The Tales of Osteopathy Students

This week we talk about our dissertation projects and the topics we worked on. Chelsea discusses her exploration into palliative care and if osteopaths are interested in working within that field. V talks about education into women's health and the lack of it! Both topics we are really passionate about and loved looking into.We talk a little bit about the process we went through to put these projects together, so if you are heading into your final year, we have a few top tips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a hot minute but we are back after an intensive few months. We are so excited to be back and have a lot to share about our final year as students. We've got some life updates for you and with only a few weeks before we officially qualify, we chat about our final clinical assessments and our experience of working in some of the specialist clinics we have at UCO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have the absolute joy of interviewing one of our cohort, Mr Andrew Saunders. Andrew previously qualified as an osteopath way back when and shares with us his insights into the difference in the courses.Andrew shares with us about his life in between osteopathy and his exciting plans for the future.

This week we are back with a MEDICAL STORY TIME! Recently in the news you may have seen that the first womb transplant took place in the UK in February this year and of course we could not resist taking a deep dive into it.We talk a bit about the first transplant in the UK, along with some of the risks and complications and the first baby born from a womb transplant which took place in Sweden in 2014.

This week we talk through a summary of all of the different subjects we covered over our 4th year along with a bit about assessments. Discussion pathology, NMS (neuromuscular system), neurology, pain science, research and enquiry, technique, rehab and professionalism. It's been a busy year! We finish off the episode with a few of our absolute fave food and drink spots near uni. Because we all secretly know that this is a food podcast.

We are back and talking about all things clinic. We discuss our experience of assessments throughout the academic year, Chelsea's experience of working in some of the specialists clinics and our top tips for anyone going into clinic, whether you are observing  or starting to take the lead.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope you've had a wonderful Christmas break. This week we start of with a round up of term 1 of year and end up deep in discussion around the moral complexities of being a practionner. Chelsea and V chat about Chelsea's Christmas clinic block and their ideas for their future clinic design. Along with having an interesting discussion around patient boundaries, gift giving and thoughts around working on your own compared to working with a team of osteopaths.

This week we are attempting to uncomplicate all of the spondylollylolilololsis. We touch on spondylosis, spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis. Discussing prevalence, grades and management plans. We also talk about Chelsea's experience at the UCO graduation ceremony.

This week Chelsea and V talk to Dr Oliver Thomson PhD. Prior to his studies as an Osteopath, Oliver also has a Master' degree in Sports and Exercise Rehabilitation from St Mary's University, and then gained his PhD in osteopathy in 2013 from the Clinical Research Centre for Health Professions at the University of Brighton. He also works as an Associate Professor at the University College of Osteopathy, where he leads the PhD course . He is one of a very small number of osteopaths awarded a Professorship title in the UK and worldwide, and Dr Thomson is considered one of the leading authorities on osteopathic practice and research.

This week we have another... MEDICAL STORY TIIIIME! This week it's V's turn and as you can imagine, Chelsea is horrified. V tell's us all about the ancient Egyptian mummification process and corpse medicine. It is as horrible as it sounds. 

It's MEDICAL STORY TIIIIIIME! After a big hiatus, medical story time is BACK and with a bang. This week we are talking about mesh implants also known as transvaginal tape. We also talk about Lisa Megginson who has donated her mesh implant to the surgeon's hall museum in Edinburgh to help raise awareness of the side effects that some women have suffered from having these implants.

This week Chelsea and V have another guest, Danny Miller. Danny is a practice educator at the UCO clinic, a practicing Osteopath in Wandsworth and is currently completing a PhD in Health psychology. We talk about Danny's background in the finance world and what led him to osteopathy along with some classic Danny wisdom and his top clinic tips.

It's another speedy speed pathology episode, this week Chelsea talks about Temporal arteritis, also known as giant cell arteritis. It's a medical emergency so if you think your patient may have this then you need to refer them to A&E quickly. We discuss clinical signs and symptoms, along with risk factors and treatment.

This week we are back with another pathology, Peripheral Arterial Disease, to continue our cardiovascular series.We'd highly recommend checking out the clinical handbook "Mind the Gap" which highlights how clinical signs and symptoms can appear differently on black and brown skin, essential reading for any clinician: https://www.blackandbrownskin.co.uk/mindthegap 

We've just had a weekend at uni so feeling slight delirious with brains full of information! This week we talk about our experience of uni this weekend including working on the occipitoatlanto joint, starting to think about our final project for research, pain science and rehab lessons. We also chat about our time in clinic this week. Our main focus today is on solo practitioner safety. Whether you are an osteopath or other healthcare practitioner that hires a space and works alone, then safety is a big consideration. We talk about some of the things to be aware of, along with a few tips to keep yourself safe.

