Dr. Buckle's Background
Jane Buckle, Ph.D., RN, has a background in critical care nursing. She is trained in massage therapy, clinical aromatherapy, herbal and aromatic medicine and has a Cert Ed. She obtained her bachelor's degree (BPhil, Exeter Univ.) in Complementary Medicine after carrying out one of the earliest clinical trials using aromatherapy in critical care. She has an MA in Clinical Aromatherapy (Middlesex Univ., London) and a Ph.D. in Health Service Management (Columbus Univ., LA, USA). She was an NIH-funded Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Fellow at the Centre for Clinical Epiemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) within the School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA where she studied epidemiology and biostatistics. Before joining the CCEB, Dr. Buckle was faculty at University of Minnesota, and adjunct faculty at New York University, Bastyr University, WA and The College of New Rochelle NY.
Her first book, Clinical Aromatherapy in Nursing, was published by Arnold, London, 1997 and has been accepted as the text in nursing. A second book, Clinical Aromatherapy: Essential Oils in Practice was published by Churchill Livingstone in 2003. It has been reprinted 7 times and has been called "the evidence-based text for clinical aromatherapy".
Dr. Buckle is the director of R J Buckle Associates, an educational consultancy dedicated to integrating clinical aromatherapy and the ‘M’ technique® into mainstream medicine. She created a certification course for health professionals, which is endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association. R J Buckle Associates.
Dr. Buckle has created postgraduate courses for USA universities and is published widely in medical and nursing journals. She lectures and presents internationally and was a guest speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 1999. She is currently involved in clinical research. She is a board member of ARC (Aromatherapy Registration Council) and an advisor to NAHA's education committee. She is on the advisory board of Alternative Therapies in Health & Medicine. She is a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals and has been a reviewer for NIH grants.
Dr. Buckle pioneered a method of touch for the critically ill or fragile called the 'm' technique®. It is a registered method of touch suitable when the giver is not trained in massage. Simple to do and easy to learn, the 'm' technique® has been taught in universities, hospitals, hospices and long-term care facilities in the USA since 1999.
The 'm' courses started in the UK in summer 2004. Dr Buckle returned to the UK in 2005. She was Accreditation Chair for International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists 2006-2007 and elected to the steering committee for Complementary Therapies at the Royal College of Nursing 2006-2007. She works as a full-time academic at Thames Valley University, London.
Currently there are 12 certified M technique instructors in the UK.