COURSE SYLLABUS: Health and Wellness Promtion and Counseling
Introduction to Nauturopathic Health Care
NH705 - Doctorate in Natural Health Care
Instructor:
Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D., RN, CS, CH-C, GC-C, DCH(c) - Vita | E-mail
Syllabus
Welcome to NH705, a Doctorate Level course in the curriculum for the Degree, Doctorate in Natural
Health Care. We are pleased to offer you this course, which will be a foundational course for the
remainder of your studies in the doctorate program. This is an exciting course. We have the
opportunity in this course to explore the vast dimensions of health care from a natural and
alternative framework. This course is structured to present concepts of natural health care from
a Body-Mind-Sprit dimension. It takes us to a fresh starting place in understanding the
principles, theories and modalities in use today in natural health care. For many, natural health
care is a move back to our "roots" so to speak, and although it often times works best in
conjunction with current day medical and health care science, you will see, as you journey
through this course that natural health care has come of age in its own right. Our society today
needs and begs for more natural health care practitioners who can safely lead and guide them
through alternative modes of care and teach them to care for themselves and prevent disease and
illness.
The justification of this course is its foundational role in establishing natural health care as
a legitimate and highly valued mode of care delivery today in the world. It will assist students
to understand the vast world of care modalities that exist from a natural perspective, provide
for beginning study of illness, disease, and focus on issues of wellness and prevention. It is
the first peek into the world of natural health care.
This course also provides students with a much broader perspective of natural health care, the
fact being that natural health care is more than just the body and physiological processes;
Natural health care deals just as much with the mind and the spirit of man. Thus, it is a
holistic model of care. I know you will enjoy this course. Please learn as much as you can as
you progress through it, as it does lay down a solid foundation for the rest of the curriculum.
It is my pleasure to have you in the course.
TIME FRAME: This is a three-semester hour course. This course is allotted 10 weeks of time.
Students must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the
10-week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course,
or the day which you notify me that your text book(s) have arrived and you are ready to begin
your studies. Please be cognizant of the time frame. It is rare that extensions of time are
permitted, unless the student has good justification. Upon successful completion of this course,
students will be awarded 3 semester hours of credit.
TEXTBOOKS: There are two (2) required textbooks for this course. - Online Bookstore
Book 1: Dr. Earl Mindell's Secrets of Natural Health. By Earl L. Mindell, Ph.D, and Virginia
Hopkins, MA. Los Angeles;Keats Publishing: 2000. ISBN #: 0879839856.
Book 2: Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief. By Herbert Benson MD, with Marg Stark.
A FireSide Book published by Simon & Schuster; 1997. ISBN #: 0684831465
Both of these texts may be found at your local bookstores. Your local bookstores most often will
order them as a special order for you.
EXAMINATIONS: There are two examinations for this course, a mid-term exam and a final
exam. The mid-term exam covers the material in the book, "Dr. Earl Mindell's Secrets of Natural
Health." The final exam covers the materials in the book, "Timeless Healing."
The midterm examination must be taken by the end of the 5th week in the course.
The final examination must be taken by the end of the 10th week in the course.
Both examinations are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. The
examinations are "open book" objective type. Students will have 3 days to complete their exam,
once they access it from the classroom. To access the exams, you must send me an email at
dominick@canyoncollege.edu and request to have access to the
exam. I will then program your access in. You will receive an email back from me telling you that
you are now authorized to go ahead and access your exam. To access, you will come into the
classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are taking. You will need your User ID
and PASS WORD to access the exam. The exam will appear on your screen. Once you access the exam,
you have 72 hours to submit your answers. The program provides me the date and exact time that
you accessed the exam. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you submit
your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom
and click in your responses and then click submit. In a short time following you will receive the
exam in your email box with your computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that
you missed, and what the correct answer is. I too receive this the copy of your exam and your
score.
GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:
90 - 100%
80 - 89%
70 - 79%
Below 70%
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COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to communicate with your instructor. Your instructor is
available as a teacher, coach, and mentor to assist you in meeting your goals for this course.
Primarily, communication is through email. However, I am also available for conversation by
telephone if you would like. Our classroom for this course has a "chat" room. I am also very
willing to meet with you one-on-one in the chat room at your request. From time to time,
depending on how many students are enrolled in this course at a particular time, we will have
some scheduled group chats. You will receive more detailed information at the time such chat
sessions are scheduled. Please keep my email address handy so that you can contact me. I prefer
you to use dominick@canyoncollege.edu. If during your time in
this course you change your email address, please be sure to notify me right away.
WRITTEN ASSIGNEMENTS: There are no written assignments for this course. There is a
considerable amount of reading involved in this course, and I would prefer you spend your time
with the books learning the material.
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA, RN, CS, FACHE, is Dean of Nursing
and Alternative Health Care at Canyon College, and is professor of many of the nursing and health
care related Certificate Programs offered by the Canyon College. He holds a BSN degree, a Masters
in Business Administration, a Masters In Health Science Education, and PhDs in Nursing
Administration and Management. He is a Registered Nurse and a Certified and Licensed Adult Nurse
Practitioner. He has held positions as an Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner, A Primary Care Nurse
Practitioner with a specialty practice in BioPsychiatry, a Nurse Executive, A Chief Operating
Officer, and an Administrator in Acute Care. He has also held several positions with national
consulting firms.
Dr. Flarey is currently the Editor-in-Chief of a journal in Healthcare Law, Ethics & Regulation.
He lectures extensively across the country on management and clinical issues in health care, as
well as law and ethics. He is also a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Doctoral Candidate
in Hypnotherapy. He is Certified in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Certified as a Grief
Counselor, and Certified in Angelology Practice. He has a small hypnotherapy practice in
Northeastern Ohio, and also does private Spiritual Counseling, as well as Intuitive Counseling
and mediumship work. He holds a Practitioner Certificate in Metaphysics from the University of
Metaphysics in California and was recently certified in Pastoral Counseling Psychology.
He is the co-author/editor of 7 texts books in health care, and has auhored over 60 articles in
peer-reviewed journals.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The objectives for this course are:
Understand the breath and scope of practice in natural health care
Experience the Holistic model of natural health care
Understand the primary modes of prevention and wellness
Understand the role of nutrition, and supplements in maintaining health and preventing
disease and illness
Understand the use of herbs and the practice of Horology in natural health care
Understand the role of fiber in preventative care
Understand modes of care and prevention in heart disease
Understand and discuss issues of natural health for women
Understand and discuss issues of natural health for men
Appreciate nutrition requirements for different life styles
Learn methods of helping clients keep fit
Understand the role of natural health in skin care
Begin an introduction to Homeopathic remedies
Understand the Holistic Model of natural health care
Understand the nature of belief and the power of the mind
Understand the spiritual imperatives in natural health care
Understand and learn the relaxation response
Understand client issues of the faith factor and the spiritual experience in healing
Understand the concept of God, and Higher Power in health care
Understand the mind and the spirit as healing dimensions of man.
ASSIGNEMENTS: For specific assignments, please click on the link "Assignments"
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions concerning this syllabus and /or the course, please
contact your instructor directly at: dominick@canyoncollege.edu
