Research project to explore fourth year osteopath's motivations for studying and practising osteopathy.
Item
- Title
- Research project to explore fourth year osteopath's motivations for studying and practising osteopathy.
- Author(s)
- Aylen Frances
- Abstract
- A sample of ten fourth year students at the British school of Osteopathy (B.S.O.) were interviewed to discover what motivated them to study osteopathy. The subjects were asked questions which reflected on their previous experience, interpretation of osteopathy, the qualities they held to be important for the practise of osteopathy and lastly whether they were aware of any spiritual domain in their approach to osteopathy. The interview was designed to elicit their opinions on these themes and to see if there was any correlation between fourth year students' motivations. The data collected was then interpreted to ascertain if there was any relationship between previous experience, personal qualities and their current interpretation of what being an osteopath means to them. Ten fourth year students at the B.S.O were selected to be interviewed. The interviews were taped, transcribed and then analysed using a qualitative methodology called grounded theory. During analysis the information generated by the interviews was interpreted and separated into sub-categories and categories which when analysed together formed themes. Students identified positive qualities that they had bought to their treatment as being: physical and cognitive; their ability to be empathic, and having good communication skills. Areas where they felt their qualities had improved were in an increased awareness of osteopathic ability in palpation and application of concepts, an ability to convey intent of the treatment verbally and physically, and better control over the patient/practitioner relationship. Finally, the students reported on positive and negative aspects of the course; most positive aspect was the good feeling derived from a successful treatment outcome and most negative aspects were stress, exhaustion and a decrease in confidence levels.
- Abstract
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 1999
- Date Submitted
- 11.8.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12221
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Osteopathic Education,Student Motivation,Students
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Aylen Frances, “Research project to explore fourth year osteopath's motivations for studying and practising osteopathy.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 1, 2025, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/2241