Attempts have been made to define osteopathy throughout the forty years I have been associated with this profession. They have failed because finally the conclusion was reached that osteopathy cannot be defined; it can only be described. To define means to place limits on. In attempting to define the scope of osteopathic practice, is the [...]
It seems that revalidation is an inevitable process, since we (osteopathy) are being dragged along in the wake of the medical and associated professions, who are heading down this route. If something is inevitable – like it or not – then we need to attempt to mould the process as much as is feasible – [...]
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 the whole profession [...]
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 medical [...]
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 [...]
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