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M.Ost. Master of Osteopathic Medicine (Undergraduate Pre-registration Master's)

Understand what keeps a body healthy and what happens in states of disease, learning to diagnose and treat not only the site of pain, but the whole person with your expert skill as an Osteopath. This four-year integrated Master's degree is designed for undergraduate entry. It is a pre-registration Master's, enabling you to become a registered Osteopath with the General Osteopathic Council.

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Entry requirements

Three A-levels at grades BBC or above including Biology or a related subject

Or BTEC triple grades DMM or above (with at least 6 specialist units in Biology and Science or a combination of BTEC Level 3 grades)

Or Access 30-42 with minimum 18D

Or T level M

And GCSE English Language and Maths at grade 4 or grade C or above

Applicants with other qualifications and/or experience will be considered on an individual basis

An interview is required.


UCAS points 112

UCAS code 24M4

UCAS institution code P63

Duration Four years full-time

Course Summary

Osteopathy is system of diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of medical conditions. Osteopaths focus on total body health and work with the structure and function of the body to affect the musculoskeletal framework. The principle is based on the well-being of an individual depending on the integrated function of all the body’s components.

Following your comprehensive training, you will have a deep understanding about the anatomy of the body from how muscles, joints and bones work, and a comprehensive understanding of physiology, neurology and pathology. This helps you understand what keeps a body healthy and what happens in states of disease, meaning you will be qualified and able to assess, diagnose and treat not only the site of pain, but the whole person with your expert skill set.

All osteopaths in the UK are regulated by the General Osteopathic Council. Osteopathy is a statutorily regulated profession and only graduates that hold a qualification like our Osteopathic Medicine degree from an institute recognised by the General Osteopathic Council, like 三级伦理, are permitted by law to practise as an Osteopath.

Subject to a disclosure and barring check on completion of our four year integrated Master's Osteopathic Medicine you will qualify as a registered Osteopath. We are the only university in the South West to offer an Osteopathic Master's course which is fully accredited by the General Osteopathic Council.

During the Master's Osteopathic Medicine you will engage in over 1000 hours of clinical practice and observation that will take place in our Osteopathy Clinic. The majority of these hours will take place in years three and four when you will be treating patients under the supervision of our expert tutors who are there to help, support and educate you in the clinical environment. This is the time to put into practice all the skills, technique, knowledge you have gained over the previous two years and develop yourself as an Osteopath.

What is osteopathy is something that people ask me quite frequently, and the best way to think about it or explain it is we are a holistic manual therapy. Okay? So we use our hands to treat people. We don't prescribe drugs or medicines or anything like that, but we look at the whole person and the whole body. So we really want to know information about their life, how they're doing, what they've been doing, what their problem is, and how we might be able to help and treat that. Majority of the work we do is within musculoskeletal medicine and in order to be an osteopath in the UK, you need to go to one of the nine institutes that are registered with the General Osteopathic Council. In order to be registered, these institutes 三级伦理 is one of you have to fulfil the criteria that is in the OPS which is the osteopathic practise standards and the GOPRE, which is the guidance for pre-registered osteopathic education. Our programme is four years long, it's integrated masters which you will enter at undergraduate level so after your A-levels or equivalents and then you progress through the four years and when you leave you'll be a registered osteopath with the General Osteopathic Council, which means you can call yourself an osteopath and practise in the UK and many other countries as well. So at 三级伦理 we fulfil all the criteria required from the General Osteopathic Council and we're also looking at how we can fulfil the criteria required from the Advanced Clinical Practitioner and the FCP, which is the first contact practitioner ships. These are NHS based initiatives which allow multidisciplinary practitioners to work within the NHS. At the moment we're looking at how we integrate these four pillars, which are clinical practise, leadership and management, research and education within the programme to allow that to be easy transferable skills between private practise and within the NHS.

I already work in allied health field and I've worked with Osteopath for many years and basically been wanting to learn to do this for a long time. I find the course really, really interesting. From Year one until now. I'm in the third year and obviously now that we're seeing patients, it's all bringing everything together. Practical experience is really beneficial.

