Osteopath Training 

In the UK Osteopaths undertake four or five-year degree programmes underpinned by thorough clinical training. Students graduate with either a BSc (Hons) Osteopathy or a B.Osteopathy depending on the institution awarding the degree. In the US and Australia Osteopaths are frequently qualified as D.O. (Doctors of Osteopathy) which also means that they have completed a 4 or 5 year university degree course.

Training in osteopathy has substantial overlap with traditional medical training, covering anatomy, physiology, pathology, biomechanics, and clinical methods. This wide-ranging experience means that Osteopaths are able to identify conditions where osteopathy treatment is not appropriate and refer patients to a GP for further investigation.

The primary educational institutions for studying osteopathy in the UK are: 

The British School of Osteopathy
www.bso.ac.uk

The College of Osteopaths
www.collegeofosteopaths.ac.uk

The European School of Osteopathy
www.eso.ac.uk

The London College of Osteopathic Medicine
www.members.aol.com/londonosteomedic/lcom.html

The London School of Osteopathy
www.londonschoolofosteopathy.com

Oxford Brookes University
www.brookes.ac.uk

The Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine
www.nescot.ac.uk

 

The content of this page is informed by feedback from a practitioner in Kent and also osteopathic practitioners in Birmingham. Further input was received from practices in Chiswick and osteopaths in the Fulham area. Finally a contribution was made by clinics in Derby