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Dr. Johannes Mayer and
Dr. Jean Michel Besnard from the EROP board
attended a meeting with FORE (Forum for
Osteopathic Regulation in Europe) in
Antwerp. 30th of January. The atmosphere was
very open and friendly and we had very
interesting talks together.
FORE had
representatives from 12 European
countries: Portugal, Spain, Belgium,
Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden,
Austria, Germany, Ireland, France and UK
EROP: Jean Michel
Besnard (France) and Johannes Mayer
(Germany)
Topics of discussion:
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EROP had a
presentation about the common and
different core competencies of EROP and
FORE (see attached document)
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I the discussion we
found out, that the common competencies
between osteopathic physicians and
academic Osteopaths are very close
together (see document)
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The FORE bachelor and
master level is an educational goal for
all FORE members to go. Many countries
have only part time education for
physiotherapists with 1350 hours and no
bachelor degree. The intention of FORE
is to upgrade all these countries to the
bachelor level as a minimum standard
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The next step will be
do discuss where is the different scope
of practice, where are the limits,
interactions and so on.
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FORE and EROP want
promote the Osteopathy together, each
group in their professional stream
This meeting was a great
step forward to reduce prejudice on both
sides, to develop respect and to look
forward in the osteopathic future. We will
see how close we can work together and we
must always be clear, that we have to stay
for the physician standpoint. If you check
the attached document you will find a lot of
details comparing the FORE and EROP
standard.
Januar 2011 - NEWS |
