BSc (Hons) Osteopathy Conversion Degree for Diplomates, often known as the Conversion Course, is a 10-month post-basic training course which consists of two parts. Completion of this degree does not confer eligibility for membership to the General Osteopathic Council. It serves solely as an academic top-up to an osteopathic honours degree. Please contact Van Treptow for more information.

PART I (Block-teaching attendance)
Providing 60 hours of contact tuition (lectures and workshops) in two blocks (covering the taught modules, Research Methods, Advances in Osteopathic Medicine and Reflective Practice).   Each block is of one week’s duration either at the BCOM or other designated European campus. Each module represents a notional 150 hours of study time (300 for the double module Reflective Practice, including reflection upon individual students’ practice history).

PART II (Project: Research Paper)
Consisting of an in-practice research element, the Project, including collecting patient data and data-processing together with supporting theory and proposal, to create a journal-ready paper. There is regular contact with supervisors (personally or by email, phone, or fax) that culminates in the presentation of a final project. The Project represents a notional 300 hours of study time. This second element will follow directly from Part I for a period of normally up to ten months.

Applicants to the degree course must normally have completed the four year full-time Diploma Course in Osteopathy at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM) and have been awarded a D.O.

OR

• have completed a similar full time Diploma course (minimum of 4 years duration) to that above
• and possess full professional registration with an osteopathic registering body in their country of domicile
• and have submitted a Curriculum Vitae plus course resume (together with osteopathic and clinical transcripts)
• and have fluency in the English language to the level of TOFEL 575 or IELTS 6.5
• and have attended an interview to assess their suitability to meet the aims of the course.