Graduation Ceremony 2010

This year’s graduation ceremony took place on Friday 9th July, returning once again to the impressive venue of All Saints Church to mark the culmination of years of intense study for our graduands. 

The BSc (Hons) Degree was awarded to 52 students, with 14 Russian students awarded the Diploma in Osteopathy (International).  Individual prizes were awarded to Sophia Meyer (Best Student), Katherine Terry (Research Working Group Project Prize) and Lauren Manning (Best Clinical Student).  This year’s ceremony had a truly international feel, with 11 different countries represented (Britain, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia and Switzerland).

Commenting on the graduation ceremony, Adrian Barnes said:

"This year’s graduation ceremony was a wonderful celebration of our students’ achievements, made all the more special by the presence of co-founder and former Principal, Margery Bloomfield.  As well as being a special occasion for graduates and their families, the event also marked a key date in the School’s history, as the first cohort of University of Greenwich students received their awards.

I would like to thank all those involved in organizing the event and I’m sure I speak for everyone at the School in wishing our graduates every success in their chosen career." 

Light refreshments were provided after the ceremony which gave graduates, families, friends, faculty and staff time to reflect on another very successful year for the School.

Boxley House becomes an exclusive wedding venue

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.

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.

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.

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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