Communication and patient partnership Knowledge Safety and quality in practice Skills and Performance
Upper Body Manipulation Master Class
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During your three-year cycle you need to complete CPD activities which link to the four themes of the Osteopathic Practice Standards. You can find the four themes set out on the Osteopathic Practice Standards website, which provides quick and easy access to the Standards and accompanying guidance.
Communication and patient partnership Knowledge Safety and quality in practice Skills and Performance
Keeping CPD Records Knowledge Objective Activity Osteopathic Practice Standards Peer Discussion Review Planning Skills and Performance / Guidance / Podcast / Workbook
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 …
Knowledge Osteopathic Practice Standards Peer Discussion Review Peer observation Planning Skills and Performance / Guidance / Podcast
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 …
Case-based discussion Communication and consent Communication and patient partnership Objective Activity Osteopathic Practice Standards Peer observation
Dr Stacey Clift
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 …
Communication and patient partnership Keeping CPD Records Osteopathic Practice Standards Professionalism Safety and quality in practice Skills and Performance
Dr Stacey Clift
This is the second in a series of blogs in which Stacey shares some of the most frequent questions osteopaths are asking when completing key components of the CPD scheme.
We know from the 2020-21 CPD evaluation survey that most …
Keeping CPD Records Osteopathic Practice Standards Peer Discussion Review
Deborah Smith
Deborah Smith, an osteopath member of the GOsC Council, explains the benefits of reflection and looks at a number of different models of reflective practice including her personal favourite.
Across healthcare there has been a drive towards reflective practice. Why? …
Objective Activity Osteopathic Practice Standards Peer observation / Template
Case-based discussion Objective Activity Osteopathic Practice Standards / Template
Communication and patient partnership Knowledge Objective Activity Osteopathic Practice Standards Patient feedback Skills and Performance
Diana Pitt graduated from the European School of Osteopathy in 1988 …
Osteopathic Practice Standards
Learn more about the Osteopathic Practice Standards (OPS) 2019 and understand the main changes that have been made from 2012.
‘Our aim was to update the standards in a way which made them easier to navigate and apply’
The 2019 …