Brief for GP refresher course

13th March 2000

1. What is Osteopathy ? Details of the profession and changes which have come about since the Osteopathy Act of 1993.
2. Advantages of Osteopathy and treatment statistics
3. Areas of expertise and ways in which osteopaths can help in patient-centred management.
4. Conditions which can benefit from osteopathic intervention and conditions in which osteopthic treatment is contraindicated. Conditions most commonly treated by Osteopathy.
5. Osteopathic training - a short outline.