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Course structure

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.