Andrew's other sites!

Holistic-Centre.org

NAET-UK.com

BritishMeditationSociety.org

Liverpool-Osteopaths.com

Wirral-Osteopaths.com

Resources for Osteopaths

Colleges, Postgraduate Courses CPD, Research, etc.

Osteopath Wanted in the North West!

Accredited UK Osteopathic Colleges

1. British College of Osteopathic Medicine:  www.bcom.ac.uk Also, lists the titles of presentations made at International Conferences on Advances in Osteopathic Research (ICAOR).

2. British School of Osteopathy: www.bso.ac.uk The BSO also produces the Osteopathic Research and Treatment Bulletin: www.bso.ac.uk/sm4ortb.htm Details of undergraduate osteopathic research, including contributions from the BSO, can also be found on the website for the Vienna School of Osteopathy: www.osteopathic‑research.com

3. College of Osteopaths: www.collegeofosteopaths.ac.uk

4. European School of Osteopathy: www.eso.ac.uk

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

6. London School of Osteopathy: www.londonschoolofosteopathy.com

7. Oxford Brookes University: www.brookes.ac.uk

8. Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine: www.nescot.ac.uk

Registers and Professional Bodies 

v     The General Osteopathic Council: www.osteopathy.org.uk

v     The British Osteopathic Association: www.osteopathy.org

v     American Osteopathic Association: http://do‑online.osteotech.org/index.cfm

v     Australian Osteopathic Association: www.osteopathic.com.au

v     Canadian Osteopathic College: www.osteopathiecollege.com

Postgraduate Educational Organisations & CPD

Breath of Life Conference - www.conference2005.co.uk

Psychotherapy & Counselling Conference in Liverpool Oct 20005

Details

Centre for Professional Development of Osteopathy & Manual Therapies www.cpdo.net

• Integrated Osteopathic Technique

• The Thorax and The Three Diaphragms

• Osteopathic Care in Pregnancy & Optimal Fetal Positioning

• Harmonic Technique

• Osteopathic Neuromuscular Re-Abilitation

• Pathway to Better Health & more  

Dental orthopaedics & osteopathy seminars www.dentalorthopaedics.com

Osteopathic Professional Education North - www.open-ed.co.uk

• An Introduction to Strain-Counterstrain

• First Aid for Osteopaths

• Obstetrics in Osteopathy

• Osteopathic Approaches in Pregnancy

• Some New Thinking About Techniques

• Visceral Osteopathy part 1

Sutherland Cranial College - www.scc-osteopathy.co.uk

The Association of Osteomyologists www.osteomyology.co.uk

Online Audio Chiropractic Lectures & more ChiroViewPresents.org

Also, check colleges top of page.

If you're organising a course - email details & link.

We also have space & facilities at www.Holistic-Centre.org for small lectures & workshops. Approx 12 for practicals, with treatment tables or 25 seated.

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General Osteopathic Resources

v     Osteopathy ‑ 223 of the best sites: www.cbel.com/osteopathy

v     Osteopathic Resources: www.osteopathonline.com/Resources

v     Spine Information: www.spine‑health.com

v     The Osteopathic Home Page: www.osteohome.com

Databases, Journals & Other Authoritative Resources

Databases

Published research and other osteopathic literature.

• SUMSEARCH: http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/ To access Pub Med, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health), Cochrane, Merck and Guidelines databases.

• Medline (Pub Med): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

• The Osteopathic Literature Database: http://ostmed.hsc.unt.edu/ostmed/index.html

• Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro): www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/index.html

• Database of Abstracts of Reviews and Effectiveness (DARE) www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/

• TRIP database: www.tripdatabase.com/

• Allied and Complementary Medicine (AMED) database: www.bi.uk/collections/health/amed.html

• NIH International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS): http://dietarysupplements.info.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html A database of published international scientific literature on dietary supplements.

• The Arthritis and Complementary Medicine Database (ARCAM) and the Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Pain Database (CAMPAIN): www.compmed.umm.edu/Databases.html

 Journals

• Journals with current published research, some giving free access to full text articles over a certain age e.g. 12 months since publication. Osteopathy Today.. www.osteopathy.org/ot/osteopathy_today.htm

• British Medical Journal.. www.bmj.com

• Clinical Evidence: www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/msd/msd.jsp

• Spine: www.spinejournal.com

• New England Journal of Medicine: http://content.nejm.org

• Manual Therapy.. http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/math

• Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.. www.jaoa.org/

• Free Medical Journals: www.freemedicaljournals.com

• Pain: www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws‑home

• European Journal of Pain: www.harcourt-international.com/journals/eujp

• Science Direct: www.sciencedirect.com/science

• The Lancet.. www.thelancet.com

• Clinical Biomechanics: www.harcourt-international.com/journals/clbi

• Clinical Chiropractic (formerly British Journal of Chiropractic): http://www.harcourt-international.com/journals/clch

• Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01614754

• Medscape General Medical Information: www.medscape.com

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: www.ajcn.org

• Annals of Internal Medicine: www.annals.org

• eMedicine: www.emedicine.com/journals.htmi

• Journal of Clinical Investigation: www.jci.org

• Journal of Neuroscience: www.jneurosci.org

• Journal of the American Medical Association: http://jama.ama‑assn.org

• Royal College of General Practitioners Online Journals: www.rcgp.org.uk/research/resources/journals.asp

• The Medical Literature Guide: www.amedeo.com

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Societies for Areas of Special Interest

• Arthritis and Musculo-Skeletal Alliance: www.arma.uk.net

• Australian Spine Society: www.cms.uwa.edu.au

• Cervical Spine Research Society: www.csrs.org

• Migraine Action Organisation: www.migraine.org.uk

• Scoliosis Research Society: www.srs.org

• Society for Back Pain Research: www.boa.ac.uk

• The Migraine Trust: www.migrainetrust.org

• The Sutherland Society: www.cranial.org.uk

Complementary Medicine Research Sites

• Research Council for Complementary Medicine: www.rccm.org.uk  A fee is charged for a search.

• Institute for Musculoskeletal Research and Clinical Implementation: www.imrci.ac.uk/

• National Research Register, UK: www.dh.gov.uk/research

• Bastyr University for naturopathic education: www.bastyr.edu

• National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of USA: www.nccam.nih.gov

• The Meridian Institute: http://meridianinstitute.com

Other Useful Websites

• University of Texas: http://atc.utmb.edu/altmed/ Information about a number of useful CAM sites and databases for students.

• Osteopathic Centre for Children: www.occ.uk.com

• Osteopathic Sports Care Association: www.osca.org.uk

• Children's Hospital Boston: www.childrenshospital.org/holistic/  The Centre for Holistic Paediatric Education and Research (CHPER) is devoted to improving the well being of children through advances in holistic healthcare.

Medical Reference Sites

• Online Medical Dictionary: http://cancerweb.nel.ac.uk/omd

• British National Formulary: www.bnf.org

• Radiographic Anatomy of the Skeleton: www.szote.u‑szeged.hu/Radiology/Anatomy/skeleton.htm

• Laboratory test results normal values: www.labtestsonline.org.uk

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