Understanding the Language
Explore the terms used to describe folk and traditional medicine, and how language shapes the way medical systems are understood.
€60
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52 minutes
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On-Demand, Self-Paced
What Is Understanding the Language?
This module explores the language used to describe different medical systems and how those terms influence the way we understand them. It introduces the relationship between folk medicine, traditional medicine, indigenous knowledge, and biomedicine, helping learners recognize how terminology shapes both perception and practice.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the language used to describe folk and traditional medicine
- Examine the WHO definition of traditional medicine
- Identify the characteristics of indigenous knowledge
- Explore how these characteristics appear in Irish folklore and medicine
- Recognize differences between biomedical and other medical paradigms
- Understand how different paradigms can coexist within a broader therapeutic approach
Who This Module Is For
This module is designed for learners who want to understand how medical language, cultural context, and worldview influence healthcare.
- Healthcare professionals
- Medical herbalists and practitioners of traditional medicine
- Anthropologists and ethnologists
- Students exploring Irish healing traditions
- Learners interested in how language shapes medicine
This course is for professional herbal register members only
Part of the
Irish Healing Traditions
Complete Course
Understanding the Language is the first module in the Irish Healing Traditions Complete Course, a 5-module learning series exploring the development of Irish indigenous medicine from early folklore and myth through to the present day.
You can purchase this module on its own, or choose the complete course for a broader and more connected learning experience.
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Module Overview
This module is the first part of the complete Irish Healing Traditions series. The webinars examine the terms used to describe folk and traditional medicine, the WHO definition of traditional medicine, the characteristics of indigenous knowledge, and the presence of these characteristics in Irish folklore and medicine.
The module also offers insight into the differences between biomedical and other medical paradigms, and how their characteristics can coexist to support a more holistic therapeutic approach.
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Professionally Relevant Learning
This module forms part of ICTIM’s broader educational offering in herbal and integrative medicine and supports continued learning in culture, health, and traditional medical systems.
Anyone wishing to develop a greater knowledge of herbal medicine or interested in practicing should consider this course. Rosari and Anna-Maria's monthly webinars are inspiring, I am in awe of their love for all things herbal, their knowledge and empathy to students.
Study Understand The Language
Begin with Understanding the Language and build a stronger foundation for exploring Irish healing traditions, traditional medicine, and cultural approaches to healthcare.
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All lectures in the series are presented using audio and written text.
