SOLK / PPS
12 February 2026
Toine Korthout
Toine KorthoutMany patients experience symptoms for which conventional healthcare cannot find a clear physical explanation. These are often the very patients who turn to complementary health practitioners, who can offer fresh diagnostic and therapeutic perspectives from their own professional frameworks. Such symptoms are referred to as Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS), or more recently Persistent Physical Symptoms (PPS).
During this interactive training day you will:
• explore what is meant by SOLK/PPS and how these conditions are viewed within conventional medicine.
• share your own perspectives on these symptoms and connect them with patterns recognised in complementary medicine.
• discover where and how you, as a complementary health professional, can play a meaningful role for this patient group.
By the end of the day you will:
• be able to explain what is meant by SOLK/PPS;
• be able to identify points of connection between SOLK/PPS and complementary diagnostic and therapeutic approaches;
• have a clearer view of your own opportunities to support patients with SOLK/PPS.
- Toine KorthoutStudied natural medicine at the "Nederlandse Akademie voor Natuurgeneeskunde" in Hilversum, medicine at the Rijksuniversiteit Limburg in Maastricht (Msc 1988, MD 1991), acupuncture education at Stichting NAAV Education with specialization auriculo (1996) and Pedagogic Didactical skills for HBO teachers at Interstudie NDO van Hogeschool Arnhem en Nijmegen (2013).
Price
Student discount
Shenzhou student: 15%
External TCM student 5%
(Limited places available for students)
Please see the payment and registration conditions for seminars in the registration form.
Accreditation
- NVA and Zhong requested
Dates & Time
10 am – 17 pm (1 hour break)
Location
Geldersekade 67, 1011 EK Amsterdam
Language
Levels of experience
- Acupuncturist, Herbalist or final year student
- Therapist with valid MBK (WM) diploma
Number of participants
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