THE SCHOOL.
The Covid 19 crisis has exposed the shortcomings of our Medicine: biotechnological progress while having unquestionable successes has failed in its ability to extend a hand to those who suffer.
Many people have felt abandoned and subservient to abstract rules.
Many people have felt a lack of clarity in the management of the epidemic.
Many people have felt that they are not getting all the care possible because of a health care system that does not adopt the individual risk/benefit principle as a guide but is subservient to rigid protocols. To ground a new vision of Medicine, one must appeal to the individual ethical impulse that leads to the relationship of helping one's fellow human beings. While remaining within the framework of existing laws, this impulse must not be subject to conditioning of any kind.
Our project:
paradigm shift
In our School, we want to train a new figure of a therapist, in the broadest sense of the term, for the challenge, first and foremost, of chronic-degenerative diseases, the true pandemic of the modern world.
The goal is to treat the patient taking into account his uniqueness, his history and the environment in which he is embedded.
To achieve this, Medicine and Psychology must open themselves to confrontation with other disciplines never considered so far in order to be able, themselves, to acquire also a purpose of changing the context and not only of treating the individual. Changing the context does not mean dissipation of energy but, on the contrary, represents a way to be able to better serve the needs of the sick person.
The expression of illness is the way in which an individual with his history and biological and psychological peculiarities interacts with an environment understood in the broadest sense of the term (from food, to the air he breathes, social, family and work...).
Therapy is recognizing together with the individual seeking help the elements that can be changed to improve the quality and length of life.
It leads to an understanding of the other and requires synthetic thinking capable of understanding.
We believe that such an understanding of the other is therapeutic in itself.
All this must be integrated with the most modern specialized acquisitions in medicine. The literature and scientific medical and psychological studies are fundamental to understanding if and when paths other than those indicated can be taken.
In short, we must seek to train a "new" therapist who:
1. can choose therapeutic paths together with the person seeking help freely: need for philosophical and epistemological training.
2. can recognize and respect in every human being a soul (the emotions and feelings) and Spirit (the values and consciousness).
3. can draw on all the recent knowledge of the relationship between psyche and body and mind and brain.
4. can draw directly on the knowledge of medical science but also of biochemistry and biophysics.
5. can also deal with and choose among complementary medicines using a scientific criterion.
6. is not conditioned by economic and ideological interests of any kind while having to develop in a field where these inevitably exist. They must therefore be recognized so as not to interfere.
7. knows how to deal with the recent acquisitions of quantum medicine in biology and medicine.
8. knows how to make the most of collective contributions such as those expressed by the Medical Community already existing in Ippocrateorg and which will be expressed by similar communities in the psychological field built, of course, on different assumptions.
It is clear that each health care professional will maintain his or her own skills and specializations and worldview but will be able to expand his or her capabilities in breaking old patterns.
In practice
Each topic will be covered by lecturers who not only possess specific expertise but who have also made a value choice in the direction of paradigm shift.
The relationship between lecturers and learners will be based on a deep understanding of values.
During the in-person meetings, more emphasis will be placed on aspects of working with the self and the patient relationship.
School presentation
The Hippocrates School is a Future Lab that targets graduates in Medicine and Psychology, as well as other caregivers with graduate degrees.
Therefore, applications from graduates in disciplines that have involved, for the individual, employment in professional activities related to personal care will also be evaluated.
The duration of the course of study is two years, the average annual amount of hours is 100 hours.
Teaching will make use of online courses and in-person meetings.
The in-person classes will be held for the total duration of a couple of weekends for each year of the course and will focus on work on the self and concrete patient management. The online classes will be usable live or delayed approximately 72 hours after airing.
Participation in at least 50 percent of online and in-person classes will be mandatory for the degree.
At the end of the two-year course of study, a final examination can be taken, through special registration, and after taking the oath of office with reading of the Hippocratic document, the "Memento Hippocratis" Recognition will be awarded.
The course does not qualify for any institutional recognition or even educational credits.
