OSTEOPATHIC MODELS
between tradition and evidence-based practice
7th - 8th NOVEMBER 2024 | SARONNO | ITALY
9th Open Forum for Osteopathic Education conference
150 YEARS AFTER THE BIRTH OF OSTEOPATHY, LET’S DEBATE
Let's continue the debate
The idea is to respond to the request for a “Call for Paper” made by Steve Vogel with the editorial, published in 2021 by IJOM and thus discuss the theoretical models adopted so far. We will do this by involving 17 distinguished speakers, educators and researchers of international renown and from all over the world.
Osteopathy: between traditional models and new research
The debate is extremely necessary at this precise moment because osteopathy and therefore osteopathic education itself are facing an important transition.
On the one hand, the models and theories of tradition and, on the other, the innovation of research that refers to the bio-psycho-social model.
The bio-psycho-social model and manual treatment
Among the supporters of the bio-psycho-social model there are also those who question the real effect of manual treatment on the patients’ bodies. This is why it becomes necessary to ask questions and go back to confronting and making the tradition of manual therapy dialogue with the new evidence of research.
Let's get together: we are waiting for you
Like the other editions, this 9th conference of the OsEAN Open Forum is organised for teachers, educators, professionals and students in the osteopathic field.
Why an open forum?
In the last decade, Osteopathy has expanded with an impressive speed, therefore training proposals that require increasingly higher quality standards are rise.
Within this changing landscape, educational institutions and professionals seek to improve and grow individually, but together we can do better.
OsEAN, as a network, believes in the importance of exchange and cooperation.
The Open Forums are the concrete result of these firm convictions, born in 2009 to offer everyone a cooperative atmosphere of dialogue, comparison and sharing of best practices, but also updating.
Open Forum 2024 Programme
7th November
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09:00 – 09:20 » Raimund Engel (OsEAN Vice-President)
Warm welcome -
09:20 – 09:50 » Paul Vaucher
Models in Osteopathy and in other professions. -
09:50 – 10:20 » Jerry Draper-Rodi
The Osteopathic Models Research Project. -
10:20 – 10:30
Q & A Session
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10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
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11:00 – 11:30 » Nicholas Handoll
Still's Osteopathy. -
11:30 – 12:00 » Jason Haxton
Nature and Evidence Based Science of Dr. Still’s Philosophy. -
12:00 – 12:30 »
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12:30 – 12:50
Q & A Session
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12:50 – 13:00
Official photo session -
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
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14:00 – 14:40 » Gary Fryer
The tension between traditional and modern frameworks – navigating the clash of competing models for osteopathy. -
14:40 – 15:10 » Amanda Banton & Steven Vogel
Osteopathy as Relational Clinical Practice. -
15:10 – 15:40 » Alberto Maggiani
OsteoBPS – Perception of osteopaths with specific undergraduate biopsychosocial training regarding its usefulness in clinical practice: a mixed-method study.
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15:40 – 16:10
Coffee break
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16:10 – 16:40 » Daniel Orchard
Using Corticolimbic Pain Thresholds as a Model for Pain Management. -
16:40 – 17:10 » Andrée Aubin
A single model for osteopathy or several? -
17:40 – 18:10
Q & A Session
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20:00 – 23:30
Cocktail Dinner
8th November
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09:00 – 09:20 » Catherine Clair
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09:20 – 09:40 » Marianne Damgaard Jensen
Learning Clinical Reasoning through the Lense of Osteopathic Models. -
09:40 – 10:00 » Jöry Pauwels
A new approach to osteopathy teaching and healthcare. -
10:00 – 10:20 » Stéphane Renaudo
Experiential learning as a driver for the development of evidence-based practice skills.
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10:20 – 10:50
Coffee break
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10:50 – 11:10 » Hakim Mhadhbi & Julian Knoff Ims
Roots and Blooms: Navigating the Landscape of Osteopathic Education through the Lens of Liminality. -
11:10 – 11:30 » Matteo Turinetto
MOMO: an instructional tool for facilitating osteopathic models operationalization. -
11:30 – 11:50 » Giacomo Consorti
Total Curriculum Content Renovation: The Long Journey to Keep it Pure...and Current. The OsteoGeddon Project. -
11:50 – 13:00 » Panel tbd
Final Panel Discussion
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13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
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14:00 – 16:00 » Robert Muts & Jöry Pauwels
Working Groups
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16:00
Conclusion
Presenters
Andrée Aubin
DO
Andrée Aubin has a private practice in osteopathy since 1992 when she obtained her degree in osteopathy at the Centre ostéopathique du Québec (COQ) in Montreal, Quebec.
