International Academy of Osteopathy
The International Academy of Osteopathy (IAO ) is an international academy that conducts academic training as an osteopath.
History
The International Academy of Osteopathy was founded in 1987 by Grégoire Lason, Luc Peeters and Michel Janssens. In 1987, the ILO, the first osteopathic school in Germany and in 1992 came a second school in Norway added. A year later, ILO began the first full-time school in Belgium.
On 31 October 1998, the faculty of the ILO graduated first in osteopathic medicine. On 24 June 1999, the Colla law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette, by the Osteopathy in Belgium is recognized. The driving force of the state recognition were the directors of the ILO. The ILO founded in 2000, the first school of osteopathy in Denmark. 2005 and 2006 were schools in Austria, respectively. of Switzerland added.
The ILO sued the Belgian State on 16 May 2008, because this did not implement the law for non- conventional treatments. The court had been right in the first instance the ILO. The Belgian government has appealed against the judgment.
With about 2,000 students and hundreds of doctors from 17 countries, the ILO is the largest European School of Osteopathy.
In addition to the control and study the refinements of the ILO has published several scientific works, including a " Osteopathic Encyclopedia ", which includes a number of e-books. The ILO has also published the first Dutch book on Osteopathy ( The Basin).
The ILO has been chaired since 1987 by Grégoire Lason and Luc Peeters.
Cooperation
The ILO maintains academic relations with a number of schools, universities and professional associations. 2004, the study programs of the ILO from The University of Wales accredited. Graduates receive a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Osteopathy. OIA - 2005, the ILO member of the Osteopathic International Alliance was. ERPO - On 18 May 2006, the ILO, together with other European schools that aspire to academization of Osteopathy, The European Register for Professional Osteopaths founded. In January 2009, the ILO has entered into an agreement on cooperation with the fhg Innsbruck which allows graduates of the ILO to acquire the degree of Master of Science in Osteopathy. The ILO and the Collège d' Ostéopathie Traditionnelle du Nord ( COTN ) in Lille, France cooperate on an academic level in training, continuing education, and research since June 2009. In addition, an exchange of students and faculty agreed. Graduates from both schools can thus be simultaneously recognized in Belgium and France and acquire the diploma Bachelor of Science.
Training
The training in accordance with the Bologna Declaration and enable the financial statements Diploma in Osteopathy, Bachelor of Science with Honours in Osteopathy or Master of Science in Osteopathy. There are training opportunities that lead to a diploma in osteopathy, a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Osteopathy or a Master of Science in Osteopathy at the ILO.
In addition, the ILO has in the Netherlands and Belgium also an education " manipulations and soft parts" by and developments such as osteopathy in sports, pediatric nutrition.
Continue to be employment-based training. In Ghent (Belgium ) full-time teaching is done after completion of secondary school.
Course locations are in Belgium (Antwerp, Ghent, Louvain- la -Neuve ), the Netherlands ( Zeist ), Germany (Berlin, Bonlanden (Memmingen ), Darmstadt, Dortmund, Dresden, Erlangen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Osnabrück, Munich, Neuss, Passau, Stuttgart), Austria (Innsbruck, Vienna ), Switzerland (wells ) and Denmark ( Copenhagen).