Graduation Ceremony 2011
Congratulations to all those who graduated from the School on Friday 8th July. For the first time in the School's history, this year's graduates' hard work resulted in them being awarded a Master of Osteopathy degree, a very special award as the course requires students to reach high levels of academic, clinical and personal development. Joining our M.Ost graduates were 22 students from our Russian International Partner schools, awarded the Diploma in Osteopathy (International), and 7 recipients of the MSc Osteopathy degree.
All agreed that the day was a really enjoyable and memorable event.
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Celebrating ESO Research
The ESO’s first in-house Research Conference took place at the Boxley House campus on Saturday 13th November 2010. The event, held to celebrate the School’s research achievements, was a huge success, with around 75 students, faculty and staff in attendance. As well as presentations on a number of well-received undergraduate investigations, we were delighted to welcome back to the School two keynote speakers, former Vice Principal Christian Fossum (now Principal of the Nordic Academy of Osteopathy in Oslo, Norway - pictured right) and former lecturer Dr Robert Froud (now researcher at the Centre for Health Sciences at Barts and
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Big Fun Run
On Sunday 10th October 2010 a group of ESO Clinic students and tutors provided free post-run massage treatments for people taking part in Maidstone’s Big Fun Run. The fantastic weather, great atmosphere and happy people combined to create a really enjoyable event.
A big thank you and congratulations to all those who took part!
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Helping Hands - Free osteopathic care for those most in need
After an amazing response to last year’s Helping Hands Scheme, we are pleased to announce that this has now become an annual community project. Helen Jenkins, ESO Head of Clinic, explains “The scheme is a direct approach to the local Maidstone community offering free osteopathic treatments to those who may most benefit but cannot afford treatment. There are 20 Helping Hands places available, with each patient provided with an initial thorough consultation and up to 6 treatments at the ESO Clinic, depending on their requirements.” Visit the ESO Clinic website for further information.
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The European School of Osteopathy is delighted to announce a new academic partner: the Polska Szkola Osteopatii (Polish School of Osteopathy) based in Warsaw.
Jonathan Parsons, Head of Department (International), explains "Following successful discussions between Mr Ireneusz Czapski, Directeur, and the ESO management, we are all looking forward to starting this new collaboration. The first seminar in Warsaw is scheduled for January 2011 and we are already making preparations to welcome the first group of Polish students at Boxley in the summer. We wish them all the best in their osteopathic studies."
For more information on Polska Szkola Osteopatii please visit www.osteopolska.pl
Boxley House becomes an exclusive wedding venue
Boxley House is now available on selected weekends through the summer months for wedding ceremonies and celebrations. A licence is in place for Civil Ceremonies in the Drawing Room and the Terrace Suite. Available at times when no academic activities are taking place, the wedding service will allow important funds to be raised for both the maintenance of the school and to improve facilities available to our students and patients. For further information visit www.inspiredweddingvenues.com
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New Head of Clinic appointed
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Helen Jenkins to this important senior management role. A graduate of the Maidstone College of Osteopathy (MCO), Helen first worked as an associate in a practice in Crystal Palace before setting up her own practice in Maidstone. Helen has had many years experience in osteopathic education, working at the MCO as a lecturer in Anatomy, Pathology and Nutrition and as a clinic tutor. In 1996, she was appointed Academic Registrar/Course Leader at the MCO and was part of the team which achieved validation for the BSc(Hons) Osteopathic Medicine degree for NESCOT. She also worked with the team attaining validation of the M.Ost and post graduate MSc for Nescot/SIOM in 2008 and was part of the Subject Benchmarking team for Osteopathy. We wish Helen every success in her new role.
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Margery Bloomfield pays a visit to Boxley
Margery Bloomfield, one of the founding principals of the ESO, visited the school in April for a special reading and book signing. Margery has had a wonderful response to her book “Tree of Life” and students were keen to hear first hand stories and anecdotes from her time working with the college.
The book is now available on-line from Amazon and Waterstones, (ISBN: 978-1-907172-52-6), priced at £12.99, with all proceeds going to the ESO Student Hardship Fund. |
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Popular DNS Course returns to Boxley
| Following an immensely popular introductory course held in January this year, we are delighted to confirm the return of Professor Kolar and his team for a series of Dynamic Neurmuscular Stabilization courses.
For those not not familiar with DNS treatment, it is described as a new method of intrinsic locomotor system stabilisation. DNS courses are based on neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, muscle physiology and kinesiology with an emphasis on diagnostics. Further information is available on our Postgraduate Events page.
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New Ultra-Sound Clinic at Tonbridge Road
Following an extremely popular pilot scheme, we now offer a weekly diagnostic ultrasound service at the teaching clinic, overseen by lecturer and Imaging Specialist, Lance Bird. Steven Bettles explains “This is a great addition to the service offered to our patients and to the learning resources of our students. The service is also open to other local practioners, who are able to refer patients in order to obtain a clearer diagnosis, an obvious benefit to the wider community.”
Undergraduate Project sees the light of day
In a first for the ESO, an undergraduate project conducted by Maria Sonberg, class of 2006, has been written up and published as a research paper in the IJOM. Maria found evidence suggesting that osteopathic treatment of post menopausal women being medically treated for hypothyroidism can result in reductions in pain. Also, the pain interferred less with everyday activities. Although small, studies like this are an important first step towards conducting more powerful research. The abstract is available to view on line at
www.sciencedirect.com.
Two more research papers linked to the ESO
The ESO now has another two publications to add to its list! These relate to the ‘Systematic review of adverse events’ project carried out by Dr Dawn Carnes and Tom Mars (Barts and The London) in conjunction with the ESO. Links to the abstracts of all ESO research publications can be found on one of several new Research pages on the ESO website.
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