The project is addressed exclusively to Medical Doctors, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Graduates in Health Professions such as: (AEI, ΤΕΙ or other equivalent degrees).

Course language will be English with simultaneous translation to Greek.

After the successful launch of 6 (six) Osteopathic courses, Lifelong Learning Centre for Health Professions, EPIMORFOSIS, intends to organise a new group starting on  December 2024, a new program of “part – time” courses of Osteopathie Schule Deutschland (OSD) in collaboration with Panhellenic Osteopathic Association (P.O.A.).

The courses last 4 years, – 135 days divided into 40 3-day courses (1.495 teaching hours) adding the days of clinical practice & exams .

These 40 seminars will be spread over 4 years (10 seminars per year – about one each month).

EPIMORFOSIS reserves the right to modify the textbook, always in cooperation with OSD.

Courses are held on Friday 12.30 – 20.30, Saturday 09.00 – 18.00 & Sunday 09.00 – 17.00.

Clinical Practice (shadowing) 20 hours minimum will be held on Mondays right after the courses for those who live out side Athens. The participants who live in Athens will practice the rest Mondays till the exams.

The terms of participation are specified in a private agreement signed between our Centre and each of the participants.

Therefore, the procedure you should follow, if you are interested in participating in the course, includes the following 3 steps:

1st Step
Fill in the registration form electronically.
2nd Step
Send a signed copy of the above mentioned private agreement, via email.
3rd Step
Deposit of 2.100€.

Our training center in order to facilitate your registration (due to economic crisis), provides you the ability to pay off the deposit of 2.100€ in 3 parts (700€ + 700€ + 700€) the latest by February, 28 2025.

However, the amount of 700€ must be deposited necessarily till the closure date of registration, 20 November 2024.

Successful graduates are awarded a Diploma in Osteopathy (DO) by the Osteopathie Schule Deutschland (OSD), and those wishing to pursue their studies may pursue a Master of Science (MSc) degree from the University of Dresden (Germany), the duration of which is 18 months (1 ½ year).

Panhellenic Osteopathic Association (P.O.A.). guarantees that the graduates will have the right to register as full members after passing successful the exams (FCCA) by three person/ examiners committee, involving a representative of OSD. Exams will be conducted by H.O.A.

Printed material (handouts) will be provided.

^{Introduction on Osteopathy} 

Osteopathy was developed by Andrew Taylor Still, a physician and surgeon in the United States of America in the mid-1800s, who established the first independent school of osteopathy in 1892.Osteopathy (also called osteopathic medicine) relies on manual contact for diagnosis and treatment. It respects the relationship of body, mind and spirit in health and disease; it lays emphasis on the structural and functional integrity of the body and the body’s intrinsic tendency for self-healing.

Osteopathic practitioners use a wide variety of therapeutic manual techniques to improve physiological function and/or support homeostasis that has been altered by somatic (body framework) dysfunction, i.e. impaired or altered function of related components of the somatic system; skeletal, arthrodial and myofascial structures and related vascular, lymphatic, and neural elements. Osteopathic practitioners use their understanding of the relationship between structure and function to optimize the body’s self-regulating, self-healing capabilities. This holistic approach to patient care and healing is based on the concept that a human being is a dynamic functional unit, in which all parts are interrelated and which possesses its own self-regulatory and self-healing mechanisms.

One essential component of osteopathic health care is osteopathic manual therapy, typically called osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), which refers to an array of manipulative techniques that may be combined with other treatments or advice, for example on diet, physical activity and posture, or counselling. The practice of osteopathy is distinct from other health-care professions that utilize manual techniques, such as physiotherapy or chiropractic, despite some overlap in the techniques and interventions employed.

As a hands-on approach to patient care, osteopathy has contributed to the body of knowledge of manual therapies and complementary and alternative medicine.
Osteopathy is practised in many countries throughout the world.
In some countries, manual therapists use osteopathic techniques and claim to provide osteopathic treatment, although they may not have received proper training.

^{The German School of Osteopathy} (Osteopathie Schule Deutschland OSD)

OSD was founded in 1999 by the German osteopath Torsten Liem DO.
Initially offering a part-time course in Hamburg and Stuttgart, open to medical doctors, physiotherapists and naturopaths (German Heilpraktiker), the school expanded rapidly.

The mission of the school was from the very beginning to offer high academic standards in its educational programs.
In 2003 the first cooperation with the University of Wales was established. This allowed to school to change its part time course into a Bachelor degree and to establish a Master’s degree in Paediatric Osteopathy.
In 2006 Cristian Ciranna-Raab BSc, DO, an English trained osteopath joined the faculty, as a vice principle of the school, who became took over the direction of the school in 2007.
In 2009 the school managed to get validated from a German University. This was a very important step for German osteopathy, as OSD was the first school in Germany to receive a state recognition, and the first in Europe to offer a Masters degree in osteopathy on a part time basis in 5 years of training.
Today the school offers the part time degree in 6 different cities in Germany, the full time degree, now validated, in Berlin, and has different cooperating schools abroad, which have adopted the OSD academic curriculum (Poland, Italy, Belgium)
OSD is well known for its international faculty, and for being the most active school organizing international events.

