Five years ago I went to the SCC’s Hidden Treasures Conferences, delighted that our world was getting its act together with regards to research. While I didn’t come away with a sheaf of RCT-level data to inform my patients, I did come away with the impression of a great deal of brain power and critical…
I began hearing of the Academy of Physical Medicine from friends about two years ago; I seemed to be the only osteopath who wasn’t on their email list. I took a quick look at their website but didn’t sign up as I already had plenty of CPD hours. But when I saw the chance to…
I don’t think we studied “listening skills” at college, and I’ve never been on a course specifically addressed to this, but I never thought that mattered because I thought I was pretty good at it. Always interested in a patient’s life, always letting them talk and murmuring encouragement and validation; I thought I had it…
It’s still a while till the CPD scheme officially begins, (September 2018 I believe), and so still plenty of time to get to grips with it, but there are a few misconceptions floating around, that would be better nipped in the bud. So here goes, a little more clarity…. You CAN do your peer review…
Like the changing of the seasons, or the birth of a new baby, we have no control over the timetable of the new CPD scheme. It’s coming, whether you like it or not. But it probably won’t be entirely, inescapably, in place until about Autumn 2018. Eager to be ahead of the curve, I signed…
Edited and revised September 2016 One talk caught my eye in the COPA brochure last year. Compared to the gimmicks and hard sell of some of the technologies on exhibit, this sounded like an old-fashioned, modest, and serious research project. It was presented by a nurse from a Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Bedford called…
Edited with new photos and comment, September 2016 I have spent so long thinking of osteopathy as a profession twinned with chiropractic that physiotherapy has passed me by. I would never have thought to consider it as a career, because it seemed to be a dull occupation, lacking the depth, the sophistication, and the intellectual and…
A CPD Gateway Talk by Mr Manu Mehra. manu.mehra@nhs.net We spend a lot of time touching people’s skin. But we’re mostly concerned with what’s going on underneath it. As osteopaths it is not explicitly our responsibility to be checking for cancer or diagnosing fungal infections, but people have all sorts of lumps and bumps and…
I somehow deleted my photo of Osteopathy House, so here is the Tower of London instead, which is not far down the road. A Brand New Council This was the first meeting of the new, more streamlined Council. A few faces were missing, and a few were new. I had been looking forward to showing…
Our regular quick flick through the Council’s official mag.. The new CPD Scheme is in development Yes it’s on its way, but not in place just yet. Click here for my informal take on it, just in case you don’t know what’s involved. Feedback from osteopaths is in. Click here for the full report. We…
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