The Bachelor's Degree in Ostheopaty provides the scientific basis and theoretical-practical training necessary to be qualified to practise the profession of osteopathy. Upon completion of the learning pathway, the candidate will attain the qualification required to carry out prevention and health maintenance interventions through the osteopathic treatment of somatic dysfunctions that cannot be traced back to pathologies within the musculoskeletal system.
The learning pathway provides basic, characterising and related curricular educational activities; furthermore, it provides specific professionalising educational activities such as seminars, internships, partly compulsory, partly freely chosen by the student; finally,the learning pathway provides for training activities such as workshops, preparatory to the internship activities.
The course in Ostheopaty lasts 3 years and is divided into 6 semesters; the first year is propaedeutic, the second is dedicated to the study of pathologies subject to rehabilitation treatment and Rehabilitation Science, the third is vocational and specialized.
The graduates are provided with adequate background in the basic disciplines, enabling them to understand thoroughly most relevant elements underlying both pathological processes and recovery processes, on which their preventive intervention in childhood, adulthood and geriatric age will focus. Upon completion of the learning pathway, the student will be able to recognize the indication or contraindication to osteopathic treatment and perform osteopathic assessment through observation, perceptual palpation and osteopathic testing to detect the presence of clinical signs of somatic dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Upon completion of the learning pathway in Ostheopaty,the students can find employment in public or private health and social care facilities, either as employees or freelancers. In particular, occupational outlets can be identified in any field where prevention, treatment and rehabilitation interventions are required in the areas of motor, upper cortical and visceral functions resulting from pathological events of various aetiologies, whether congenital or acquired.
Graduates in Osteopathy work in prevention and rehabilitation services within the National and Regional Health Service, private facilities accredited and affiliated within the National Health Service, research institutes, nursing homes, clinics, foundations, rehabilitation facilities and centres, nursing homes, at the patient's home, spas and wellness centres, medical surgeries and/or multi-specialist surgeries. The current regulations allow for freelance activities in individual or associated professional firms, sports associations and clubs of various types, service cooperatives, non-governmental organisations (NGO), and public or private prevention services.
Learning Pathway - Osteopathy (L/SNT4)
First Year
Subject |
CFU |
SSD |
Basi della conoscenza scientifica Applied Physics Applied medical sciences Complementary mathematics |
2 2 2 |
FIS/07 MAT/04 MED/50 |
Elements of biology Biochemistry Clinical biochemistry and clinical molecular biology Applied biology Microbiology and clinical microbiology |
1 1 2 2 |
BIO/10 BIO/12 BIO/13 MED/07 |
Elements of chemistry and ecology Inorganic chemistry Organic chemistry Ecology Laboratory medicine |
2 1 1 1 |
CHIM/03 CHIM/06 BIO/07 MED/50 |
Scienze morfofunzionali Biochemistry Clinical biochemistry and clinical molecular biology Applied Biology Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology General Pathology |
2 2 1 1 2 |
BIO/09 BIO/17 MED/34 BIO/16 MED/04 |
Osteopathic assessment and medical statistics Medical statistics Osteopathic evaluation |
2 4 |
MED/01 MED/34 |
Second Year
Elements of pathology and first aid Internal Medicine Medical Oncology Clinical pathology Nursing science |
2 1 1 2 |
MED/09 MED/06 MED/05 MED/45 |
Prevention health management Labour Law General Hygiene Institutions of Public Law Diseases of the musculoskeletal system |
1 2 1 2 |
IUS/07 MED/42 IUS/09 MED/33 |
Scienze osteopatiche Osteopathic sciences I Osteopathic sciences II |
3 3 |
MED/33 MED/34 |
Scienze umane e del lavoro Business Management Business Organization Work and Organizational Psychology General Psychology Sociology of economic and labour processes |
1 1 1 2 1 |
SECS-P/07 SECS-P/10 M-PSI/06 M-PSI/01 SPS/09 |
History of medicine and diseases of the musculoskeletal system Diseases of the musculoskeletal system History of Medicine |
2 2 |
MED/34 MED/02 |
Tossicologia e medicina legale Legal Medicine Diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy Pharmacology |
2 2 1 |
MED/43 MED/36 BIO/14 |
TO internship |
15 |
MED/50 |
TO internship II |
20 |
MED/50 |
Knowledge of a foreign language |
4 |
|
Third Year
Metodologie dell'osteopatia Occupational medicine Research methodology - applied movement Research methodology - osteopathy |
2 2 2 |
MED/44 M-EDF/01 MED/34 |
Patologia del lavoro osteopatico Diseases of the musculoskeletal system Diseases of the neurological system Diseases of the visual system Medicine - cardiovascular system Medicine - respiratory system |
1 1 1 2 1 |
MED/26 MED/11 MED/30 MED/33 MED/10 |
Scienze dell' osteopatia Functional osteopathy Palpatory osteopathy Systemic osteopathy Topographical osteopathy |
2 2 2 2 |
MED/34 MED/34 MED/34 MED/33 |
Trattamento manipolativo osteopatico I Approach to the osteopathic manipulative treatment Approach in the Myofascial area Approach in the Musculoskeletal area Approach in the visceral area Bioengineering |
1 1 1 2 1 |
MED/33 MED/34 MED/33 MED/34 ING-IND/34 |
Trattamento manipolativo osteopatico II Osteopathic manipulative treatment II - 1 Osteopathic manipulative treatment II - 2 |
4 2 |
MED/34 MED/34 |
TO internship III |
25 |
MED/50 |
ADE |
6 |
|
Seminar activities |
6 |
|
Professional Workshops |
3 |
|
Final Dissertation |
5 |
|
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
In order to be admitted in the course, the candidates should have acquired good human contact skills, good teamwork skills, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. Admission to the degree course is subject to a programmed number of students according to Law 264/99 and involves an entrance examination consisting of a multiple-choice test.
The student's initial preparation is assessed through the administration of an entrance test, common to all the Department's healthcare area courses, consisting of multiple-choice questions on topics of logic and general culture, chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics. The knowledge required for admission, defined annually by the MIUR, is verified by achieving a minimum score in the admission test.
Students admitted to the course with a level below the set minimum mark (at least 40% correct answers in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics) will be assigned additional training obligations (OFA) to be made up within the first year of the course.In order to allow any verified educational obligations to be cancelled, personalised remedial plans will be activated under the responsibility of the teachers in charge of the relevant disciplines. The educational obligations are deemed to have been met by passing the relevant exam. The procedures are governed by the degree course's didactic regulations.
FINAL EXAMINATION
In order to attain the Bachelor's Degree, as provided for in the ministerial decree, the student must pass a final examination consisting in:
- a practical test in which the students must demonstrate that they have acquired the theoretical-practical and technical-operational knowledge and skills pertaining to the specific professional profile;
- the drafting of a final dissertation. The dissertation, on topics or disciplines closely related to the professional profile, may have a research, technical-application or compilation profile. A student who fails the practical test cannot be admitted to the dissertation.
Both phases of the final examination will take place in front of a Commission composed in accordance with the Regulations and the Faculty and Degree Course Teaching Regulations. The Degree examination is valid as a state exam qualifying for the profession. The final examination is organised in two nationally defined sessions.
The modality of implementation of the final examination and its timing are defined in the academic calendar, published on the University website and communicated by the Student Administration Office. For further information, please consult the following link: https://www.unilink.it/en/students/final-dissertation