Become an OSTEOPATH in Germany in 6 months. Tuition 4420 EURO.
National Academy of Osteopathy offers a DOMP (Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practice) to German physiotherapists, massage therapists & other health practitioners that can be completed in as little as six months, 100% online across Germany (classes are in English). German student without prior health education complete the program in 1 year.
Those German students interested to study in-campus can attend the York University Heights campus of NAO in Toronto (Canada). Optional practical technique classes (for online German students) are provided in Spain, Canada and elsewhere.
NAO has graduated many osteopaths in Germany in the past 4 years. Our German alumni are permitted to work in Germany and all other European countries. You are eligible to open your own osteopathy clinic in Germany upon graduation or you may seek employment in other clinics and medical centers as an osteopath.
FORMAL PUBLIC-PROTECTION COMPLAINT
ReplyDeleteUse of “Doctor,” “Osteopath,” “Doctor of Osteopathy” and “DO” Titles in Ontario
To: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)
Re: National Academy of Osteopathy (NAO), National University of Medical Sciences (NUMSS), and representations associated with Mr. Shahin Pourgol
Dear College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario:
I am writing to raise a public-protection concern regarding the proliferation in Ontario of private and/or online manual osteopathy credentials and, in particular, the use of terminology such as “Doctor of Osteopathy,” “DO,” “osteopath,” “osteopathic,” and “doctor” by individuals who are not physicians registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
My concern relates particularly to the National Academy of Osteopathy (“NAO”) in Ontario and the National University of Medical Sciences (“NUMSS”) in Spain, as well as the manner in which credentials associated with these institutions may be represented to members of the Ontario public.
NAO advertises education in osteopathic manual practice, including an online program leading to a Diploma in Osteopathic Manual Practice. NUMSS advertises an online Doctor of Osteopathy (“DO”) program. Based on the institutions’ publicly available descriptions, portions of the education may be completed remotely or through prerecorded online instruction, with admission pathways and program duration varying according to an applicant’s prior education.
The resulting situation raises, in my view, a serious issue of potential public confusion. A member of the Ontario public encountering an individual displaying the credentials “DO,” “Doctor of Osteopathy,” “Dr.,” “osteopath,” or similar terminology may reasonably believe that the individual is an osteopathic physician, a medical doctor, or otherwise a regulated medical practitioner.
This concern is heightened by the fact that in the United States the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (“DO”) is a professional medical degree. Graduates of accredited American osteopathic medical schools are physicians who undergo medical education, clinical training, licensing examinations and postgraduate residency training. An online or manual-osteopathy “Doctor of Osteopathy” credential is fundamentally different from that medical qualification, notwithstanding the similarity of the terminology and abbreviation.