 Mixed
Mode Pathway
The Mixed Mode Pathway is particularly suitable for
people looking for a change of career or needing to
balance home, work and study in any combination. Roughly
a quarter of all BSO students choose the Mixed Mode.
They come from a wide range of career backgrounds,
e.g. bricklaying, engineering, ballet dancing, modelling,
nursing. Many students have other degrees in different
areas or have worked in allied fields, but the vast
majority are looking for a change of direction.
Teaching and Learning
The Mixed Mode Pathway offers you the opportunity to
begin your studies on a part time basis. You study the
same curriculum as the Standard Pathway but in a way
that is more flexible and requires a high level of self-managed
learning. The Mixed Mode Pathway runs over three years
and is highly focused on ensuring you are properly grounded
in all aspects of Osteopathy including Osteopathic Practice,
Practical Osteopathic Skills, Structure Function, Function
Dysfunction, and Critical Analysis and Enquiry.
The three years of the Mixed Mode Pathway is based
on a blended learning format. This means that you combine
attendance on weekends throughout the year with clinic
visits and self study that is supported through our
extensive range of resources available through the BSO’s
virtual learning environment B.O.N.E. On the teaching
weekends you focus on developing your practical hands
on skills and deepening your knowledge and understanding
of the concepts, theory and practice of osteopathy.
Assessment
You will be assessed through a combination of continuous
assessment, project work, practical and written examinations.
All in class/clinic assessments take place at the BSO,
some exams will take place on-line and other assessment
is submitted to the BSO Registry.
Supporting your Studies
Mixed Mode students are supported by the Mixed Mode
Co-ordinator, the Mixed Mode clinic tutor, staff/student
contact on the weekends, e-learning through B.O.N.E
and First Class and other pastoral care such as our
student welfare advisor and counsellor. The café
is open on Mixed Mode weekends and students are invited
to all extra-curricular activities such as Freshers’
Week, end of year celebrations and so forth.
The teaching team is very experienced and highly dedicated.
Many also teach on the Standard Pathway ensuring a continuity
of experience and familiar faces when you move to the
Standard Pathway for the final two years of your studies.
What the year looks like:
- Between ten and 12 taught weekends (Saturday and
Sunday 9.00am to 6.00pm), each year
- Two full-time five-day residential schools in years
one and two. These are held over a weekend and three
weekdays and fall early December and April. There
is also one exam week usually in mid June.
- Five full-time weeks in the third year during summer
(mainly conducted in the clinic).
Blended and flexible learning is a particularly demanding
way to study; therefore the Mixed Mode is unsuitable
for students with no prior experience of self-managed
learning.
For further information or to discuss whether this
pathway is right for you, please contact either Rebecca or Christine in our admissions team on +44
(0)20 7089 5316 or click
here to email Admissions >>
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