Functional Medicine Series
 
Functional Medicine Series
 

Confronting Chronic Disease with Functional Medicine

Functional Medicine Study Group August 2010 to August 2012

Amipro is proud to bring you a new approach to medicine – South Africa’s first Web-based interactive Functional Medicine Education Series. The program designed for clinicians, takes place over twenty four months in a format combining lectures, reading assignments, discussion groups, and onsite seminars.

What is the Functional Medicine Model?
Functional Medicine is patient-centred health care that addresses the unique interactions among genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors influencing both health and complex chronic disease.

Clinical case management strategies and effective applications
Learn clinical case management strategies and effective applications of natural health protocols by improving your navigation of the decision tree.

Develop superior skills and competence
In the treatment of patients with complex chronic disease, using diet, lifestyle, nutrient, phytonutrient and pharmaceutical modalities.

Become adept
In the use of the Functional Medicine Matrix Model™ and gain a greater insight into existing Functional Medicine practitioner systems and thinking.

Lead the way
Gain access to Metagenics’ premier quality supplements and medical foods exclusively brought to you by Amipro in South Africa. Please visit www.metagenics.com

 

What does the Functional Medicine Education Series include?

A patient-centered, systems biology approach to helping your patients
What does the Functional Medicine Education Series include?

  • Focus on patient-centered, systems biology approach, evaluation of principle underlying antecedents, triggers, and mediators in the patient work-up;
  • In depth application of important dietary, nutraceutical, mind-body and pharmacological therapies;
  • Detailed training and clinical application of core functional laboratory testing;
  • Deepening of important practitioner communication skills;
  • Didactic and case based learning;
  • Onsite and online educational format.


Deepen your clinical understanding and application of the Functional Medicine Matrix Model™

  • Restoring Gastrointestinal Equilibrium: practical applications for understanding, assessing, and treating Gut Dysfunction using the 5R program.
  • Understanding biotransformation and recognizing the 5 common patterns of toxicity: Immuno toxicity and metabolic toxicity -evaluation and treatment in the Functional Medicine Matrix.
  • The many faces of Immune Dysregulation and Chronic Inflammation: Infections, Allergens and Autoimmune Disorders.
  • Re-establishing balance in the Hypothalamic, Pituitary, Adrenal, Thyroid and Gonadal Axis, Women’s healthcare needs and Male vitality.
  • Managing Insulin Resistance, Vascular Dysfunction and downstream. consequences.

The program includes:

Membership to the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) allowing for access to the clinical tools.
IFM will supply the Textbook of Functional Medicine free in digital format for the study group. IFM is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to serve the highest expression of individual health through widespread adoption of Functional Medicine as the standard of care. www.functionalmedicine.org

Treat your patients, not their symptoms

 

Components of the Functional Medicine Education series:

 

1.

24 x 90-minute live web-based seminars with interactive Q&A session with experts in the relevant fields.

 

2.

6 live onsite seminars with world renowned international speakers such as Dr Jeff Bland, the Father of Functional Medicine. Visit: www.jeffreybland.com

 

3.

Topic-specific reading materials from experts in their fields.

 

4.

Demonstration of Functional Medicine tools, databases and resources.

 

5.

Membership for 2 years to the Institute of Functional Medicine.

 

6.

Free download of digital version of Functional Medicine textbook.

 

7.

Monthly reading assignments in the Textbook of Functional Medicine for Discussion.

 

8.

Guided monthly tutorials through key chapters in alignment with the monthly guest speakers.

 

9.

Optional extra webinars on nutraceutical understanding from Metagenics.

 

10.

CPD points accredited through SAMA.

