Duration | 1 year |
Course type | Part-time |
Location | British College of Osteopathic Medicine (London) |
Course details
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Year 1
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The three modules will cover the main age groups and their common presenting conditions with a great deal of time devoted to the infant.
The majority of teaching will be clinical supervision with teaching demonstrations and guidance. A wide range of osteopathic approaches will be included and the faculty comprises experienced paediatric osteopaths from traditional, classical and cranial backgrounds. Assessment will be primarily clinical and include assessments from peers, patients and faculty.
Core modules
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Birth and Delivery (BCOM7001)
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Infant and the Developing Child (BCOM7002)
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The Older Child (BCOM7003)
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Entry requirements
MOst, BSc Ost, DO, or equivalent.
You must be working as an osteopath, and be registered with the GOsC (or the equivalent in your country).
Work experience
You must be working as an osteopath and have a proportion of children as your caseload.
You must have a valid First Aid Certificate.
Interview
Each individual application will be assessed by the Admissions Team and all applicants who fulfil the admissions criteria will be invited for an interview.
Independent Safeguarding Agency (ISA) / Criminal Record Bureau (CRB)
You will have enhanced DBS checks and these will be assessed on individual merit under the Plymouth University guidelines.
Fees, costs and funding
As this course is delivered by one of our partner institutions, please contact the institution directly for information on fees and funding.
There are a number of funding options available to students, for further information please go to http://www.bcom.ac.uk/funding-and-fees
How to apply
Applications should be made directly to the partner institution by completing the application form.
Download application form
For further information on how to apply please contact the BCOM Admissions Team.
Call +44 (0)20 7435 6464
Email admissions@bcom.ac.uk
Our partnership with The British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM)
Help & enquiries
- Admission enquiries
- admissions@bcom.ac.uk
- +44 2074 356464
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120-122 Finchley Rd
London
NW3 5HR
UK- http://www.bcom.ac.uk
Our partnership with The British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM)
Open days
Partner college open days
This course is run at one of our partner colleges. Open days are held at the college and more details of these can be found on the college website. You'll find contact details below, on this page.
University of Plymouth open days
You are also very welcome to attend a University of Plymouth open day, to get a flavour of the courses you can progress to from a partner college. There will however be limited information on this specific course and college.
The Postgraduate Certificate in Children’s Osteopathy is a postgraduate award at masters level aimed at osteopaths who wish to enhance their ability to deal with paediatric patients.
The emphasis of the course is to enable you to develop clinical skills, and learning will be structured around the specialist Children’s Graduate Clinic, with a focus on developing clinical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment.
You'll be taught through didactic lectures, seminars and tutorials, and also in the BCOM postgraduate children’s teaching clinic.
Assessment is through both written assessments and Integrated clinical structured examinations (a form of viva voce).
This is a 60 credit Level 7 award.