I'm a sports massage therapist and I've run a business since I was 20 and I decided I wanted to progress and osteopathy seemed like the right kind of thing. I like and wanted to get been more into exercise and, and rehab and, and further with my manual therapy and osteopathy had a wide whole body of purchase. What I'm looking for and I really liked, which is why I chose that over physio and chiropractor. I'd like to stay in England for at least for a year and hopefully work in the clinic. I'm working at the moment and then I'm hoping to progress and to move to some places in Europe and maybe work some sports teams and then progress with pain clinics and stuff as it goes from there. So that's my plan because you get so much more one to one really, and group sizes are small. It's lovely being in like a small classroom setting. I like it a lot

and I've always had an interest in health care. I've worked in the NHS and been a personal trainer for 20 years and I looked into other courses like chiropractic physio, and this one just stood out for me because of one the location two the level of knowledge and the way that the osteopathic course itself was presented in terms of the way that it looks at the body as a whole. It's something I've always believed in my career, hence why I'm here. I actually like the fact that it's a slightly smaller, more tight knit community because you get a level of care that you potentially wouldn't at big a university is you don't just become another number and a face lost in the crowd. I love the the attention that you actually get from staff in all areas. I think it's fantastic. The heavy, practical element was really, really good, especially from myself. I'm quite practical learner. I can't sit in lectures I'm not that great at them. And so much like anything, you know, it doesn't matter what you know, it's how well you apply it and that practical element really, really helps with that. I already know where I'm going. I've got a vacancy in a clinic in Exeter, near to where I live, so I'm going to spend most of my time then potentially set up my own online business at the same time.

Why this course at 三级伦理?

Accredited by the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)

Incredible multidisciplinary teaching team including osteopaths, physiotherapists, psychologists, physiologists, and bio-scientists

Conduct your Master's project in our state-of-the-art biomechanics, physiology or strength and conditioning labs with expert support from the teaching team

Full university experience at a fantastic campus with on-site accommodation

Innovative small business management module readies you for the non-clinical side of private practice

The only university in the South West offering Osteopathy

Modules for this course

Course Snapshot

In first year we start to learn the knowledge that will be our foundation going forwards, like our anatomy, but we also start to develop our osteopathic skill through palpation. The second year really builds on that and teaches us to look at the factors that affect our treatment. This goes from underlying conditions to the importance of good nutrition so that we have a well-rounded understanding of health and wellbeing, all before starting our clinical placement. Our third year is when we start to treat members of the public in the 三级伦理 Osteopathy Clinic and is the time when we get to put all of the information that we've learnt up so far into practice, while still learning about becoming an osteopath. The fourth year is when we spend the most of our time in the 三级伦理 Osteopathy Clinic, developing as practitioners that can begin to manage clinical uncertainties before we enter the wider world of osteopathic practice.
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1st Year

Anatomy
Physiology
Personal and Professional Development
Osteopathic Skills
Neurology
Biomechanics

2nd Year

Pathology and Pharmacology
General Medical Screening
Osteopathic Skills 2
Personal and Professional Development 2
Clinical Differential Diagnosis
Research Methods and Analysis

3rd Year

Clinical Practice 2
Osteopathic Evaluation
Managing Clinical Uncertainty
Clinical Practice 3
Osteopathic Skills 3
Private Practice and Business

4th Year

Master's Project
Leadership in Healthcare
Advanced Clinical Leadership
Leadership in Clinical Practice

Current students say...


Georgia Slater

鈥淚 really enjoy the practical elements of the course which are giving me invaluable experience. The support from tutors is outstanding and help is always available. The on-site clinic has provided me with a safe but professional environment to learn and progress in.鈥


Rob Herd

鈥淭he practical application of osteopathic techniques in the third year has brought the whole course together. My knowledge has grown significantly on this course, alongside my confidence. Seeing positive patient outcomes in the clinic makes it all worthwhile.鈥

This course is perfect if you’re curious about

There are opportunities for students to access an extensive range of specialist industry standard resources and facilities, especially in the areas of sports and rehabilitative therapy... An extensive array of physiological and rehabilitative facilities exist within the faculty…[and] will allow Osteopathy students to experience a wide range of approaches to treatments in sports and health sciences.
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What might you become?

