Women’s Health CPD Programmes – follow the course without having to do assessments

The women’s health CPD programme:

A two year journey with women’s health – with an exit at year one with a continuing education attendance certificate, or year two with a separate continuing education attendance certificate. (Can be fast tracked to one year if you can make space in you diary for al the blocks!)

This option brings you all the same material, and you continue with the Diploma programme students, but don’t do the assessments.

The women’s health knowledge tree:

Encompassing women’s health into osteopathic practice integrates a wide variety of content and understanding.

Women’s Health CPD only option – by face to face blocks in Lancashire and clinics in London (clinics are an extra add on)

This is to allow you to attend lectures in person.  The 10 days of in person lectures includes all your core  material and practical techniques for year one.  You also get full access to all the online resources, technique videos, and pre-recorded lectures and handouts* which comprise many more hours of lectures for additional learning on top of the core material). You can then elect to attend for 3 days of clinics for your patient experience and training. The clinics are an additional add on, and you can pay £500 per clinical block when there are spare places if you want to include this option.

The in-person lectures are held in 2 5-day blocks a year in Nelson, Lancashire, and there are various options for dates and you can do the 2 blocks in any order.

Venue details below.

DATES FOR THE BLOCKS:

YEAR ONE – pick one date option for each block, and then confirm this via email.

Lecture block one: this covers all the women’s health dynamics from adolescence, general urogenital (including the basics of fertility and the hormonal cycle), across the lifespan, menopause and gerontology.

Option one: 30th October to 3rd November, 2023.

Option two: 12th to `6th February, 2024.

Lecture block two: this covers all the obstetrics and immediate post partum dynamics, introduction to cavity dynamics and overview of prolapse.

Option one: Monday 9th to Friday 13th October, 2023. 9-5pm each day, Nelson. Course full.

Option two: 8th to 12th January, 2024, Nelson.

Clinic dates – London – 3 days with patients – 27th, 28th, 29th June, 2024.

YEAR TWO:  There are options for 2024, and also 2025 (which will be confirmed later)

Lecture block one:

Option one: 6th to 10th May, 2024, Nelson.

Lecture block two:

Option one: 3rd to 7th June, 2024, Nelson.

NB You can graduate at the end of year one with a Certificate in Women’s Health only if you pay any additional course fees, including clinic fees, and do the required assessments), otherwise there is a Certificate of Continuing Professional Development.

Clinic dates – London – 3 days with patients – 3rd, 4th, 5th July 2024 (if spaces are available – the enrolled Dipoma students on the assessed programme get first options on these dates. Please contact us to be put on the waiting list.

(Bristol dates in 2025, dates TBA).

COURSE FEES:

Please pay by bank transfer:

Year One: For 2 blocks in year one.  Use the payment buttons below, or enquire to pay by bank transfer.

£1600 (£800 per block).  Discounted price £1400 (£700 per block) till 31st August 2023. Blocks can be bought separately.

Year Two: For 2 blocks in year one

£1600 (£800 per block).  Discounted price £1400 (£700 per block) till 31st August 2023. Blocks can be bought separately.

Costs for a 3 day clinic block where available is an extra £500. Assessments per ‘year’ / per 2 blocks are £250.00 (£500 in total).

You can enrol to do year one and year two within the same year, and this option is £3000, without clinics or assessments.

This would mean 2 blocks of clinic at £500 each (NB clinics may be able to be spread over a longer time period.

Refunds are not possible, course places are held over for a subsequent year if you cannot attend.

*Your online material (all the lectures, recorded anyway, plus additional resources) is available to access on enrolment, you do not have to wait for the block dates to access.

VENUE:

for the in person lecture and technique blocks:

The Ace Centre, Nelson, Lancashire.  This is junction 13 of the M65, near Burnley.  There are lots of local hotels / B and B options, check booking.com etc, as this is ‘Pendle’ a very picturesque region here the Lancashire Pendle Witch trials were held, and there are lot of access to many beautiful spots nearby.  Nelson has a train station, and Colne, very close by, can be reached directly from Manchester by the Witchway Bus.  Manchester airport is around one hour by uber / taxi.  Leeds Bradford airport is around 1.5 hours away by uber, and you can also use the TransPennine railway for train options.

Venue for the clinical sessions:

Hosted by Ayshe Ibrahim (thank you!)

Home

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The Southgate Clinic

38A High Street
Southgate
London
N14 6EB

ACCOMODATION:

London – please refer to the usual websites such as Airbnb or booking.com

Nelson – it is hoped that Caroline can provide very cheap / free accommodation in a small house near to the lecture rooms in Nelson – please enquire for details.

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YEAR ONE / CERTIFICATE SUMMARY:

YOUR 2, 5 DAY BLOCKSS WILL COVER YEAR ONW. THERE ARE 2 ADDITIONAL 5-DAY BLOCKS FOR THE YEAR TWO MATERIAL.

