Osteopathy and Occupational Rehabilitation
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The Advanced Practice Recognition program exists to recognise osteopaths who have gained a high level of clinical skill and experience within a specific focus area and who have met the professional standards required to make an enhanced contribution to managing patient groups or clinical issues related to their advanced scope of practice.
Advanced Practice Recognition provides public acknowledgement, professional titling and enhanced searchability to members seeking competitive and additional career opportunities within and outside osteopathy. A community of Advanced Practitioners also enables Osteopathy Australia to speak to and lobby for the skills of osteopaths to be recognised and progress osteopathic privileges and public awareness of osteopaths.
Members can achieve Advanced Practice Recognition through either the tertiary or vocational pathways. The tertiary pathway requires the candidate to have completed an additional university qualification within a focus area, while the vocational pathway exists for members without an additional university qualification but who can demonstrate relevant work experience, professional development, professional references, and reasoned case studies. Both application processes will undergo a transparent peer review conducted by a multidisciplinary review panel of health professionals.
Find out information about what occupational/workplace rehabilitation is and what working in the scheme involves
The Australian Government Department of Finance released the final report on the review of health practitioner regulatory settings. The final report makes 28 recommendations to streamline regulatory settings and make for an easier transition for international health practitioners to work in Australia.
We recognise members with an extended scope of practice validated through panel review.