Level 7 Professional Diploma in Natural Health

Qualification Type: Professional Postgraduate-Level Diploma
Level: RQF Level 7 Equivalent
Delivery Mode: Distance Learning / Online
Duration: 6–9 Months

Course Description

The Level 7 Professional Diploma in Natural Health is an advanced, postgraduate-level qualification that delivers a rigorous and pioneering education in the science of natural health. This program integrates core biomedical principles with progressive, paradigm-challenging research to equip learners with a comprehensive and critical understanding of hu-man health.
Beginning with an introductory overview of human anatomy and physiol-ogy, the curriculum then broadens to investigate the global health land-scape, offering a critical analysis of the persistent failure to effectively address chronic diseases worldwide.
The course dives deeper into to the complex, often-overlooked correla-tion between diet and disease. Learners are encouraged to cultivate in-dependent and critical thinking in evaluating dominant medical para-digms. Emphasis is placed on the root cause of diseases, correct ap-proach, the application of safe, effective, and evidence-informed natural therapies.
This diploma is ideally suited to health professionals and advanced learners seeking to enhance their clinical reasoning, explore both con-ventional and alternative perspectives on disease causation, and devel-op applied skills in health research, ethical client consultation, natural remedy formulation and prescription.

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate a sound understanding of human anatomy and physiological systems.
  • Critically evaluate and challenge the dominant theories of disease causation.
  • Understand microbiology from both clinical and naturalistic perspectives.
  • Identify, assess, and correlate dietary and environmental factors with disease prevalence and manifestations.
  • Adhere to strict professional codes of conduct and ethical frameworks within natural health practice.
  • Apply comprehensive clinical consultation methods without reliance on conventional diagnostic tests.
  • Formulate, prescribe, and ethically administer natural health remedies.

Modules and Descriptions

1) Anatomy and Physiology

This foundational module provides an advanced exploration of the structure and function of the human body across its major systems. It covers cellular biology, tissue types, and integrated physiology with a focus on how the body maintains health and responds to internal and external stressors. Special attention is given to how systemic imbalances manifest in clinical signs and symptoms.

2) Research 1: The Current Global Outlook of Human Health

By the end of this module, students will be able to critically evaluate the current global patterns of disease and the persistent burden of chronic illness despite significant advancements in biomedical knowledge and technology. They will develop the ability to identify and analyse the root causes of this global health paradox, including socio-economic, environmental, dietary, and systemic medical factors. Learners will gain research skills to assess population health data, question dominant health paradigms, and propose innovative, evidence-informed strategies grounded in natural health science for addressing chronic disease at both individual and population levels.

3) Common Diseases, Causes and Symptoms

Students study the most prevalent acute and chronic diseases, exploring their clinical presentation and dominant aetiological models. The module challenges students to critically assess mainstream assumptions and investigate other contributory factors, alternative causal frameworks, including toxicity, nutrient deficiency, and lifestyle-induced pathology.

4)Research 2: Correlation Between Diet and Disease (Faces of Food)

This module investigates the multifaceted role of food in health and disease. Students examine how different diets correlate with disease outcomes globally, and how food toxicity, nutrient depletion, food processing, and environmental contaminants influence disease manifestation, including temperature-specific symptom variation.

5)Advanced Nutritional Therapeutics and Detoxification Science

Module Aim:

To explore the clinical application of advanced nutritional interventions, orthomolecular principles, and detoxification protocols in addressing chronic disease and promoting sys-temic homeostasis.

6) Introduction to the Top Natural and Nutritional Medicines

A detailed survey of some of the safest and most potent natural health substances, including herbs, vitamins, minerals, nutraceuticals, and food-based medicines. Each substance is evaluated for its chemical composition, therapeutic properties, traditional use, clinical evidence, dosage guidelines, and contraindications.

7)Consulting with and Treating Patients

Learners develop clinical skills in patient interviewing, observation, symptom analysis, and natural remedy prescription—without relying on invasive or high-cost diagnostics. Emphasis is placed on developing intuition, pattern recognition, and root-cause identification through detailed, independent case studies, investigative observation and thorough in-depth analysis.

8) A critical examination of professional ethics in natural health.

Topics include client confidentiality, informed consent, practitioner integrity, marketing practices, legal obligations, and boundaries of practice. Learners develop their own code of conduct aligned with global best practices and the expectations of a health-conscious public.

Assessment Methods

  • Critical essays and literature reviews
  • Oral presentations and client consultation simulations
  • Independent and supervised research projects
  • Case study analyses
  • Manufacturing portfolios and reflective practice logs
  • Written exams on core theoretical material

Target Audience

  • Complementary and alternative medicine practitioners
  • Biomedical and allied health professionals
  • Independent educators, researchers, and health coaches
  • General public seeking practical and root-cause based natural health education

Progression and Career Pathways

  • Start a private natural health clinic or consultancy
  • Work in integrative wellness centres or NGOs
  • Develop and market nutritional supplements
  • Pursue doctoral research or higher education in natural health
  • Teach, write or advocate in the holistic health space