Behind their deceptively-dated inkjet printing and boring black and white font (punctuated occasionally by a comparatively thrilling red H or L) mainstream pathology results actually offer a goldmine of information and insight about your patients….if you know where to look. And even the most seemingly status quo reference ranges for routine labs reveal so much, if you understand how to identify when results are ‘expected’ or even ‘optimal’, as opposed to ‘unexpected’ or ‘the new (ab)normal’, reflective of an increasingly unhealthy population. Because unlike measurements of beauty, wealth or intelligence…more B12, TSH, GGT etc. etc. is not necessarily better and in fact being ‘average’ may sometimes be the aspirational goal 😉
Many holistic practitioners feel unnecessarily ‘locked out of labs’ due to inadequate training or, even worse, the false belief they are not relevant to their naturopathic work-up but they are abundant in holistic insights about our patients.
You can change that today and start developing your mild naturopathic super-power in diagnostics.
“Rachel – I have to say thank you, thank you, thank you!! That session on pathology was epic. It has really made me look at each set of path results I have seen in a different context. In terms of relevance – a definite 10/10. Everything from the reference range info to looking for any clinical and collection notes – definitely gives more scope in mining for those answers. Can’t wait for the next session 🙂 “
Chris Hibbert (Group Mentoring Program 2019)
To boot, upskilling just a little in accurate pathology interpretation will help you write better referral letters, practice true individualised medicine and sort the real from the rubbish in terms of all the **whizzbang-bright-sparkly-functional tests** you and your patients are being offered in spades.
“I’m totally enjoying the pathology sessions. I use pathology in my clinic all the time but have learnt so much from these last couple of sessions and I know I can squeeze out a lot more. I’m a convert (within reason) to the idea of many of the OS functional medicine practitioners who prescribe to the ‘test don’t guess’ motto and that pathology highlights the body’s ‘debris’ which can lead us to a certain pathway, system and help us go back up stream to the point of origin. I feel that’s the unique value we add to our clients’ health. Thanks Rachel.”
Elke Jesdinsky (New Graduate Mentee 2019)
We need to start with a good grasp of ‘lab language’ and have the veils of mystery around reference ranges removed so we can make the most out of all these results our patients already have, if not in their hot little hand then in their equally hot not so little (!) medical records.
Accurate Pathology Results Interpretation…Starts Here
(1.5hr Video + PDF Notes + Resources)
Mainstream pathology results actually offer a goldmine of information and insight about your patients. However to realise their full value and make the most accurate interpretations we need to first learn more about ‘lab language’, upskill in finding our way around reports which are packed with a surprising amount of hidden extras, demystify reference ranges and then develop a logical critical process we can apply to every result of any patient to get the real take-home. Packaged with numerous specifically developed resources to aid in your application of these skills this is a foundational offering that changes practices.