...Science Subjects? Real physicians on both sides of the Atlantic take rigorous courses in Chemistry, Physics, and Maths at the High School and University level before they even start their schooling in Medicine proper. This is necessary in order to even begin to understand the language of modern rigorous medical training.
This is apparently not the case for UK-trained osteopaths. The entrance requirements for UK Schools of Osteopathy are shockingly low, and the full degree can be done part-time, on weekends. One notorious osteopath who visits this section regularly admits to leaving school at the age of 16, without any A levels, and without ever taking a course in High School Science. (He claims to have taken a make-up survey course called "Access to Medicine" in order to qualify for Osteopathy School). This would explain his adherence to some very strange ideas, such as the following gem:
"I remember seeing a documentry about folk who'd inadvertently built machines which were more than 100% efficient. Physicist very skeptically went along to see them. Once shown that the energy output was greater than energy input the answer was always the same — "this isn't a laboritory" — ....No machine can be 100% efficient but it is possible to design machines which draw energy form the fabric of space giving the appearance of greater than 100% efficiency. Teslar [sic] did a lot of experiments on this but his notes were either destroyed or Hidden (I personally think he destroyed them because he stubbled upon something too dangerous to be experimented on at the time). Hardline physicist don't want to discover this because it means they have to re-theorise everything."
Not wishing to embarrass this osteopath more than he embarrasses himself, I will not mention his name, but readers can contact me for the source of the quote.
Should the UK and NZ governments require all osteopaths to take at least a minimum of High School science subjects?
This is apparently not the case for UK-trained osteopaths. The entrance requirements for UK Schools of Osteopathy are shockingly low, and the full degree can be done part-time, on weekends. One notorious osteopath who visits this section regularly admits to leaving school at the age of 16, without any A levels, and without ever taking a course in High School Science. (He claims to have taken a make-up survey course called "Access to Medicine" in order to qualify for Osteopathy School). This would explain his adherence to some very strange ideas, such as the following gem:
"I remember seeing a documentry about folk who'd inadvertently built machines which were more than 100% efficient. Physicist very skeptically went along to see them. Once shown that the energy output was greater than energy input the answer was always the same — "this isn't a laboritory" — ....No machine can be 100% efficient but it is possible to design machines which draw energy form the fabric of space giving the appearance of greater than 100% efficiency. Teslar [sic] did a lot of experiments on this but his notes were either destroyed or Hidden (I personally think he destroyed them because he stubbled upon something too dangerous to be experimented on at the time). Hardline physicist don't want to discover this because it means they have to re-theorise everything."
Not wishing to embarrass this osteopath more than he embarrasses himself, I will not mention his name, but readers can contact me for the source of the quote.
Should the UK and NZ governments require all osteopaths to take at least a minimum of High School science subjects?