 The
BSO has the largest osteopathic clinic in Europe, based
in a newly-opened state-of-the-art, fully accessible
clinical centre, which offers our students excellent
facilities to treat patients.
Clinical work and contact
with patients are fundamental to the M.Ost. From your
first year you will have contact
with patients; this gradually expands until, in your
final two years, you spend a large part of your time
in the clinic. This practical work is essential if you
are to become a competent and confident osteopath. The
only way to become proficient as an osteopath is to do
it – you can’t learn to drive a car, for
example, by sitting in a classroom.
Clinical work entails
a wide range of skills and abilities, consisting of
finding out what the problem is, explaining
it to the patient and then carrying out the best possible
treatment plan. To achieve this, you will need to have
good practical skills, enabling you to examine and
treat a patient, but also good communication skills
to enable
you to gather information and reassure the patient.
All
of these skills are underpinned by a secure knowledge
base, guided by a questioning curiosity and tempered
by a desire to care for your patient. In clinic you
will be tutored by experienced practising osteopaths.
Your level of responsibility for patients builds throughout
the course. Many students pursue their own interests
in our range of specialist clinics. These are run both
in-house and on an outreach basis as part of the BSO’s
commitment to making osteopathy accessible to the general
public. They provide treatment for children, people
with HIV/AIDS, homeless people, expectant mothers,
people
with sports injuries and older people.
The quality
and variety of the clinical experience on this course
are unrivalled. From the earliest stage
you
will have every opportunity to put theory into practice.
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