Amanda Banton
Osteopath, D.Prof (Ost)
Amanda Banton and Steven Vogel have collaborated in research and debate about models of osteopathy in research, teaching and practice…
Giacomo Consorti
D.O., MSc
Giacomo Consorti is an Italian osteopath and researcher. Co-founder of the thematic working group Osteopathy Track & Field and coordinator of the Education Department of the Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO) in Milan…
Marianne Damgaard Jensen
MSc BSc (Hons) Ost Med DO
Jerry Draper-Rodi
DProf (Ost), PG Dip, PG Cert, DO
Assoc. Prof. Gary Fryer
PhD, BSc(Osteo), ND
Gary Fryer is an Associate Professor and Course Chair in Osteopathy at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Gary completed his osteopathic training in 1990 and practiced osteopathy in Melbourne, Brisbane, and rural Victoria…
Nicholas Handoll
DO, FSCC
Jason Haxton
MA, D.O. (hc)
Jason Haxton, MA, DO (h.c.) has been the Director of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine since January 2001. Besides managing the only Osteopathic Museum created in 1934, he makes multiple international trips each year…
Julian Knoff Ims
D.O. MSc.
Julian Knoff Ims, a native of Norway, transitioned from an international career in ballet, to osteopathy, graduating with distinction from the Institut Toulousain d’Ostéopathie (ITO) in 2018…
Alberto Maggiani
P.T, D.O., BSc
Alberto Maggiani studied neurorehabilitation at the University of Pisa in the 1980s before beginning and completing his osteopathy studies in Milan during the 1990s…
Hakim Mhadhbi
MSc, D.O.
Hakim Mhadhbi completed his osteopathic training in 2005 and practices osteopathy in Rennes, France. He also completed post-graduate degrees in clinical anatomy, imaging…
Daniel Orchard
BSc (Hons), BOst, MSc (Pain)
Danny Orchard lectures in NMS and Pain Science and writes the pain curriculum for the UCO…
Catherine Clair
D.O. MSc(Ost) PGCertHE
Catherine is an experienced lecturer (MET, Structural techniques, Osteopathic management and Medical screening), examiner and dissertation supervisor for the undergraduate course as well as an experienced interpreter, lecturer, examiner and for the International department in UK.
Stéphane Renaudo
D.O., MSc
Matteo Turinetto
D.O. M.Sc. Ost. PgCert. Edu. mROI (MT)
Matteo Turinetto is senior lecturer, clinical tutor and Didactic Coordinator for Full time and Part time program at Istituto Superiore di Osteopatia (ISO)…
Paul Vaucher
PhD, MSc clinical trials, CAS health rights, DiO
Prof. Dr. Paul Vaucher has 19 years of experience in transdomain research working in applied social science, applied psychology, IT engineering and epidemiology…
Steven Vogel
D.O.
Jory Pauwels
DO, MSc
Jöry Pauwels (°1976) studied physiotherapy, manual therapy & education in teaching, continued at Flanders International College of Osteopathy, moving on from student to joint principal of FICO…
Poster Presenter
Christoph J. Baeumer
Dr., DO, MSc paed ost
61 years old, married, 3 children. Orthopedic surgeon, Osteopath, Pain therapist, Nutritional Specialist Modern Mayr Medicine, Postural specialist, physician with biological medical office- science based. Medical office since 23 years…
Melanie Betournay
D.O., MSc.
Melanie graduated in Kinesiology at Université de Montréal and in Osteopathy at Centre Ostéopathique du Québec (COQ). She has been working with chronic pain clients since 2007 and developed an interest in the biopsychosocial approach…
Cyril Clouszeau
DO, MSc
DO in 2001, MSc in 2007, teacher in osteopathic school since 2001, and researcher in ostéopathy since 2010…
Thomas Cornet
D.O.
My name is Thomas Cornet, I’m 23 years old and I graduated osteopathic school in June 2021. Today, I’m practicing in two different offices in Brittany, France…
Irina Egorova
MD, DO, PhD
V.Andrianov Institute of Osteopathic Medicine, Head of the Department of the Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University. In 1989, graduated from Leningrad Medical Institute of Pediatrics with a specialization in pediatric neurology; internship of children neurology…
Marco Farina
DO, BSc Ost (Hons), PGCert HE
Gilda Moretto
Bsc Ost Hons
In 2016, I completed my studies in Osteopathy by obtaining the Diploma in Osteopathy (DO) and Bachelor of Science in Osteopathy (BSc Ost Hons) at AIMO. Since 2016 I have been practising as an Osteopath in my private practice in Milan…
Laurianne Pinloche
DO, MSc, PhD
Gratuated in Osteopathy in 2012, Msc STAPS 2013, PhD in STAPS 2022. Self-employed Osteopath. Teacher, pedagogic coordinator and Head of the Thesis and Research Department in CEESO Lyon…
Abstract
| Conference Fees | Regular | Late registration |
| 16 May – 15 Oct | 16 Oct – 6 Nov | |
| Attendee | € 420.00 | € 450.00 |
| Presenters | € 220.00 | € 250.00 |
| Translator | € 220.00 | € 220.00 |
| Student* | € 160.00 / € 145.00* | € 160.00 / € 145.00* |
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