Sports Advanced and Extended Practice Recognition

An Osteopathy Australia titled ‘Advanced Sports Osteopath’ is an osteopath who can demonstrate long-term commitment to sustained practice in treating and managing sports injuries and athletic performance through continued educational obtainment and in clinical practice.

They will possess specific skills in all areas of sporting performance including but not limited to:

Skills in biopsychosocial management protocols, self-management strategies and capability improvement programs to support biomechanical requirements in sport.
exercise programming to rehabilitate and help reduce the recurrence of sporting injuries,
an extensive understanding of pain and performance patterns which preclude sporting participation and/or predispose athletes to injury during play,
and an understanding of all the intrinsic and extrinsic contributors associated with common injuries, with a goal to help maximise performance and minimise the effects of sporting injuries.

Titled Osteopaths have completed extensive further study and proven work experience in their field and have been independently assessed to meet the required standard.

For a comprehensive list of expected knowledge, capabilities, and skills that an Advanced Sports Osteopath will hold, please see the Quality Practice Framework.

Application Process

Tertiary Pathway Application
1. Candidates should download and read the Quality Practice Framework in Sports Management to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to see if they will be able to meet the membership criteria
2. Read the Sports Management Application Pack and use the below templates to complete the required paperwork:
  - Part A – Proof of Tertiary Educational Attainment
  - Part B – Evidence of relevant Continued Professional Development
  - Part C – CV
  - Part D – Professional Referee Nomination
  - Part E – Candidate Declaration (see application pack)
3. Read the Terms and Conditions
4. Pay the application fee
5. Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
6. Await determination, approximately a six-week turnaround
Vocational Pathway Application Process
1. Candidates should download and read the Sports Management Quality Practice Framework to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to ensure they will be able to meet the membership criteria.
2. Read the Sports Management Application Pack and use the below templates to complete the required paperwork:
  - Part A – Evidence of Continued Professional Development
  - Part B – CV
  - Part C – Professional Referee Nomination
  - Part D – Clinical Practice Case Studies
    - Case Study Deidentification Guidelines
    - Case Study Consent Form
  - Part E – Candidate Declaration (within Application Pack)
3. Read the Terms and Conditions
4. Pay the application fee
5. Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
6. Await determination, approximately a six-week turnaround

Extended Practice Application Process

Professional Development Stream
1. Candidates should download and read the Sports Management Quality Practice Framework to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to see if they will be able to meet the membership criteria.
2. Read the Sports Extended Practice Application Pack and complete the application paperwork relevant to the chosen focus area:
  - Part A – Proof of professional development
  - Part B - Candidate Declaration (see application pack)
3. Read the Terms and Conditions
4. Pay the application fee
5. Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
6. Await determination, approximately a four-week turnaround
Clinical Supervisory Stream
1. Candidates should download and read the Sports Management Quality Practice Framework to better understand the broad knowledge, skills and capabilities required within each focus area to see if they will be able to meet the membership criteria.
2. Read the Sports Management Extended Practice Application Pack and complete the application paperwork relevant to the chosen focus area:
  - Part A – Supervisory Reflection form
  - Part B - Candidate Declaration (see application pack)
3. Read the Terms and Conditions
4. Pay the application fee
5. Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au
6. Await determination, approximately a four-week turnaround

Recredentialing Process

Recredentialing Process
To ensure that our Advanced Practitioners continue to maintain, consolidate, and grow their knowledge and skills in their recognised focus area the recognition period will be valid for three years with the titled practitioner needing to undergo reassessment to remain titled. This process should be completed before the three year expiry to ensure titling does not lapse.

Recredentialing application process
1. Read the Advanced Practice Sports Management Recredentialing Process Application Pack and use the following templates to complete the required paperwork:
- Part A - Continued Professional Development
- Part B - Quality Improvement in Practice Reflection
- Part C - Future planning and skills development
- Part D - Area for Improvement
- Part E - Updated CV
- Part F – Candidate Declaration (within application pack)
1. Read the Terms and Conditions
2. Pay the application fee
3. Send completed paperwork to cpg@osteopathy.org.au

Sports Advanced and Extended Practice Recognition

Application Process

Extended Practice Application Process

Recredentialing Process

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