Hybrid / distance learning option, but with in-person clinical and practical block.
Next London / Bristol Course Confirmed! Payment plan available.
YEAR ONE / CERTIFICATE September start with one, 6-day January clinical/practical block in London - enrolment is now open.
YEAR TWO / DIPLOMA September start and 3, 4-DAY practical/clinic blocks in BRISTOL - enrolment is now open.
This is a hybrid / online / distance learning option.
All your lectures are pre-recorded, with lots of additional evidence, articles, videos, and other resources online. You are guided through these over the course of one academic year, through 9 one-hour live broadcast tutorials, where you can ask questions and get guidance etc.
You follow tasks online, and then you can attend in one block an in-person technique and clinical intensive. In year one there are 6 days, 4 for techniques and assessment routines, and 2 days in clinic, where you get hands on and are guided in clinical approaches for a variety of women's health patients, who volunteer to participate. In year two there are 12 days of clinical / practicals 3, 4-day blocks as this allows for additional training in complex pelvic floor, pelvic pain, pelvic organ and internals work, and evaluation of prolapse and post partum issues, and further support in scars, menopause and breast support dynamics.
All the lectures are done by Caroline, and caroline supervises in person, all the clinical and practical days - and the group sizes are capped at 6 students per block - so there is a great tutor-student ratio ensuring you get lots of personalised instruction and lots of direct supervision and help.
Your women's heath learning tree:
PROGRAMME START DATE (year one / Certificate year)
September 2024, and concludes in July 2025.
This allows for the once a month tutorials to be spaced out. The clinical dates are as follows:
CLINIC / TECHNIQUE
Clinic dates - London - YEAR ONE OPTIONS
4 days of technique practicals, and 2 days with patients
Year one: 14-19 January, 2025, for techniques / practicals, at the London Clinic (Southgate).
Clinic dates BRISTOL - year one options - not available for 2024-2025, only year two option.
YEAR TWO OPTIONS:
Year Two Bristol: this requires 3, 4 day blocks -
12-15 September 2024
20-23 February 2025
29 May - 1 June 2025
COURSE FEES:
Year One: For all online / hybrid distance learning packages, in year one, plus 3 days of technique and 3 days of clinic, plus 9 zoom meetings (live broadcast, one hour, one per month). (enquire to pay by bank transfer).
£2500.
Year one: PLEASE GET IN TOUCH ASAP TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST / HOLD YOUR PLACE - early bird payment instalments - £2250 in total if first installment of £750 paid by 31 March, 2nd by 1 May, 3rd by 1 July).
Year one: Discount of £2000 if paid in full by 31 March 2024.
Year Two: For all your hybrid distance learning online resources, 12 days of clinic / practicals, plus 9 zoom meetings (live broadcast, one hour, one per month)
£3000. IT IS POSSIBLE TO APEL INTO YEAR TWO IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE EG THE MOLINARI INSTITUTE DIPLOMA. If you have done the Mummy MOT but no other womens health training we do advise you to go into year one (but please speak to us if you have other trainings that might enable us to put you into year two)
Year two: PLEASE GET IN TOUCH ASAP TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST / HOLD YOUR PLACE - early bird payment instalments - £2700 in total if first installment of £900 paid by 31 March, 2nd by 1 May, 3rd by 1 July).
Year two: Discount of £2500 if paid in full by 31 March 2024.
Please note
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.
LONDON VENUE:
Venue for the techniques - at a space close to the clinic below (TBA)
Venue for the clinical sessions:
Hosted by Ayshe Ibrahim (thank you!
The Southgate Clinic
38A High Street
Southgate
London
N14 6EB
BRISTOL CLINIC
The Family Practice, Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol. hosted by Juliana Hounsfield, thank you!
(not to be confused with the GP clinic of the same name in a different part of Bristol!)
ACCOMODATION:
London / Bristol - please refer to the usual websites such as Airbnb or booking.com
WATCH FREE CPD VIDEO ON WH OSTEOPATHY AT BOTTOM OF PAGE!
YEAR ONE / CERTIFICATE SUMMARY:
- 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 |
