Welcome to the National Council
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Research Opportunities Progress of the osteopathic adverse events studies Proposal 1: Adverse events associated with physical interventions in osteopathy and relevant manual therapies The successful lead applicant for this study was Dr Dawn Carnes (Barts and The London) in collaboration with Mrs Brenda Mullinger (European School of Osteopathy) and Professor Martin Underwood University of Warwick Medical School). This project has now finished. The findings of one part of the study have been published and can be found in the paper: Carnes D, Mullinger B, Underwood M. Defining adverse events in manual therapies: A modified Delphi consensus study. Man Ther. 2009 May 12. [Epub ahead of print]. A second paper concerning the systematic review of the literature can be found at The full text of these papers in Volume 15 of Manual Therapy journal should be available via the Elsevier portal which is accessible through the O-zone on the GOsC website (www.osteopathy.org.uk) in the section marked "Research Resources". Proposal 2: Communicating risk and obtaining consent in osteopathic practice The successful lead applicant was Dr Janine Leach (University of Brighton) in collaboration with Dr Anne Mandy (University of Brighton), Mr Matthew Hankins (Brighton and Sussex Medical School) and Ms Rachel Ives (College of Osteopaths). This project is nearing completion. A copy of the full project report will be available on the GOsC website once it is finalised. Proposal 3: Insurance claim trends and patient complaints to the profession's regulator The successful lead applicant was Dr Janine Leach (University of Brighton) in collaboration with Dr Anne Mandy (University of Brighton), Mrs Brenda Mullinger (European School of Osteopathy) and Ms Rachel Ives (College of Osteopaths). This project has finished and the final report is being completed. The full project report will be available on the GOsC website once it is finalised. Proposal 4: Investigating osteopaths' attitudes to managing and assessing risk in clinical settings and patients' experiences and responses to osteopathic treatment The successful lead applicant was Mr Steven Vogel (British School of Osteopathy) in collaboration with Dr Tamar Pincus (Royal Holloway, University of London), Professor Martin Underwood (University of Warwick Medical School) and Dr Sandra Eldridge (Barts and The London). This project began at the end of July, 2009 and is nearing completion. The study has been entitled the Clinical Risk, Osteopathy and Management (CROaM) study. Further information concerning the study can be found at www.bso.ac.uk/croam.htm.
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