Peter Armitage
Argh, such a disappointment! What I thought could have been such an interesting and elegant talk turned out to be fairly unenlightening.
Peter Armitage has led a very varied and successful career as an osteopath and I was looking forward to hearing not only about his experiences but also his thoughts on how osteopathy stands today and how he envisages the future of osteopathy. I think the opening line of "I haven't prepared anything for tonight, so please feel free to ask questions as you like" set the scene for quite a choppy and unstructured talk which is fine in theory but meant that nothing was discussed in depth and interesting topics were skimmed over.
The gist of what Peter talked about for the first 30 minutes or so was his profound belief in 'patient observation' and allowing yourself to stand back from your patients and just observe - that silence can reveal more than actions. Although I agree with this I think that for 4th year undergraduates this rationale isn't really applicable to where we are so close to first CCAs where everything is structural, anatomical and justification!
However Peter Armitage was a very intellectual speaker and I think in a smaller, less formal setting he would be someone who would be fascinating to speak with. I will certainly be taking up his suggestion of reading more Rollin Becker, who is obviously very highly regarded amongst certain osteopaths considering how often his name comes up.
Peter Armitage has led a very varied and successful career as an osteopath and I was looking forward to hearing not only about his experiences but also his thoughts on how osteopathy stands today and how he envisages the future of osteopathy. I think the opening line of "I haven't prepared anything for tonight, so please feel free to ask questions as you like" set the scene for quite a choppy and unstructured talk which is fine in theory but meant that nothing was discussed in depth and interesting topics were skimmed over.
The gist of what Peter talked about for the first 30 minutes or so was his profound belief in 'patient observation' and allowing yourself to stand back from your patients and just observe - that silence can reveal more than actions. Although I agree with this I think that for 4th year undergraduates this rationale isn't really applicable to where we are so close to first CCAs where everything is structural, anatomical and justification!
However Peter Armitage was a very intellectual speaker and I think in a smaller, less formal setting he would be someone who would be fascinating to speak with. I will certainly be taking up his suggestion of reading more Rollin Becker, who is obviously very highly regarded amongst certain osteopaths considering how often his name comes up.