AYU-100: Access | Textbooks | Learning goals | Curriculum
INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL ĀYURVEDA
AYU-100
30 hours (2.0 credits) mandatory prerequisite
for professional certification
INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL ĀYURVEDA
AYU-100
Mandatory prerequisite for professional Āyurvedic medicine
30 hours (2.0 credits) with final written and oral examinations
COURSE ACCESS
RESOURCES, LINKS & SCHEDULING EXAMS
AYU-100
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Preparation: 28 hours, self-paced
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Examinations: 2 hours, live oral and written examinations
Resources & Links
After registering, you will receive access (within 24-48 hours) to the course materials through Google Drive. This includes the pre-recorded lectures, view-only PDF of the Essentials of Professional Āyurveda textbook, and self-assessment quizzes. After completing all course materials, schedule your Final Oral Examination from the Lesson Plan.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
AVAILABLE ON AMAZON
Available on Amazon in Australia, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries.
Essentials of Professional Āyurveda
Modern and Global Āyurveda
LEARNING GOALS
COMPETENCY-BASED TRAINING
A formal introduction covering relevant, general knowledge, history and sciences through local, national and international perspectives. Students prepare to bridge concepts between Āyurveda and Western sciences for clinical practice.
CURRICULUM
LESSONS & EXAMINATIONS
Lessons 1 through 28 are approximately one hour each of self-paced, preparatory study with a pre-recorded lecture, textbook reading and a self-assessment quiz. Expect to spend up an additional one to two hours of study and memorization per lesson.
After completing all 28 lessons and the self-assessment quizzes, schedule your Final Oral Examination (50 minutes) with Katerina Nestorovska, SA. Upon successful completion, students may then take the Final Written Examination (50 minutes).
AYU-100 Lessons
Lesson 01: Introduction
Lesson 02: Defining Āyurveda
Lesson 03: Purpose and goals
Lesson 04: Scope
Lesson 05: Models of Āyurvedic health care
Lesson 06: Āyurveda and holistic, sustainable health care
Lesson 07: Western health care, biomedicine and Āyurveda
Lesson 08: Traditional medicine: the intersection of philosophy and science
Lesson 09: The scientific method
Lesson 10: Scientific thought and logic
Lesson 11: Pramāṇa
Lesson 12: Astronomy and time
Lesson 13: Physics
Lesson 14: Chemistry
Lesson 15: Origins of Ayurveda
Lesson 16: Historical review, part 1
Lesson 17: Historical review, part 2
Lesson 18: Āyurvedic literature, part 1
Lesson 19: Āyurvedic literature, part 2
Lesson 20: The developing profession and infrastructure
Lesson 21: Ethics and values
Lesson 22: Standards in education
Lesson 23: Standards in practice
Lesson 24: Legal considerations
Lesson 25: Legal considerations
Lesson 26: Communication and documentation
Lesson 27: Advancing the Āyurvedic profession
Lesson 28: Professional Āyurvedic community
Lesson 29: Final Oral Exam (50 minutes)
Lesson 30: Final Written Exam (50 minutes)