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Certification as Anthroposophic Physician
International Criteria
- The basic condition for certification as an anthroposophical physician is a completed medical training (registration).
- Evidence of at least one year’s full-time study of the basics in anthroposophy and anthroposophical medicine, or of part-time training for at least three years, or of comparable intensive private study, including long-distance learning.
- Evidence of at least two years’ practical further training at a hospital or clinic recognized by the medical association in the country concerned or by the Medical Section at the Goetheanum, or in an anthroposophical general/specialist practice, or in the applicant’s own practice with a mento
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- Finals. Submission of at least two documented case histories and evidence of a mentor discussion in which the applicant can demonstrate that he or she is able to handle the basics of anthroposophical medicine independently and apart from this, the regulations agreed on by the relevant national medical association apply for the issuing of certificates.
For colleagues in countries where adequate training facilities are not yet in place, a procedure has been established at the Medical Section at the Goetheanum for establishing an applicant’s qualification as an anthroposophical physician and issuing a certificate.
- Provisional regulations at the appropriate level are established by the different national medical associations.
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Individual national medical associations can decide on the potential need for recertification.
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These International Criteria have been passed by the representative body of the Boards of Anthroposophical Medcial Associations on 20 September 2002 and confirmed by the IVAA Council on 19 January 2003.
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