Osteopathy

About this programme

Join an Allied Health Profession offering excellent career opportunities in private practice and the NHS. Delivered by the UCO School of Osteopathy, the leading provider of osteopathic education in the UK for over 100 years. The Master of Osteopathy equips students with the underpinning knowledge, hands-on experience and multidisciplinary teamwork needed to be a competent osteopath, and will enable graduating students to apply to the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) for registration and begin professional practice. Over the duration of the course you will spend extensive time in the UCO Clinic in accordance with GOsC and Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) requirements. This will include opportunities to work with particular patient groups through our specialist and community clinics. Clinical education starts from the first year with observation of osteopathic practice, and as your knowledge and skills develop you will have increasing responsibility for the decision making and treatment before you manage your own patients in the final two years. You will be supported by experienced clinical faculty members who are all practising osteopaths. You will also have the opportunity to develop a variety of skills that will be needed as a fully-qualified osteopath working in primary health care, including the ability critically to assess research, journal papers, lectures and presentations to inform the best possible care for your patients. The M.Ost programme is structured as a ‘spiral curriculum’, with students revisiting the same topics throughout the degree, with the subject m