An objective activity is one of the requirements of the CPD scheme and this is where you seek external objective feedback. The idea is that the feedback is ‘objective’. This means that it brings another perspective to your practice which you can then analyse and reflect on to show how you will develop your practice or future CPD.
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Welcome to the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) podcast. In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy and Education, speaks with Laura Turner about Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Laura has just completed her first CPD cycle and she and Steven discuss …
In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy at GOsC, speaks with fellow osteopath Claire Piper about mentorship. Claire shares why mentorship is really useful, not only to less experienced osteopaths who may be looking for support, but also for …
Steven Bettles, Head of Policy and Education, is joined by Rachel Heatley, Senior Policy and Research Officer at GOsC, to discuss how speaking with patients informs our work, and why patient involvement is important. They discuss the various ways GOsC …
Case-based discussion
Communication and consent
Communication and patient partnership
Objective Activity
Osteopathic Practice Standards
Peer observation
This is the final in a series of three blogs in which Stacey shares some of the most frequent questions osteopaths are asking when completing key components of the CPD scheme.
Most osteopaths have already undertaken a communication and consent-based …
This is the first in a series of blogs in which Stacey shares some of the common questions she is being asked by osteopaths who are completing key components of the scheme.
With most osteopaths now in their final year of the three-year scheme, Lorraine discusses how osteopaths have been getting to grips with the verification and assurance process.
In this webinar recording Rachel Heatley, GOsC’s Senior Research and Policy Officer, takes you step by step through the case-based discussion objective activity and explains how it fits into the CPD scheme. Rachel provides guidance on giving and receiving constructive …
In this webinar, the second in a two-part series, Rachel Heatley, Senior Research and Policy Officer at the General Osteopathic Council, provides a step by step guide for analysing patient feedback and how to record and reflect on patient feedback …
Dr Stacey Clift, Senior Research and Policy Officer at the General Osteopathic Council provides a detailed overview of Patient Feedback as an objective activity and explains how it fits into the CPD scheme.
The Peer Discussion Review (PDR) template is designed to help structure a supportive conversation and provides a ‘walk-through’ for both the peer and the osteopath. The PDR template should be completed and agreed by both osteopath and peer(s) and should …
