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Hello there, we're Phil and Joy.

Come and join us in Sheffield and brush up on your clinical skills.

We are both practising herbalists with backgrounds in conventional medicine. Phil has worked as a GP and Joy has a wide experience of hospital nursing practice and is a trained educator and mentor.

Together we share years of experience and understand how confusing and challenging clinical examination skills can often seem. Our aim is to present relevant clinical skills in a clear and simple way so that you can turn theory into practice with confidence and assurance.

For our second clinical skills empowerment weekend we are doing something a little different this time - Phil & Joy do Pick and Mix!

In two full days we will cover absolutely any clinical skill sets you might want to know about in line with the curriculum requirements of all accredited herbal training programmes. Around a week before the sessions we will ask you for your subject preferences for the day, and at the start of the sessions we will present everyone’s choices for discussion so that our attendees get to create the planned programme - including the bits that are important for their own individual learning needs.

We feel that our approach will create a space for individual learning needs to be honoured and addressed. Our last sessions sold out really quickly so if you would like to come along just email us at joylizzy08@yahoo.com for booking details.

As promised, the EHTPA has announced a new Zoom webinar on Red Flags and Emergencies in Clinical Practice that will take place on Saturday 9th March from 10.00 am to 12.15 pm. This important CPD and learning resource will be of practical use to both students and practising herbalists. During his presentation, Dr Edward Thompson will guide you through the crucial understanding of identifying signs and symptoms that may be red flags and emergencies, and where a patient needs to be referred for emergency or urgent medical investigation or treatment. There will be a 30 minute Q&A with Edward after the event.

The event is free to all members of URHP, including students, so we encourage you all to attend. In any case, the webinar will be recorded and made available for subsequent viewing via the EHTPA website.

Click here to download a flyer containing the webinar schedule, Zoom link and further details.

Workshop 1 Saturday 24th February 2024
Clinical methodologies • Blood pressure & pulse • Cardiovascular system
£50 students/ £60 practitioners

Workshop 2 Sunday 25th February 2024
Respiratory system • Digestive system
£50 students/ £60 practitioners

Workshop 3 Saturday 6th April 2024
Face & hands • Cranial nerves
£50 students/ £60 practitioners

Workshop 4 Sunday 7th April 2024
Musculoskeletal system • Peripheral nerves
£50 students/ £60 practitioners

Phil and Joy are both practising herbalists with backgrounds in conventional medicine. Together they share years of experience and understand how confusing and challenging clinical examination skills can often seem. In these four immersive all-day workshop sessions they will present relevant clinical skills in a clear and simple way so that you can turn theory into practice with confidence and assurance.

Following a walkthrough demonstration of each system being studied (courtesy of a live 'patient') there will be smaller group sessions working together in pairs to practise and experience the techniques just observed.

For more information and a booking link please email joylizzy08@yahoo.com

All sessions are held in person at Nether Edge Herbarium in Sheffield. Group numbers are limited to twelve learners each day and all sessions are bookable separately.

National Institute of Medical Herbalists

EXPLORE THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HERBAL MEDICINE!

Our Herbal Medicine Conference (now in its 159th year) is back for two days of packed content this October!

What better way to find out more about herbal medicine, whilst picking up insights and knowledge from some of the world's leading experts, than to join us at our online herbal conference - everyone is welcome!

Featuring the latest science, traditional wisdoms, reflections on practice, reports from the front-line of herbal medicine and speakers from across the globe, The Herbal Medicine Conference 2023 promises to be an event not to be missed.

The conference moved online in 2020 and the event has been a huge success with over 1500 attendees from over 30 countries and amazing speakers from all over the world. This annual event compliments our fabulous in-person event, the Power of Plants Festival.

If you have attended the online event before, you'll know that our interactive event platform, Whova really brings the conference to life, and we're looking forward to reconvening this online community.

Click here for more information and to buy tickets