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Description
Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the legislation of Naturopathy in Puerto Rico and the goals and objectives of the university this program aims to prepare people with a solid training in naturopathy. This program provides a research-oriented professional, access to relevant technologies and the implementation of the different methods of assessment and therapeutic of the profession to prepare people to be license as Naturopaths that are capable to:
- Educate and orient on the different aspects and modalities of naturopathy, techniques, lifestylel and natural therapies that are in harmony with this practice
- Interact and participate with physicians and other health professionals in the interdisciplinary management of the health of the patient.
- Prescribe and recommend naturopathic or integral eating habits and other natural products that do not require a medical-health prescription.
- Practice therapeutic methods authorized by Act 211, 1997.
Outcomes
General Outcomes:
- To train professionals in the field of naturopathy that contribute with relevance to the scientific development of the public health arts and sciences, and a more productive and healthy society, capable to educate and orient on the different aspects and modalities of naturopathy, techniques, lifestyles and natural therapies that are in harmony with this practice and therapeutic methods
- Teach in new or unfamiliar environments of naturopathic sciences and interact and participate with physicians and other health professionals in the interdisciplinary management of the patient's health, reflecting on their own teaching and professional development and applying knowledge to prescribe and recommend natural or integral eating habits and other natural products that do not require a medical-health prescription using good judgment, making decisions and solving problems
- Provide tools of scientific research that will enable the student to use the methodological research processes in the field of naturopathic sciences.
Specific Outcomes:
- Collaborate in the pursuit of sustainable socio-health solutions that positively impact the greatest number of communities and individuals.
- Design and manage innovative health service offers that impact the life quality development in people.
- Revise and recommend modalities of the professional that are supported scientifically.
- Analyze, evaluate and apply different natural health therapies in different physiological and pathological situations.
- Revise, analyze and apply knowledge of the practice skills to develop knowledge in evaluation y therapeutic methods characteristic of the profession in harmony with the regulations
- Analyze and discuss theoretical and practical aspects through workshops, seminars, symposiums, practices, etc.
- Analyze, evaluate and design higher education scientific research.
Target Audience
The master's degree is aimed at people with bachelor's degrees in Health Sciences who wish to deepen their knowledge in Naturopathy, as well as professionals holding other degrees that due to their professional practice wish to develop knowledge in the field of naturopathic medicine.
Duration
The maximum time to complete the program is 48 months. The credit structure of the Master in Naturopathic Sciences is:
General Education: 36 credits
Core Courses: 18 credits
Required: 25 credits
Electives: 15 credits
Structure
| MASTER IN NATUROPATHIC SCIENCES (94 CREDITS) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CODE | SUBJECT | PRE-REQUISITES | CREDITS | CONTACT HOURS | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION | BLOCK 0: PREPARATORY MODULE | |||||
| SN259 | Anatomy and Humana Physiology | N/A | 6 | 90 | ||
| SN260 | Organic Chemistry | N/A | 6 | 90 | ||
| BLOCK 1: INTRODUCTORY MODULE | ||||||
| FP092 | Scientific Research Methodology | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN085 | History of Biological-Naturist Medicine | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN086 | Biological Vision of Organic Dysfunction | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN017 | Nutritional Bio-Chemistry | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN018 | Evaluation of the Nutritional State | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN101 | Acupuncture, Homeopathic and Naturism Constitutional Types | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN087 | Naturist Diet and Dietary Sensibility | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN136 | Electro-acupuncture of Voll and Bio-resonance | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| CORE COURSES | BLOCK 2: OBLIGATED MODULE1 | |||||
| MN012 | Nutrition in common Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN094 | Anti-aging Therapies, Free Radicals and Anti-aging | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN096 | Orthomolecular Therapy and trace elements | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN099 | Colon Hydrotherapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN011 | Phytotherapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN088 | Aromatherapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC001 | Basic Theory (Part I) | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC002 | Basic Theory (Part II) | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC003 | Diagnostic | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC007 | Syndromes | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC008 | MTC Therapeutic | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC009 | Auricular-therapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| ELECTIVES | BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: ACUPUNCTURE 2 | |||||
| MTC010 | Meridians and points (part I) | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC011 | Meridians and points (part II) | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC012 | Acupuncture Techniques | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC013 | Acupuncture – Internal Medicine | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC014 | Acupuncture – Specialties | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: TRADITIONAL CHINESS PHYTOTHERAPY | ||||||
