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Course
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Standard
course
- An introductory
distance learning component prior to an intensive course of ten days
over two weeks
- After
the intensive two weeks the remaining 52 weeks of the course is supervised
patient care in the clinic
- Students
attend for three days each week, 0930 to 1700 hrs for the whole course.
- Technique
teaching - concurrent with the clinic teaching, there is technique teaching
for half a day a week for 27 weeks
- Four
weeks leave are permitted, which excludes a week over Christmas when
the clinic is closed. A maximum of two consecutive weeks of leave are
allowed to maintain progression of palpatory and proprioceptive skills.
- Lunchtimes
throughout the course are also used for teaching.
- Students
are responsible for the care of the patients in the clinic under supervision
of the tutors.
Extended
course
- An introductory
distance learning component prior to an intensive course of ten days
over two weeks
- After
the intensive two weeks the remainder of the course is supervised patient
care in the clinic
- Students
attend for one or two days each week, 0930 to 1700 hrs for the whole
course.
- The course
then runs over two years. As well as the clinic based learning there
is technique teaching. Technique One for 12 weeks which requires attendance
two days each week. Subsequent attendance is 1-2 days a week, and Technique
Two runs on alternate weeks for a total of 15 teaching sessions.
- Four
weeks leave are permitted each year, which excludes a week over Christmas
when the clinic is closed. A maximum of two consecutive weeks of leave
are allowed to maintain progression of palpatory and proprioceptive
skills.
- Lunchtimes
throughout the course are also used for teaching.
- Students
are responsible for the care of the patients in the clinic under supervision
of the tutors.
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