This week we are back on the pathology / pathophysiology train. We will be exploring pathologies from a more clinical context as this is what will help support us with our studies (and hopefully yours) going forward.We start off with atherosclerosis, which is the process of depositing lipids in the artery walls and hardening of these walls which in turn can cause cardiovascular disease. We discuss the risk factors, co-morbidities, clinical signs and symptoms, prevention and treatment.References:Our university lecturesNICE guidelines Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists the 6th Edition by Catherine Goodman

It's week two of the clinic block and both Chelsea and V are very very tried. We have a guest summary of their week in clinic from the wonderful Andrew Saunders, who we will be talking to in a full episode at a later date. Along with Chelsea's top tips for what you need in clinic.

Chelsea and V have just spent two weeks at the UCO clinic for their summer block. At the end of each day, they record a brief summary of their experience to give you an insight into life at the uni clinic and as part of reflective practice. We hope you enjoy our very tired ramblings.

After a big old hiatus, Chelsea and V are back. This week they talk about how they found the 3rd year of their degree, what was great and not so great and some top tips for any of those starting their 3rd year this September.

This week it's the return of medical story time! V tells us all about the thalidomide scandal of the late 1950s and early 1960s that effected countless families across Europe. Along with the story of one incredible woman Dr Frances Kelsey who single handedly managed to stop the drug ever hitting the US market and potentially saved thousands of lives.

This week we have our first ever non-osteopath or osteopathic student on the podcast! With the mountain of knowledge that we have to learn during this degree, we decided to get some help from outside of the profession and spoke to Chelsea's partner, Jack Martin, who is currently doing a PGCE. As someone who is literally training in how to teach students, he provided us with some amazing ideas on how to learn and retain information. As we have a lot of self study to do, where we have to be our own teacher, Jack suggested the idea of having "teacher days" and "learner days". Teacher days, where you are collecting all of your assets and planning, learner days where you just learner. It turns out the key to learning is making it fun.We absolutely loved talking to Jack and are now full of ideas and itching to get studying.You can check out all of Jack's creative projects here: http://jackariah.com/

This week Chelsea and V talk about their mock OSPE, ideas on how to manage exam stress and attempt to name the 17 muscles attached to the shoulder blade.Plus V lets us into her secret magical world of Michelin star worthy food creations.

After a long hiatus we are back! We have a chat about our experience so far in third year and our time in clinic, along with a nice little quiz on the muscles of the foot.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! We're back with a little round up episode of the year, we chat about our experience of this academic year, top reads and what we are looking forward to most on our Christmas Dinner, plus the general chit chat you expect from your pals, Chels and V. Merry Christmas all and See you in 2022!

This week Chelsea and V had the absolute pleasure of talking to the amazing Yinka Fabusuyi. Chelsea and V have always been wowed by Yinka since she taught them Communications at the UCO in their first and second year. Yinka is still a Senior Practice Educator at the UCO Clinic along with having her own private practice. Yinka is an incredibly experienced clinician and worked in the NHS as an osteopath for over 18 years. To top everything off she is also a Yoga Teacher, as you can imagine Chelsea wasted no time in asking her questions about yoga!

Continuing Black History Month we are celebrating the hero that has been lost to the pages of history and deserves to have her name shouted from the rooftops. This week we talk about the incredible Mary Seacole. A Jamaican Nurse and healer, her contribution to the British Army during the Crimean War is rarely discussed. After being rejected by the British Army and the Nurses, she travelled to Crimea herself and set up the British Hotel off of her own back to treat the wounded. An absolute hero that all of us should know about and celebrate.

This week Chelsea and V are back with an alternative therapy and medical story time. Chelsea introduces us to Traditional African Medicine and V tells us all about Henrietta Lacks.

This week Chelsea and V are feeling those autumnal vibes as we continue our journey through the endocrine system. V talks to us about the physiology of the bodies stress response.

Chelsea and V are both ill, again, but they've powered on through to bring you Endocrine Organs part 2. Starting with our favourite, the hats of the kidneys, the adrenal glands.

