In the latest episode of our podcast In Conversation with the GOsC, our Head of Policy and Education, Steven Bettles speaks with osteopath Rosi Sexton about working with neurodivergent patients and colleagues within osteopathy. Rosi talks about her own journey into osteopathy and her autism and ADHD diagnosis, and how this has impacted and influenced her work with patients, including some of the small adjustments or accommodations practitioners can make when working with neurodivergent patients.

You can find out more about Rosi and Olton Health on their website [https://www.oltonhealth.com/] as well as on their Instagram at @oltonhealthperformance [https://www.instagram.com/oltonhealthandperformance/]. Rosi is also working on making musculoskeletal healthcare more accessible to neurodivergent people and helping MSK professionals to better understand the needs of neurodivergent people, and you can follow the journey at @neuroflect [https://www.instagram.com/neuroflectuk?igsh=MTZjczBtOTM5ZjkxeQ==] on Instagram.

Working with neurodivergent patients and colleagues

In the latest episode of In conversation with the GOsC, our Head of Policy and Education Steven Bettles speaks with Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi, Director of NCOR, Associate Professor at the University College of Osteopathy, and practising osteopath, about how research can inform day to day practice for osteopaths. They discuss how research can contribute to the whole experience of working with patients and how Jerry’s experience has changed how he works. They also speak about Jerry’s role at the National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) and the resources they have available for osteopaths to support their work and CPD.

Find out more about NCOR: https://ncor.org.uk/

How research can support working with patients

In this episode our host, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy and Education, speaks with Sheleen McCormack, our Director for Fitness to Practise about GOsC’s fitness to practise (FtP) process and also addresses some of the most common misconceptions.

Sheleen shares information about the Independent Support Service (ISS) [https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/standards/fitness-to-practise/the-independent-support-service/] and how both complainants and osteopaths can be supported during the FtP process.

Visit our website to find out more about fitness to practise [https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/standards/fitness-to-practise/] and our concerns process [https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/raise-a-concern/].

Understanding the Fitness to Practise process

Welcome to the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) podcast. In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy and Education, speaks with Laura Turner about Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Laura has just completed her first CPD cycle and she and Steven discuss how she found the process, the advantages of tracking your CPD, and how CPD can enhance practice.

Our CPD website [https://cpd.osteopathy.org.uk/] has so many great resources to support osteopaths with their CPD and if you have any questions you can always contact us at info@osteopathy.org.uk.

How to approach your first three years of CPD with Laura Turner

This episode is slightly different to the others, as this was recorded back in September 2018. It's a discussion with Professor Bill Fulford of the Collaborating Centre for Values Based Practice, and the late and much missed Professor Stephen Tyreman of the University College of Osteopathy, and it explores the concept of values based practice, what this means and how it can be implemented. Both Bill Fulford and Stephen Tyreman were instrumental in supporting us develop our own thinking in this area, in collaboration with osteopaths, patients, educators and others, and this led to the development of our resources to support osteopaths and patients to make decisions about care together, taking into account what's important to each of them. These are available on our website here [https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/news-and-resources/publications/resources-to-support-decision-making-with-patients/].

We're grateful to Stephen's family for allowing us to continue to use this recording, and we hope that you find it helpful.

In conversation with the GOsC: Shared decision making in practice

Welcome to the General Osteopathic Council podcast. In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy at GOsC, speaks with fellow osteopath Claire Piper about mentorship. Claire shares why mentorship is really useful, not only to less experienced osteopaths who may be looking for support, but also for the osteopaths who have been in the profession a long time and may benefit from becoming a mentor themselves.

Institute of Osteopathy Mentoring Platform: https://www.iosteopathy.org/members-zone/cpd-learning-and-development/mentoring/



Mentorship with Claire Piper

Welcome to the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) podcast. In this episode, Steven Bettles, Head of Policy and Education, speaks with Rachel Heatley, Senior Policy and Research Officer at GOsC, about how speaking with patients informs our work, and why this is important. They discuss the importance of incorporating patient’s perspective into our work and shares some examples of where patients have been involved and helped inform our work.

Patient involvement and shared decision making with Rachel Heatley

Find out more about the General Osteopathic Council, the work we do, and how we support osteopaths and members of the public in our podcast series. Join our presenter, Steven Bettles, as he speaks with colleagues and experts in the osteopathic profession about issues affecting the profession and our work as a regulator as well as answer some of the burning questions we get asked by osteopaths, patients, and members of the public.