Spin-off
The training course of the Hippocratic School is structured, in its central part, in the focus with respect to our view of the world and ourselves. Inextricably linked to them is the dimension in which we are called upon to operate: that of care.
The course is then accompanied by a series of lectures, which will focus instead on specific themes of even practical utility in the performance of the profession.
Our civilization has now turned toward "medicine of the drug." A medicine that is necessary in some cases but in most cases results in addictive, chronic and side effects. This medical approach also represents a commercial interest, which, of course, prevents the culture of prevention from emerging and making room for itself. We do not want to demonize these aspects, but we want to try to find alternative and/or complementary ways on scientific-philosophical grounds and create the cognitive preconditions for change.
In this area several professionals (physicians, psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists) will present in 40-hour spin-offs some practical clinical-therapeutic aspects related to "personal care."
They will touch on very current topics such as the microbiota, the use of supplements for an inflammatory situation, psychotherapeutic techniques, immunology, and even homeopathy and homotoxicology along with frequency therapies.
THE DIRECTION.
Fabio Burigana
Director
Graduated in Medicine in 1979 and specialized in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy in 1983. He has worked as a hospital and contracted physician, currently working as a freelancer. He was for more than 10 years President of the Medicine and Complexity Association creating international collaborations. With this association he won the Terzani National Prize for Humanization of Medicine. He is an Anthroposophical Physician. He aims to combine the latest scientific findings in medicine with a humanistic vision.
Sergio A. Gaiti
Deputy Director
He holds a degree in political science from Parma, with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Paris and a Master of Finance from Milan. He has been director of medicines in Italy for Weleda and strategic consultant for various companies and organizations. He directs the Andrea Cristoforo House in Ascona, Switzerland, and is a lecturer at the Philosophy Department of the State University of Milan. He is a lecturer on the topics of ethics, money, and the construction of new spiritual, social and economic paradigms. He is on the board of various third sector organizations in Italy and abroad.
Teachers
Methods of enrollment
The annual registration fee is 800 euros and can be paid in one lump sum at the time of registration, or in two installments of 400 euros, the first to be paid at the time of registration(by November 29) and the second by March 31, 2025.
The annual fee includes membership in the IppocrateOrg Association.
If due to proven impediments, you are unable to meet the deadline, you will need to submit a formal request for an extension specifying the reasons.
Acceptance of the application and any extension will be at the discretion of the course management.
Registration for the first year should be done online from the appropriate link.
The following documents will need to be attached when filling out the registration form:
1. Copy of Bachelor's degree (or self-certification)
2. Copy of valid identification document
The School of Hippocrates is open to graduates in Medicine and Psychology, but also to other caregivers with a bachelor's degree.
Applications from graduates in any discipline will also be evaluated, as long as they have followed paths and training, including extra-university, pertaining to care and health, substantiated by certificates and Curriculum Vitae.
Graduates in Medicine and Psychology will be able to make payment at the time of registration by bank transfer or credit card, while applications from graduates in other disciplines will be evaluated and if accepted, a confirmation email will follow with directions for payment of the registration fee.
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Registration for the second year will be done online from the special link that will be sent via email to all first-year registrants.
For cancellations received by March 15, 2025, there will be a 50% refund of the fee paid, only for those who have made their annual registration in one lump sum.
No refund will be due in the case of installment payments.
Learn more in the FAQ section of theContact and FAQ page of the site.
Registration for the first year of the new 2024-2026 biennium is open and will close on November 29, 2024
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FIRST YEAR.
Classes for the first year of the 2024-2026 biennium will be held from October 28, 2024 to mid-June 2025.
Classes will be online and can be watched live or delayed approximately 72 hours after airing.
The course will then include two in-person classes , the dates and locations of which will be announced as soon as possible.
SECOND YEAR.
Classes for the second year of the 2023-2025 biennium will be held from November 5, 2024 to mid-June 2025.
Classes will be online and can be watched live or delayed approximately 72 hours after airing.
The course will then include two in-person classes , the dates and locations of which will be announced as soon as possible.
THIRD YEAR.
Reserved for students who have completed the two-year period 2022-2024.