Programs of OSD are:

1)Masters degree in Osteopathy Part time (5years)
2)Masters degree in OSteopathy Full time (5years)
3)Master degree (post-graduate) Paediatric Osteoapthy (2 years)
4)Postgraduate Diploma course in Sports Osteopathy (1year
5)Conversion course MSc – Belgium
6)Postgraduate Diploma Paedaitric OSteoapthy – Italy
7)Part time Osteoapthy Diploma course – Poland

The German School of Osteopathy  is member of the German Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteopathie (BAO) and its degrees are not only conforms to university criteria, but also to national requirements.

There are more than 50 tutors in Osteopathy School.

For more info regarding the Tutors (in German language): http://www.osteopathie-schule.de/die-osd/dozenten/

Time Schedule of the 1st year 2024 – 2025 (G7)

OSTEO 1 : History & Philosophy 20 – 22 December 2024 Cristian Ciranna-Raab (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 2 : GOT 10 – 12 January 2025 Oliver Hintz (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 3 : Visceral Osteopathy I 21 – 23 February 2025 Richard Twining (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 4 : Lower Extremeties: Foot & Ankle 7 – 9 March 2025 Tobias Dobler (EPIMORFOSIS room))

OSTEO 5 : Biomechanics I + II  11- 13 April 2025 Γεώργιος Δαδίνος (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 6 : Cranial Osteopathy I (Part A) 16 – 18 May 2025 Birgit Schiller (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 7 : Pelvis & Hip: 6 – 8 June 2025 Cristian Ciranna-Raab (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 8 : Cranial Osteopathy I (Part B) : 25- 27 July 2025 Birgit Schiller (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 9 :Knee 19 – 21 September 2025 Ευάγγελος Σκοτινιώτης (EPIMORFOSIS room)

OSTEO 10:Clinical Integration I 24 – 26 October 2025 Tobias Dobler (EPIMORFOSIS room)

1. Credit or Deposit card payment
You can deposit the down payment or the total fee via credit or deposit card (Visa, Mastercard & American Express) from the webpage of each course, through VivaPayments.
You are solely responsible for the proper entry and the genuineness of your credit/deposit card’s details. EPIMORFOSIS bears no responsibility in case of any error.
Any payment commission is charged to  EPIMORFOSIS

2. Deposit – Transfer to our bank account.
You can deposit or transfer the requested amount for your registration to the following accounts, writing your full name in the field “Reason for the Beneficiary”:
PIRAEUS BANK:
ΙΒΑΝ: GR5501722380005238070348955
SWIFT(BIC): PIRBGRAA
 
NATIONAL BANK of GREECE:
IBAN: GR6801102170000021744103439
SWIFT(BIC): ETHNGRAA
 
ALPHA BANK :
ΙΒΑΝ: GR4801407080708002002013410
SWIFT(BIC): CRBAGRAA
 
EUROBANK:
ΙΒΑΝ: GR4502600370000010201090153
SWIFT(BIC): ERBKGRAA
 
Beneficiary: EPIMORFOSIS KENTRO EPIMORFOSIS STELECHON YGEIAS OE
 
The bank transfer fee charged to EPIMORFOSIS

1. A certificate of attendance, a degree or a diploma will be issued.
2. Printed handouts are provided (notes or relevant book).
3. In case of cancellation of the seminar due to EPIMORFOSIS’s responsibility, deposited fees will be refunded immediately.
4. EPIMORFOSIS reserves the right to change the date or postopone  seminars, informing participants by phone and / or sms & e-mail. In such a  case participants are entitled to request full refund of their fees if they do not wish to attend the seminar on the new date or to use this amount for their participation in other seminars or services of the company.
5. In the event of a strike, government’s bans, heavy bad weather, and generally any event beyond the reasonable control of the organisers  which impedes the execution of part or all of the seminar, the organizers reserve the right to change the date and time of the event. In this case the fees are not refundable but are valid as they are.
6. Cancellation of participation due to participant’s responsibility is possible only by email, as follows:
• up to 30 days prior to the start of the seminar, all deposits are refundable.
• up to 15 days prior to the start of the seminar, 50% is refundable.
• no refund after this deadline, exceptions could be only by decision of EPIMORFOSIS.
7. The realisation of the course will be confirmed by email or/and sms to be sent to participants, in time.
8. It is advised to not buy your flight tickets until you receive this confirmation email (or/and sms).
9. LLC-1 EPIMORFOSIS keeps the right to change course venues.