This week Chelsea and V are finally back after their unexpected break and are right back in with an A&P episode. Throughout this season e will be diving deep into the Endocrine system and we are kicking things off by discussing the Location, anatomy, function, hormones released and pathologies of the organs. 

We had a week off as Chelsea has been on holiday, so we are back with one of V's medical stories and it is a great one. There is as ever, a lot of chat about tea!

This week we have an amazing conversation with the wonderful Andrew MacMillan.Andrew is a specialist paediatric Osteopath, is the unit leader for research at UCO and lectures in sports rehabilitation and technique at LSO on top of that he is an EdD student! There are some amazing insights into the wonder that is paediatric osteopathy and how wonderful research can really be.Here are some links to his research and also some great resources as recommend by Andrew.Info for people leaving the military and wanting to be AHPs.Career changers - the armed forces | Health Education England (hee.nhs.uk)OU free study skills course:  For Study - OpenLearn - Open UniversityGreat books for students: Stella Cottrell (Author of The Study Skills Handbook) (goodreads.com)Andrew's ResearchMasterclass: Axial Spondyloarthritis for Osteopaths and Manual Therapists - International Journal of Osteopathic MedicineInclusivity and accessibility in undergraduate osteopathic education for students with disability: a scoping review - International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

This week Chelsea and V tell you everything you need to know about choosing and applying to university. Including top tips for your university interview, finances and getting started in your new home town.This episode is useful for everyone applying to university, along with those who are already students.

This week we are back with the first Alternative Therapy and Medical Story of Season 3. Chelsea discovers Osteomyology, which turns out to be more than similar to Osteopathy. In V's medical story, she tells us all about the amazing Franja Bojc Bidovec and the Franja Partisan Hospital.

This week are back with an A+P episode, V tells us all about the menstrual cycle and Chelsea gives us Ayurveda's perspective with some tips to love your uterus.

This week Chelsea and V chat to their first ever qualified Osteopath, the amazing Dan Brown. Dan is an Osteopath based in Whitstable and a clinic tutor. Chelsea and V were lucky enough to have Dan Brown as their tutor in first year for technique, Dan also still teaches at the ESO. Dan has a great YouTube channel where he discusses his clinical thought of the week which you can access here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCph_C7OmYzBULpwAaSOuEyw 

It's season 3 and we are hella excited! Chelsea and V chat about their experience over exam season and what they have been up to over these last 2 months.

It's the final episode of season 2, we are taking a couple of months off to focus on our studies. This week we reintroduce ourselves and tell you how we both got into Osteopathy along with some of our favourite moments from this academic year.

Have we got a treat for you this week, ITS MEDICAL STORY TIIIIME! V tells us all about the Angel Makers of Nagyrév and the history of Arsenic.

It's another pathology episode! This week V tells about congenital conditions that effect the respiratory system. 

This week Chelsea and V talk about the interesting concept of Geopathic stress.

This week Chelsea and V are starting to get into pathology and we talk about the big one, Tuberculosis and Pneumonia.

Chelsea and V have had a couple of weeks off doing a nice bit of self-care. This week they are talking about their experience of failing and how they have enacted positive change from bad experiences.

This week Chelsea and V go back to an OG style episode. Chelsea introduces us the wonderful practice of Yoga Nidra and V tells us all about the history of the The Devil's Cherries AKA Atropa Belladonna.

This week in our Anatomy and Physiology Episode, Chelsea takes through Boyle's law with a reminder of the physiology of breathing and the muscles of respiration.

In our quest to talk to as many different osteopathy students from as many different universities as possible, this week we chat to Oliver from the European School of Osteopathy.

Our next minisode in our series on the Respiratory System. This week V gets deep into physiology of gas exchange.

This week Chelsea and V have a very special guest, Lucas from BCOM! It's the first time we've interviewed someone not from our course and we loved hearing about a different university.

Following on from V's Episode 2 weeks ago on the Upper respiratory system, Chelsea now takes us through the lower.

This week we start to talk about the biopsychosocial medical model, focusing on the psycho part and getting into mental health. Chelsea talks to us about Chakras and V has another interesting medical tale, all about poisons.

The start of our new minisodes! A series of short episodes just talking about Anatomy and Physiology. This week V gives us a brief introduction to the whole respiratory system and talks about the anatomy and physiology of the upper respiratory tract.