond to the needs of patients or can inspire others to adopt new approaches.
Entry requirements
See specification (below) for the requirements for each qualification.
Guided learning hours
30-414
Total qualification time
100-1800
Credits
10-180
Study method
Blended part time. High level of independent study.
How long does it take?
Between 4 months and 3 years part-time
Assessment
Portfolio of evidence
Qualification specification
Please click here for the qualification specification
Learners
If you are interested in registering for this course, please visit https://ncim.org.uk/ or email education@ncim.org.uk
Centres (Training Providers)
If you are interested in running this course as part of your curriculum, please contact us.
Registration fee for Centres from 1st September 2023
£100 per learner (Award)
£150 per learner (Certificate)
£495 per learner (Diploma)
£400 per learner (Research Diploma)
£525 per learner (Extended Diploma)