Graduate outcomes and standards for education and training
The Graduate Outcomes and Standards for Education and Training help the GOsC to monitor and assure the quality of osteopathic education.
Graduate Outcomes
The Graduate Outcomes are designed to help students demonstrate that they meet the Osteopathic Practice Standards before they graduate and join the Register.
The outcomes are mapped to the four themes of the Osteopathic Practice Standards, covering:
A: Communication and patient partnership
B: Knowledge, skills and performance
C: Safety and quality in practice
D: Professionalism
The outcomes also include specific requirements about the clinical experience graduates need to have during their training.
Read the Graduate Outcomes in full
Standards for Education and Training
The Standards for Education and Training set clear requirements about the resources, culture and environment within which osteopathic education providers should deliver their education and training programmes.
The standards have also been designed to support graduates to deliver high quality patient care and safe practice. The standards are divided into nine themes, including:
- Programme design, delivery and assessment
- Programme governance, leadership and management
- Learning culture
- Quality evaluation, review and assurance
- Resources
- Students
- Clinical experience
- Staff support and development
- Patients
The Graduate Outcomes and Standards for Education and Training should be read alongside other published guidance about student fitness to practise and studying osteopathy with a disability or health condition.