Welcome
During the past decade Osteopathy in Europe has been expanding at an enormous speed. While it has been legally recognized in a few countries, the standards for training and practice are still different throughout Europe.
OSEAN's objectives are to promote cooperation in Osteopathic Education and to develop a common core curriculum for part-time and full-time schools throughout Europe.
 
Mission Statement
OSEAN is composed of like-minded osteopathic educational institutions with a common mission which may be summarised as follows:
  • To develop a rigorous and standardised model of osteopathic education throughout Europe
  • To provide a common European representation of schools in a time of emerging European standards
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OSEAN's vision of Osteopathic Education
OSEAN recognizes the existing standard that is proposed by the “WHO Guidelines on basic training and safety in Osteopathy”. This document presents just a minimum standard, however.
OSEAN pursues a standard of excellence as it is adequate for Osteopathy as a high quality, primary contact profession. The OSEAN schools strive for an academic cooperation with Universities to assure the highest possible quality in Osteopathic Education.The level of a Masters degree is regarded as the academic equivalent of this pursued level of excellence.
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