My Contract

These are the goals I was aiming to achieve over the past year as a final year student in osteopathy:

Pre-professional learning goals	Activities and methods	Evidence	Assessment / Evaluation
Applying techniques learnt in functional technique in my treatment to patients in clinic	Attending elective class, practicing with peers, and applying when appropriate the techniques to patients	Continuation sheets highlighting specific techniques, feedback from peers, clinic tutors, blog	Feedback from patients to see if these treatments are more or less effective and self reflection. Feedback clinic assessments, CCA’s, New Patient Clinic, OSPE’s
Applying techniques learnt in obstetrics and osteopathy in my treatment to patients in clinic	Attending elective class, practicing with peers, and applying when appropriate the techniques to patients	Continuation sheets highlighting specific techniques, feedback from peers, clinic tutors, blog	Feedback from patients to see if these treatments are more or less effective and self reflection. Feedback clinic assessments, CCA’s, New Patient Clinic, OSPE’s
Applying techniques learnt in IMS in my treatment to patients in clinic	Attending elective class, practicing with peers, and applying when appropriate the techniques to patients	Continuation sheets highlighting specific techniques, feedback from peers, clinic tutors, blog	Feedback from patients to see if these treatments are more or less effective and self reflection. Feedback clinic assessments, CCA’s, New Patient Clinic, OSPE’s
Sport specific osteopathy, rehabilitation	Attend sport specialist osteopathic clinics	Letter signed by osteopath proving my attendance, blog	Apply to patients involved in sport and see their response and recovery from injury via my treatment
Improve my knowledge of gait mechanics	Attend relevant Manus lectures, read relevant books, discuss with tutors	Blog, obtain signed document showing discussions have taken place	Apply this to patients, see if I can assess their gait and possibly improve my patients gait
Improve my knowledge of nutrition and osteopathy	Attend relevant Manus lectures, courses, read relevant books	Blog, obtain signed document showing discussions have taken place	Apply this to my patients, try and improve their diet, be able to give advice on what to eat to improve their overall health
Get a better understanding into Yoga and Pilates	Attend yoga/pilates classes, talk to instructors	Blog, obtain signed document showing discussions have taken place	Enable to advice patients on whether to go to yoga/pilates, which mode of yoga/pilates is best for them, what to expect at these classes