• self-testing software ( herbal tutor) that challenges you to think rather than merely regurgitate factoids memorized from textbooks — creates a series of realistic clinical puzzles, adapts to each user's readiness to learn, incrementally introduces new information, tracks performance, and embeds skills into long-term memory — transforms learning into a game that allows you to make as many mistakes as you like.Cognitive learning activities as long as you eventually learn the material, your scores will reflect this, and your earlier mistakes will be forgiven and forgotten.

• expert-system software ( casequery and autosage-TCM) that makes thorough assessments of symptom-sign patterns available to even beginning users.Cognitive learning activities autosage-TCM solves a problem that throughout traditional chinese medicine's long history has been recognized as one of its most difficult challenges: accurate analysis of an individual's symptom-sign patterns.Cognitive learning activities

Herbal tutor engages your mind and your curiosity in interactive activities that closely simulate the cognitive and reasoning skills crucial in clinical practice.Cognitive learning activities interactive computer-aided learning, when intelligently designed, is far superior to learning the old-fashioned way (passively listening to lectures, watching videos, and simplistic multiple choice exams).Cognitive learning activities many medical schools have figured this out over a decade ago, and modern medical education increasingly involves clinical-case-oriented learning and use of simulators and computer-aided instruction before students are allowed to "practice" on real people.Cognitive learning activities the following article explores how computer-aided learning can enhance understanding of TCM theory and practice:

Whether your interests are improving personal and family health or developing professional skills in healthcare, we make it easy for you to network with other users.Cognitive learning activities rmhinet is a brainstorming network for individuals, students, and health professionals to share ideas and information about health and to apply the power of dedicated focus groups toward solving complex health problems.Cognitive learning activities herbalthink-TCM provides members with an important reference and learning tool that allows them to communicate with each other using standardized terminology and concepts of chinese medicine.Cognitive learning activities

RMHI's levels 1-3 courses all use the herbalthink-TCM software as their basic text and reference. If you wish to become certified by RMHI for your studies, you must enroll as a student and successfully complete our course requirements.Cognitive learning activities starting in 2017, we have greatly simplified our admissions process: it is now identical to the steps for becoming a member in rmhinet, which is to enroll in and successfully complete herbalists' bootcamp.Cognitive learning activities

Because the interactive games of TCM herbal tutor in herbalthink-TCM automatically keep track of your performance, give you feedback about areas in which you need additional work, and suggest games to remedy deficiencies in your skill set, this eliminates time-consuming development and grading of homework and exams for RMHI staff, whose time is available for more creative interaction with students.Cognitive learning activities this also enables us to offer the level-1 course at a mere fraction of the cost of conventional TCM college tuition. The level-1 course presents material equivalent to that covered over a period of several years in courses at many TCM colleges — traditional health assessment methods, TCM theory and pathophysiology, herbal materia medica, herbal formulation — but in a way that is simultaneously more thorough and yet also more engaging than mere rote memorization.Cognitive learning activities

"Roger has created a learning tool that goes far and above anything else I've seen in interactive learning for TCM. Working with the herbal tutor and games, the material almost 'learns itself' -- that is, I learn it faster and easier than I ever would have thought possible without the effort or tedium of memorizing long lists of material." — pauline vaughan, MA, dac; upper canada centre for oriental medicine (ontario)

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All herbalthink-TCM users, including users of the test version-option, are welcome to register as new members on RMHI forums (launched 2019-03-17), our own private online discussion board for our software users, students, and graduates.Cognitive learning activities receive help from other members in installing and using the software. Specify that you are either an herbalthink-TCM software licensee or that you are applying to join herbalists' bootcamp.Cognitive learning activities