IN YOUR 5 DAY BLOCKS YOU GET AN IN PERSON PRACTICAL LECTURE WHICH SYNTHESISES ALL THE FOLLOWING CONTENT. You still get the emodules / online resource library, which is laid out the a 9 module format. This is your course material and you can access it any time. But, the core material is all delivered in person ? face to face, alongside a clinical module if you add this on (an extra fee).

• ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
• AUTONOMICS, VISCERAL PAIN
• MICROBIOME AND IMMUNE CONSIDERATIONS IN WOMENS HEALTH
• UROGYNAECOLOGY AND PELVIC FLOOR
• DEVELOPMENT, HORMONES, BODY IMAGE, GROWTH
• ENDOCRINE DYNAMICS, FERTILITY AND OBSTETRICS
• BIRTH, BONDING, BREASTFEEDING
• POST PARTUM RECOVERY
• LIFESPAN ISSUES
• MENOPAUSE
• CHANGING UROGENTIAL AND MUSCULOSKELETAL FACTORS
• ONLINE PLATFORM AND TUTORIAL SUPPORT
• PRACTICAL INTENSIVES AND CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS DAYS.

YEAR TWO / DIPLOMA SUMMARY:

• CLINCAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW = CONSIDERING ALL THE FACTORS WITHIN THE CERTIFICATE CURRICULUM AND TAKING THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL:
• COMPLEX CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS REVIEWED. STRONG FOCUS ON EVIDENCE AND RATIONAL APPORACHES TO PRACTICE.
• INTERNALS AND SENSITIVE AREAS WORK, CONSENTING, RISK MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED ETHICAL AND CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
• MANAGEMENT OF VARIOUS CONDITIONS EG fertility, endo, prolapse, diastasis, complex pregnancy, post partum, bladder disorders / cystitis, post surgical issues, cancer considerations, pelvic pain, breast care
• Working with the traumatised patients, and those with complex needs.
• CLINICAL PROTOCOLS = WHAT THEY ARE AND ARE NOT
• OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT – understanding how to monitor your clinic and when / to who to refer.
• UNDERSTANDING ORTHODOX MANAGEMENT AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ISSUES
• PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE INTENSIVE CLASSES AND CLINICAL OBSERVATION DAYS.
• ONLINE PLATFORM AND TUTORIAL SUPPORT
• EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE REVIEW AND CASE ANALYSIS
• HELPING YOU WORKSHOP COMPLEX PRESENSTATIONS
• DEVELOPING YOUR PERSONAL CLINCAL PROFESSIONAL FIELD OF CARE

WOMENS HEALTH QUALIFICATIONS
	CERTIFICATE	DIPLOMA
Supplementary Module	Introduction to osteopathic and somatophysiological principles Learning how to learn – revision of concepts	Introduction to roles and boundaries in clinical practice Care plans, management, clinical audit, and outcomes measures Constructing an evidence-informed approach
MODULE ONE	Development of the body cavities and genitals Anatomical changes from children to adults Neuro-endocrine-immune system	Bladder and bowel function in girls Gender and identity issues Complex dynamics in puberty Hormonal balance across the lifespan
MODULE TWO	Development of immunity The role of the microbiome Function, physiology and somatovisceral integration The basics of visceral pain and visceral reflexes	Adolescent mental health Interoception, body image and sense of self Complexities of endocrine imbalance and dysbiosis on visceral pain Complex visceral pain and dysautonomia
MODULE THREE	Being female Gender bias in research Social dynamics, relational safety Basics of fertility, conception and gynaecological function	Trauma dynamics Fear, freeze, visceral pain Effects on physiology, function and fertility, subfertility and assisted conception Complex gynae, endometriosis, adhesions
EXAM / ASSESSMENT ONE
MODULE FOUR	Pregnancy and general obstetric dynamics Optimal foetal positioning	Considering pregnancy complications, accompanying disorders, complex pain and biomechanical considerations,
MODULE FIVE	Biomechanics in pregnancy Orthopaedic and tissue changes and strains Third trimester	Foetal position, high risk pregnancies, complex therapeutic alliance and interprofessional considerations pelvic instability and diastasis rehab
MODULE SIX	Preparation for labour and delivery Birth trauma	Complex birth trauma and injury Pregnancy loss Premature delivery
EXAM / ASSESSMENT TWO
MODULE SEVEN	Maternal mental health The fourth trimester Breastfeeding and initial recovery Body cavity and postural recovery	Postpartum depression Complex maternal infant considerations Breast care, mastitis, physiology of challenging maternal recovery Complex body image and structural instability problems
MODULE EIGHT	Ongoing urogenital health and pelvic support Menopause Breast care,	Complex urogenital dysfunctions Post surgical and other operative dynamics Menopause dynamics, post breast cancer care and reconstruction dynamics.
MODULE NINE	Gerontology and Global recap of course	Cancer and complex pathology across the lifespan The role of osteopaths and allied healthcare manual therapy professionals in Women’s Health
EXAM / ASSESSMENT THREE