After Graduation

After graduation, there are a number of possible areas of practice to consider.

PRACTICE:  Private Practice, NHS Practice, Specialist Practice
Most BCOM graduates set up or join osteopathic practices. It is usually the role that first attracted them to the profession and encapsulates the therapeutic skills and patient contact that has fascinated generations of practitioners. There are additional opportunities for work within the NHS. Specialist practice is another fascinating route: BCOM graduate Annabel Jenks has set up one of the most successful animal osteopathy practices in the country.

CORPORATE:  Broadcasting, Publishing, Consultancy
It may be a surprise but there are many opportunities for media and corporate work for osteopathy graduates. BCOM graduate and President of the Alumni Association Michael van Straten is perhaps Britain’s best-known osteopath in the media, with many books and television and radio programmes in his career. There are additional roles in corporate consultancy as increasing numbers of major organisations require professional advice and input for musculo-skeletal and health issues among their staff.

EDUCATION: Teaching, Research, Regulation
Many of our graduates go into full- or part-time teaching both at BCOM and elsewhere. The BCOM Principal and the Head of Osteopathy are both College graduates, as are numerous senior osteopathic educators. BCOM is one of the most influential osteopathic research institutions in the world. Our graduates extend their academic lives with research work, which is encouraged by the Osteopaths Act 1993. Crucial to Osteopathic Education is the regulatory role of the General Osteopathic Council, which approves osteopathic graduates as practitioners and the institutions that train them.

 Daniel Winfield
 Daniel was the prize winner for Best
 Naturopathic Research project in his
 final year...
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  Tracy Hannigan
  Tracy graduated in 2012, and is now
  running her own practice in West London ...
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 Sara Randall
 After becoming a Midwife in 2002 I became
 inspired and motivated to continue my
 professional studies... read more

 The Cram Family
 Two generations of the family meeting
 at the College...
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