 

“Kick Off” Live Onsite Seminars
  in August 2010 by Dr Kristi Hughes

Johannesburg: 21/22 August 2010
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre

Cape Town: 28/29 August 2010
Venue: Cape Town Convention Centre

 

Live Onsite Seminars

Launch of Functional Medicine - Dr Kristi Hughes

Aug 2010

Gut-Immune-Detox connection 5R program -
Dr Jack Kornberg

Nov 2010

Bridging Lifestyle Medicine and 21st Century Healthcare -Dr Jeff Bland

Mar 2011

Balancing Binary brain, neuro-endocrine support - Lyra Heller

Aug 2011

Women's healthcare challenges, new Osteoporosis, Andropause - Deanna Minich

Mar 2012

Fybromyalgia and pain management solutions, mitochondrial dysfunction; Coming full circle - Dr Kristi Hughes

Aug 2012

 

"Kick Off" Weekly Webinars
  in September 2010

Sept 8

Welcome SA to IFM-Toolkit, Forum, and Resources Available

Dan Lukaczer, ND

Tour of the Forum and all available at IFM website. Welcome to community

Sept 15

Functional Lab Introduction

Patrick Hanaway, MD

Unique Testing through Genova

Sept 22

The Functional Medicine White Paper

David Jones, MD

The White Paper

Sept 29

Kick Off-Live from AFMCP in Portland Oregon with IFM Teaching Faculty

Kristi Hughes, ND and special guests

Monique Class, Tom Sult, Michael Stone, Ruth DeBusk, Bob Roundtree, Margret Christianson

 

"Kick Off" Monthly Webinars
  in October 2010

 

Oct 20

It All Begins in the Gut (Leaky Gut/Celiac/Food Allergies)

Nov 17

Probiotics; A World Unto Itself (Biofilm and microbiota)

Nov

LIVE SEMINAR-The 5 R Program; Healing the Gut and Preventing Chronic Disease

Dec 8

Managing SIBO, Dysbiosis, and Candidiasis

Jan 12

Metabolic Toxicity and Infecto-Obesity

Feb 9

The Toxin Load; How Exposures From the Environment is Changing Health Care Considerations 

Mar 6

Pattern Recognition in Detox; Common Toxicity Types

Mar 26
Apr 2

It’s All Connected; Neuro-endo-immunotoxicity

Apr 13

Detoxification Nutrients and Key Phytochemicals

Some of the Webinar Presenters include:
David Jones, MD, Dan Lukaczer , ND , Kristi Hughes, ND , Patrick Hanaway, MD from Genova Diagnostics, Liz Lipski, CCN, PhD from Hawthorne University, Deanna Minich, PhD, CNS, Jack Kornberg MD, Lyra Heller, MA , Trish Paulson, ND, Lee Aberle, ND , Thom Sult, MD and Mark Hyman, MD Private Practice- Integrating Functional Medicine, Editor-in-Chief, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Lenox, MA.

Click here to access profiles of the speakers

Who can apply and attend the Functional Medicine Educational series?

Application Criteria to register for the Educational Series

Who can apply?
Applicants must be a graduate of an accredited medical, osteopathic, chiropractic, nursing, naturopathic, homeopathic, dietetics, acupuncture, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nutritional therapy or other program in South Africa, United Kingdom, USA or other country.

How much will the whole program cost?
You receive access to all the aforementioned onsite seminars, online webinars and knowledge resources, for only R14,000.00 (excl. V.A.T.) for 24 month webinar series (payable over 3 months) or 5% discount if paid in full before start of program.

How can I pay for the program?
For your convenience you can either pay via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or credit card (An application form will be sent to you after receiving your application form).
Remember you can also take advantage of our payment plan over 3 months or select the full payment option and receive a 5% discount.

How do I apply and what supporting documents do I need to send ?
Please either fill in, fax or scan or simply send us an email with all the following information. Please also remember to attach a copy of your degree or diploma.

Functional Medicine Education Series Application Form


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EFT

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(Authorisation form will be sent to you)

Payment Option:

Payment plan
(over 3 months)

Full payment
(5% Discount)

 

Contact AMIPRO to sign up for the South Africa’s first Web-based interactive Functional Medicine Education Series

Office: 011 802 8101
Fax: 0866 471 889
mail: info@amipro.co.za



 
DISCLAIMER: Certain persons, considered experts, may disagree with one or more of the foregoing statements, but the same are deemed, nevertheless, to be based on sound and reliable authority. No such statements shall be construed as a claim or representation as to Amipro products, that they are offered for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease. Copyright Amipro 2010 

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