Midwife to homeopath
A midwife already meets 46% of what the homeopath role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
57/ 100
1 How much of what a homeopath is expected to do is already part of a midwife’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the homeopath role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A homeopath role treats 8 of its required skills as things a midwife already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- apply context specific clinical competences
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- ensure safety of healthcare users
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A homeopath role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a midwife background worth leading with.
- already held homeopathy health and welfare
- already held dietetics health and welfare
- already held pathology health and welfare
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held deal with emergency care situations assisting and caring
- already held use foreign languages in patient care communication, collaboration and creativity
All 16 carried skills, including the 8 the homeopath role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- still to learn conduct a homeopathic consultation required
- still to learn develop therapeutic relationships required
- still to learn follow-up on healthcare users' treatment required
- still to learn interact with healthcare users required
- optional, not held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions optional
- optional, not held promote homeopathy optional
- still to learn homeopathy remedies required
- still to learn human physiology required
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- still to learn archive healthcare users' records required
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- still to learn refer healthcare users required
- still to learn maintain work area cleanliness required
- optional, not held promote mental health optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a homeopath role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on healthcare users' informed consent practise this
- 02 archive healthcare users' records practise this
- 03 conduct a homeopathic consultation practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held homeopathy knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held dietetics knowledge
- already held pathology knowledge
- already held pedagogy knowledge
- already held provide health education skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions optional
- optional, not held promote homeopathy optional
- optional, not held promote mental health optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
72 held skills the homeopath role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role advise on childbirth skill
- not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pregnancies at risk skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role analgesics knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assess the course of breast-feeding period skill
- not needed by the target role assist on pregnancy abnormality skill
- not needed by the target role care for the new-born infant skill
- not needed by the target role carry out treatment prescribed by doctors skill
- not needed by the target role childbirth knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
- not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct research on reproductive medicine skill
- not needed by the target role conduct spontaneous child deliveries skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
- not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
- not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
- not needed by the target role empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role epidemiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role examine the new-born infant skill
- not needed by the target role female reproductive system pathology knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role health education knowledge
- not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- not needed by the target role lactation knowledge
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
- not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor pregnancy skill
- not needed by the target role neonatology knowledge
- not needed by the target role obstetric ultrasonography knowledge
32 further entries not listed here
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn homeopathy remedies required
- still to learn human physiology required
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
Other moves recorded from midwife
- maternity support worker 74% covered · moderate
- healthcare assistant 56% covered · moderate
- physiotherapy assistant 51% covered · substantial
- dental hygienist 50% covered · substantial
- dental technician 50% covered · substantial
- specialist pharmacist 49% covered · substantial
- respiratory therapy technician 49% covered · moderate
- orthoptist 47% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a midwife become a homeopath?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A midwife already covers 46% of what a homeopath is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 8 of which the homeopath role treats as required.
What skills does a midwife need to become a homeopath?
10 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on healthcare users' informed consent.
How hard is the move from midwife to homeopath?
Its learning distance is 57 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.