There is a full Diploma version or an abridged CPD version (see below for details)

The full Diploma programme includes all online material, zoom tutorials, assessments and the practical events.

The CPD version gets the online programme, no zoom tutorials, and 2 out of every 3 days of each practical. Day one and two give a range of osteopathic techniques and approaches. The third day is reserved for Diploma students only and includes detailed case discussion / osteopathic evaluation approaches and integration.

The online programme is a series of pre recorded lecture series and lots of other online resources. See below for indicative table of contents.

There are 9 monthly modules of online learning, each supported by a monthly live one hour zoom tutorial meeting (zoom tutorials are reserved for Diploma students and are not available on the COD programme)

 

COURSE VENUE - The programme runs in Nelson, Lancashire - and student accommodation is available (a limited number of places in shared student house are free - first come first served and reserved for those paying in full upfront).

 

OVERVIEW OF MODULE CONTENTS

There is one module per teaching month – online and pre-recorded lectures and other e-resources make up the teaching content.

There is one zoom meeting per module.

Three modules make up a semester.  There are three semesters in  the year.

The practical sessions are extra, and there is one practical block per semester

All modules and practical blocks are compulsory, clinical blocks are separate and can be added by negotiation

 

SEMESTER ONE: FEB, MARCH, APRIL

Associated practical block: 26, 27, 38 March, 2024.- 3 days on osteopathic assessment, postural dynamics, body cavities and abdominal sliding surface, fluids and fascia, lymph and spinal visceral reflex awareness (days 1 and 2 only for CPD students, all 3 for Diploma students).

MODULE ONE Compartments and cavities	MODULE TWO Innervation	MODULE THREE
INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMIC OSTOEPATHY - PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE	Autonomics	Fluids
Coelum, serous fluids, embryology	Interoception	Visceral-vascular
Visceral dynamics	Microbiome	venous
sliding surfaces	gut-brain	CSF / peritoneal / pericardial / peritoneal fluids
ligaments, pressures, inter-relations	heart-brain	Lymph, BONES

 

SEMESTER TWO: MAY, JUNE, JULY

Associated practical block 18-19-20 June 2024- Nelson, Lancashire, UK 3 days on head, neck, chest and endocrine-immune. (days 1 and 2 only for CPD students, all 3 for Diploma students).

MODUILE FOUR the respiratory system	MODULE FIVE cranial cavity dynamics	MODULE SIX digestive - intraperitoneal
cardiac dynamics	spinal canal dynamics	digestive – INC retroperitoneal
sleep, arousal, breathing	EENT AND the stomatognathic system
	neuro-endocrine-immune	Microbiome, functional gastro-intestinal

 

SEMESTER THREE: SEPT, OCT, NOV

Associated practical block - 10-11-12 September, 2024 - Nelson, Lancashire, UK. 3 days on global pelvic assessment, trauma and stress dynamics, osteopathic evaluation, case analysis and care plan development (days 1 and 2 only for CPD students, all 3 for Diploma students).

MODULE SEVEN	MODULE EIGHT	MODULE NINE
Pelvic function across the lifespan general urogenital dynamics renal and urinary system pain behaviours and coping strategies scars & post operative considerations pelvic pain, urinary, genital / prostate / general gynae considerations, rectal dynamics chronic pain considerations	further lymphatics, immune system integration hormones and transmitters stress. allostasis, inflammatory and oxidative dynamics, Systemic health and where the osteopathic contribution lies	Review of osteopathic principles to relate to the course learning objectives Review of evidence based practice for a variety of visceral and systemic conditions. Critical appraisal of the ‘concerns’ about the wider scope of osteopathic practice Outcome measures and other clinical matters for visceral and systemic osteopathy

DIPLOMA FEES: This fee is £1250 if paid in full by 1 Feb 2024, or £1800, in 3 installments of £600 - due 1 Feb, 1 April and 1 August.

CPD FEES: This fee is £850 if paid in full by 1 Feb 2024, or £1200, in 3 installments of £400 - due 1 Feb, 1 April and 1 August.

There are no refunds for covid or other unforeseen circumstances, as the majority of the programme is online, and the practical dates will be rescheduled.

Use bank transfer to pay, and download the forms and return them. Please refer to the forms and fees page for details.