Osteopathic Practice Framework
This document is largely made up of things I have stolen from other people – notably Peter Buxton’s excellent article in OT some years ago which predicted precisely the problem the GOsC now faces. I have stolen ideas and words from many other people and documents as well, and I make no claims [...]
Osteopathic Practice Framework
Introduction
This document relates to the GOsC draft proposal for an Osteopathic Practice Framework (OPF). The approach taken in the draft OPF document has caused great concern to a number of osteopaths. In its consultation, the GOsC has asked for any suggestions for alternative approaches. This document is an attempt to sketch out such [...]
The Standards of Proficiency, the Osteopathic Practice Framework and the Revalidation scheme all refer to it. It is against the Code that we are judged at PCC hearings. If everything else is right and the Code of Practice is wrong then the profession is stuffed. That means that it is essential that [...]
This document is a huge improvement on S2K: it is clear and it addresses pretty much all the objections I had to S2K. I always felt that the S2K looked like someone’s picture of the perfect osteopath – wise, massively experienced, hugely talented, a paragon of scholastic endeavour with knowledge encompassing the whole of [...]
Leaving aside the first 3 paragraphs, which lay out the aims of the document, the first part of the document (up to and including paragraph 11) is OK, good or very good.
Paragraphs 12-19 are also generally OK, despite the fact that I find the whole concept of “Typical experience” objectionable. My problems with this [...]
The two basic questions concerning Revalidation are ‘Why is it happening?’ and ‘What will it involve?’ A further question we should ask ourselves is ‘What can we get out of it?’
Why is it happening?
Revalidation comes out of the Shipman Enquiry and the various initiatives it has spawned, including the Foster Review. The government decided [...]
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