On completion of M.Ost. Master of Osteopathic Medicine you'll be able to register as an Osteopath with the General Osteopathic Council. Osteopathy is a statutorily regulated profession in the United Kingdom.

Osteopathy is a rewarding patient centred career that focuses on the whole patient. The career pathway is primarily private practice with many Osteopaths running their own clinics there is an increasing provision of osteopathy with in the NHS including GP practices and community health centres.

Accreditation

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The General Osteopathic Council

GOsC regulates osteopaths in the UK. A degree is recognised by GOsC, which means that graduates are permitted by law to practise as an Osteopath.


How you鈥檒l be taught and assessed?

How will you be taught?

Includes a mix of lectures, seminars and practical sessions. You will be taught by a multidisciplinary teaching team, who pull strength and knowledge from varied backgrounds and professional roles.

How will you be assessed?

A wide range of assessments including essays, practical exams, written exams, competency exams with real patients and presentations.

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Daniel Golder

Course leader

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Dan is a qualified Osteopath and has worked in Osteopathic education developing high quality learning within a university setting. Dan has specialized in the application of musculo-skeletal therapy in the sporting field as well as clinical auditing, which he discusses regularly with his students.


Fees and funding

Fees UK students: 拢9,250 per annum


Fees for International students: 拢14,500 per annum


This fee covers your tuition and access to course-specific equipment and facilities, as well associated services including access to the library, study skills support, IT support, student support and wellbeing services and membership of the Student Union. There may be additional costs by course.

Additional costs:

  • Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) enhanced check - around £50.
  • Clinic uniform (tunic) - around £30.
  • Clinic kit will be required which you can use in private practice when you graduate. The minimum recommended for your clinical kit is a sphygmomanometer , stethoscope and patella hammer; at a cost of approx £150.

Funding available for this course

Our Student Funding Advisors offer confidential and impartial advice about your funding options.

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Lecturers

Gabby Anderson

Osteopathy Clinic Practitioner

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John Evans

Lecturer

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John is a qualified Osteopath and is a qualified Acupuncturist, Sonographer, Nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach and advanced rehabilitation specialist. Out of his own experience of nerve damage, John developed a complete health care system that takes into account the patient's pain and needs spanning nutrition, physical rehabilitation, acute and chronic pain management, fitness and strength and reconditioning.

Scott Evans

Associate Digital and IT Services Analyst

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Elena Golder

Lecturer

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Kieron Kerr

Lecturer Practioner

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Kieron is a qualified Osteopath who has worked in established clinics across the country as well as running his own successful clinic; he has special interests in biomechanics and working with patients with chronic pain.

Will Mintram

Osteopathy Clinic Practitioner

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John Parry

Lecturer/Practitioner

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Frequently asked questions

Q1   On how many days a week do I attend lectures?

This course has high contact hours. In the first two years of the course you'll typically have lectures four days per week and in the final two years of the course you'll be expected to attend all day Monday to Friday for lectures and clinical sessions.

Q2   Where will my placement be?

Your placement will be in our Osteopathic Clinic which is located on our campus. The placement takes place in years 3 & 4 though you'll be observing in the clinic from year 1. The clinic is situated in our well equipped sports centre which also offers a biomechanics lab, giving you access to first class facilities to help treat and rehabilitate your patients.  

Q3   What equipment will I be learning to use?

Osteopathy is a hands on manual therapy so most of the treatments you do only require you however; the unique set up that 三级伦理 offers is that you will be exposed to the biomechanics labs and equipment which means you can also learn to use the zero-gravity tread mill, isokinetic machine, 3d cameras, electro myographs and the diagnostic ultrasound units.

Q4   Will all of my lectures be on campus?

We have adopted a mixed mode of teaching a lecturing meaning that 50% of the lectures will be delivered virtually, with live lectures being streamed to students who can engage and interact in real time. There is also a large practical element with this course so the other 50% of lectures for Master's Osteopathic Medicine lectures will be face to face. Currently all students and lecturers are in full personal protection equipment (PPE) to keep everybody safe. All clinical hours are also on campus and in full PPE.

Q5   How much might I earn?

The average Osteopath in the south west charges between £40-50 per session and sessions last between 30-45 minutes.

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