| MTC016 | Pharmacopeia 1 | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC017 | Pharmacopeia 2 | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC018 | Prescription | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC019 | Phytotherapy treatment (MI) | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MTC020 | Dietetic in Traditional Chinese Medicine | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: HOMEOPATHIES | ||||||
| MN005 | Homeopathic Basic and Principles | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN006 | Homeopathic Method Application | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN007 | Medical Homeopathic Material | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN016 | Therapeutic Homeopathic in Severe Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN017 | Therapeutic Homeopathic in Chronic Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: BIOLOGICAL-NATURIST METHODS | ||||||
| SN098 | Kousmine Method | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN102 | Homeopathic and Homotoxicology | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN103 | Sophrology | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN105 | Spagyria | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN097 | Neural-therapy and Neurofocality | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: NATUROPATHIC METHODS | ||||||
| MN014 | Naturopathic Evaluation Methods | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN015 | Massage, Reflexology and Kinesiology | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN091 | Heliotherapies, Thalassotherapy, Aerotherapy and Mud Therapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN090 | Ozone-therapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN013 | Iridology and Sclerology | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: NATURAL METHODS | ||||||
| SN104 | Bach Flowers | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| MN018 | Schüssler Salts | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN100 | Hydrology, Mining-medicine Waters and Balneotherapy | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN093 | Pulsed Magnetic Wave and Hyperthermia | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| SN089 | Biologic-Naturist Therapies of Common Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 | ||
| REQUIRED | BLOCK 4: ON-SITE SUPERVISED PRACTICE 3 | |||||
| MN019 | Supervised On-site Practice | N/A | 15 | 225 | ||
| BLOCK 5: MASTER FINAL PROJECT 4 | ||||||
| MN100 | Master Final Project | N/A | 10 | 150 | ||
| MTC025 | Hospital Stage | N/A | ||||
| TOTAL | 94 | 1410 | ||||
1. The student will choose 6 courses (18 credits).
2. Acupuncture is not available for student in Puerto Rico.
3. The supervised On-site Practices are regulated in Puerto Rico.
4. The student will choose between the Master Final Project and the Hospital Stage
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Optative Modules
Optative Modules
There are six optional modules of naturopathic sciences:
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: ACUPUNCTURE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTC010 | Meridians and points (part I) | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC011 | Meridians and points (part II) | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC012 | Acupuncture Techniques | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC013 | Acupuncture – Internal Medicine | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC014 | Acupuncture – Specialties | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: TRADITIONAL CHINESS PHYTOTHERAPY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTC016 | Pharmacopeia 1 | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC017 | Pharmacopeia 2 | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC018 | Prescription | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC019 | Phytotherapy treatment (MI) | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MTC020 | Dietetic in Traditional Chinese Medicine | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: HOMEOPATHIES | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN005 | Bases and Homeopathic Principles | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN006 | Homeopathic Method Application | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN007 | Medical Homeopathic Material | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN016 | Therapeutic Homeopathic in Severe Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN017 | Therapeutic Homeopathic in Chronic Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: BIOLOGICAL-NATURIST METHODS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN098 | Kousmine Method | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN102 | Homeopathic and Homotoxicology | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN103 | Sofrologia | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN105 | Spagyria | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN097 | Neural-therapy and Neurofocality | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: NATUROPATHIC METHODS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN014 | Naturopathic Evaluation Methods | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN015 | Massage, Reflexology and Kinesiology | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN091 | Heliotherapies, Thalassotherapy, Aerotherapy and Medicinal clay | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN090 | Ozone-therapy | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN013 | Iridology and Sclerology | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| BLOCK 3: OPTIONAL MODULE: NATURAL METHODS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN104 | Bach Flowers | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| MN018 | Schüssler Salts | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN100 | Hydrology, Mining-medicine Waters and Balneotherapy | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN093 | Pulsed Magnetic Wave and Hyperthermia | N/A | 3 | 45 |
| SN089 | Biologic-Naturist Therapies of Common Diseases | N/A | 3 | 45 |
3. Acupuncture is not available for student in Puerto Rico.
Degree
Upon completion of the subjects and the Master Thesis/Certification Final Work, and after satisfying any other academic, administrative and economic requirement indicated by the university, the student will be granted an academic degree in:
MASTER IN NATUROPATHIC SCIENCES