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Permalink Reply by claire O Mahony on May 6, 2008 at 10:39pm

Well im sure we have opened up a Pandora's Box! So the important questions then,
do you feel fulfilled as an Osteopath on a personal level, educational level or is there a
burning desire to do more courses or hunt down more knowledge?

Do you think you have the balanced package lifestyle? Is is fact or fiction in reality?

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Permalink Reply by Mary on July 2, 2008 at 4:27pm

I'd like to know how full-time osteopaths feel about spending all their time in a room, and one in which they work one-on-one. Don't you ever feel the need to get out and about, or work in a creative team environment?

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Permalink Reply by Nancy 1 day ago

Being a full time osteopath can take very different forms and there are lots of different "styles" of practice, so you won't necessarily be in this situation. Personally I divide my time between teaching (2-2.5 days) and practice (3-3.5 days). Teaching is obviously very much a team environment (I teach mostly postgraduate osteopaths, so clinical supervision is about treating patients as a team effort).

In practice, I've always worked in a big group practice where osteopaths are not designated their own room (I change rooms between patients, or at least return to the office to wash my hands and pick up new notes) and during breaks/lunch there are other osteopaths around in the office.

This was a choice I made because I do very much like a team environment....having access to other osteopaths with different ideas is also good for development as a practitioner.

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