An Overview of NUMSS Admissions to Doctor of Philosophy in Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation PhD (OCR) Program
Thank you for your interest in our English-language, online, on-demand Doctor of Philosophy in Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation – PhD (OCR) degree program offered by the National University of Medical Sciences. This two-year, full-time program consists of four semesters and provides advanced postgraduate education in osteopathic clinical rehabilitation. The program focuses on the integration of osteopathic principles with rehabilitation sciences, clinical assessment, therapeutic exercise, biomechanics, pain management, and manual approaches to the management and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions.
Our Admissions Department is eager to assist you in any way we can. We invite you to contact NUMSS with any questions you may have about the program, admission requirements, tuition, or application process.
The program is designed to offer maximum flexibility, allowing students from around the world to pursue advanced postgraduate education from the comfort of their homes and around their own schedules. All PhD (OCR) courses are offered in English, with lectures available online on demand through the internet. Students also have the option of receiving the lectures on a portable hard drive, which can be connected to a compatible television or computer for convenient viewing.
The PhD (OCR) program is completed online, with no mandatory campus attendance. Students who wish to gain additional hands-on experience and practice clinical techniques under the supervision of a clinician may attend an optional one-week, in-person practical techniques review offered in Madrid, Spain once per semester. The practical lab is optional and is not a required component of the PhD (OCR) degree program; students may complete and graduate from the program without attending the practical lab.
Why Study Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation?
This doctoral program produces osteopaths who have acquired advanced clinical knowledge from careful observation and deduction; learned to test these deductions by experimentation and questioning; and applied these skills and knowledge to the practice and teaching of European style osteopathy.
This program emphasizes academics, teaching, research, publication, and advanced clinical training and experience. The program develops osteopathic clinicians, researchers, and scholars capable of participating in a multidisciplinary environment.
Graduates are eligible to apply to the Ontario College of Osteopathic Rehabilitation Science (www.ontarioosteopathyboard.org) for Fellowship status. Upon admittance to the college, graduate are permitted to use FOCORS designation (Fellow of the Ontario College of Osteopathic Rehabilitation Sciences.)
Why Choose to Study Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation at NUMSS?
Admission Prerequisites
Curriculum for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation (2 year FT, 2560 hours total 640 hours per semester)
| 1st year (1st semester) | 1st year (2nd semester) | 2nd year (1st semester) | 2nd year (2nd semester) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR601 Fundamentals of Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation | DS602 Diagnosis & Symptomology | OP701 Occupational Rehabilitation | SR702 Skeletal Radiology |
| RS601 Osteopathic Rehabilitation Sciences | OA602 Osteopathic Assessment | OC701 Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation III | CR702 Cardiovascular Rehabilitation |
| OC601 Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation I | OC602 Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation II | PR701 Pediatric Rehabilitation | OC702 Osteopathic Clinical Rehabilitation IV |
| NW601 Nutrition in Health & wellness | OR602 Orthopaedic Rehabilitation | GR701 Geriatric Rehabilitation | CA702 Diagnostic Imaging of Chest & Abdomen |
| EP601 Exercise Physiology & Pathophysiology | NR602 Neurological Rehabilitation | PU701 Pulmonary Rehabilitation | TH702 Thesis & Research project |