Freshwinds Institute of Integrated Medicine Launch On-Line Training Courses

Freshwinds Institute of Integrated Medicine (FIIM) has just launched an innovative programme of online training and education courses in complementary therapies and integrated medicine. The Institute offers flexible CPD modules and short courses in integrated medicine for medical and complementary therapy professionals and will also be offering a Postgraduate Education in Integrated Medicine next year, all of which will be available to learners through an online learning system.

Dr Rhonda Lee, Director of FIIM, said, “We are very keen to build bridges between medical professionals and complementary therapy practitioners, so that they work in conjunction with one another providing the best outcome for the patient”. Education in Integrated Medicine is one area in which there is much room for improvement and FIIM has decided to “build a 21^st century solution”.

The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) “Moodle” allows these courses to be offered globally and enables the students to complete the modules at any time to suit themselves and to fit in with their desired learning pace and lifestyles. The VLE supports learning through a varied spectrum of teaching mediums, ranging from simple text to videos and interactive content and is supported by a tutor. Students can submit assignments, take assessments and obtain results and feedback from the tutor online. In addition there are forums and virtual classrooms where students can discuss ideas and course material with each other.

The international availability and flexible nature of the courses makes them an extremely useful tool for maintaining CPD and for increasing the understanding among professionals of each other’s modalities of work so that they may develop closer working relationships for the benefit of patients.

Free taster modules are now available on line at http://learn.freshwinds.org.uk/. For more information please contact Dr Rhonda Lee by email on fiim@freshwinds.org.uk, by post to Freshwinds, Prospect Hall, 12 College Walk, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6LE or by phone on 0121 415 6670.

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