Community and Culture

There is a strong and vital college community at AMCH. The student community is diverse in terms of backgrounds, ethnicity, culture and age. Information is available concerning the demographics of the student population from the Registrar’s Office.

Community participation is emphasized throughout the curriculum including a community project as part of the curriculum. Postgraduate programs and mentorship programs also promote the development of the homeopathic community. Arizona is well known to have one of the strongest homeopathic communities in the nation.

Local Community

Central to the success of AMCH is a good relationship with the local community. This includes developing relationships and partnership with a variety of local organizations, public education, creating a media presence and a political presence on local politics. Some key elements of AMCH that will facilitate this interface are the following:

Free/Low Income Clinic
Women's Health Clinic
Partnerships with other Alternative Medicine Schools and Programs
Partnerships with other Conventional Medical Programs
The American Museum of Homeopathy as community resource
AMCH Public information center
AMCH Introductory Programs
AMCH Media Program
AMCH Post Graduate Training as a local resource
AMCH Pharmacy as a local resource
AMCH Library as a local resource
Creation of an AMCH Newsletter
Creation of awareness in the school culture of awareness of the local and healthcare community and the capacity to work effectively within it

Arizona State Community

Central to the success of AMCH is a good relationship with the state community. This includes developing relationships and partnership with a variety of state organizations, public education, creating a media presence and a political presence in state politics. Some key elements of AMCH that will facilitate this interface are the following:

Native American Clinic
Partnership with Community Health Care Clinics throughout Arizona
Partnerships with the University of Arizona
The American Museum of Homeopathy as community state resource
AMCH Public information center
AMCH Introductory Programs-Road Show that travels throughout Arizona
AMCH Media Program
Active presence in Board of Homeopathic Medical Examiners
Active presence in the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative
Medical Association
AMCH Post Graduate Training as a state resource
State Licensure
AMCH Library as a state resource
AMCH Pharmacy as a state resource
AMCH Website

National Community

Central to the success of AMCH is a good relationship with the national community. This includes developing relationships and partnership with a variety of national organizations, public education, creating a media presence and a political presence in national politics. Some key elements of AMCH that will facilitate this interface are the following:

Creation of a nationally renowned Mayo like clinic
Partnership with National Center for Homeopathy
The American Museum of Homeopathy as a national resource
AMCH Public information center
AMCH Post Graduate Training as a national resource
AMCH Media Program
Involvement with NED and ACCHAC
National Accreditation
AMCH Library as a national resource
AMCH Website
Homeopathic emergency response program and team
Distance learning programming
Creation of a national clinical training resource
Internet classroom for students and faculty

International Community

Central to the success of AMCH is a good relationship with the international community. This includes developing relationships and partnership with a variety of international organizations, public education and creating a media presence. Some key elements of AMCH that will facilitate this interface are the following:

Creation of partnerships with other homeopathic medical schools from around the world
Foreign exchange program for students, faculty and administration
Partnership with Homeopaths Without Borders
Homeopathic emergency response program and team
Distance learning programming
The American Museum of Homeopathy as an international resource
AMCH Public information center
AMCH Library as a international resource
AMCH Website as an international resource
Creation of an international proving database
Internet classroom for students and faculty

Natural Community

Central to the success of AMCH is a good relationship with the natural community. This includes developing relationships and partnership with a variety of organizations focusing on the natural community, public education and creating a media presence. Some key elements of AMCH that will facilitate this interface are the following:

Creation of partnerships with other organizations that have to do with the natural world including zoos and botanical gardens
Partnerships with Sierra Club and other organizations that promote the natural community
Creation of a campus that is environmentally friendly and part of the natural world
American Museum of Homeopathy whose mission in part is to help connect the public with the natural world
Conducting provings that continuously explore medicinal properties of the natural world
Media presence that promotes that health of the natural community
AMCH Public information center
AMCH Library as a natural community resource
Creation of attitudes in the school culture that foster a love for all Life
Creation of awareness in the school culture of the natural world

AMCH Community Service Award

AMCH honors members of the homeopathic community through the awarding of the AMCH Community Service Award. Recipients have significantly benefited the homeopathic community through dedication and service.

2008 AMCH Community Service Award Recipient:
Eileen Nauman, DHM (UK)

Eileen Nauman is one of the founders of the homeopathic community in Arizona. She practiced homeopathy in Ohio from 1970-1989. After that she focused on writing books about homeopathy based on her experience. She taught the Arizona Homeopathic Study Group for several years. She was the director of a homeopathic clinic on the Navajo reservation for several years.

Eileen's books on homeopathic medicine are: Help and Homeopathy, Beauty in Bloom - Homeopathy to support Menopause, Homeopathy for Epidemics, Poisons that Heal and The Doctrine of Signatures in Homeopathy.

She is the author of over 90 fiction books. Eileen has many and varied interests, check here for more information www.medicinegarden.com

2007 AMCH Community Service Award Recipient:
Dr. Bruce Shelton MD, MD(H), DiHom

Dr. Bruce Shelton is a dually licensed homeopathic physician and family practitioner in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. He graduated from New York Medical College and has been in practice for over 30 years. He served as the president of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic Examiners for many years. He is the current president of the Arizona Homeopathic and Integrative Medical Association. Dr. Shelton is the Dean of Bioenergetic Medicine of the British Institute of Homeopathy.
Dr.Shelton's website is (www.drbruceshelton.com).

2006 AMCH Community Service Award Recipient:
Lesley Hesselmann, DHM (UK)

Lesley Hesselmann, DHM, has been a central pillar in the Arizona homeopathic community for many years. She became interested in homeopathic medicine in 1991 when the Phoenix Study Group was formed. She served on the board of the National Center for Homeopathy Phoenix Study Group for many years. She was the National Center for Homeopathy representative for the Western Region for many years. She has served on the AMCH Board of Directors since its inception in 1999. She is the Director of Distance Learning program for the American Medical College of Homeopathy.

Lesley has done extensive editing of homeopathic manuscripts for the homeopathic community.