National Academy of Osteopathy Expanding to Taiwan

March 18, 2011 - PRLog -- With the spring and the Iranian New Year just in the corner; We are happy to announce great news. The Ministry of Health in Taiwan has permitted National Academy of Osteopathy to offer the manual osteopathy program in Taiwan.

National Academy of Osteopathy registrar; Ms. Peggy Chiang is leaving for Taiwan for a ten days business trip tomorrow. She will be working on the logistics of expanding NAO to Taiwan.
Taiwan is a large island with a population of 23 millions.

We are so excited to introduce manual osteopathy there. Very soon thousands of Taiwanese will have access to one of the best health professions in the world. NAO graduate manual osteopaths will decrease pain and improve function of countless Taiwanese. This is the best joy life. To produce healers who help people live better. There can be no better profession than this.

From its inception, NAO has provided leadership in scientific; evidence-based manual osteopathy education. Our proud traditions of academic and clinical excellence—preparing students for achievement and success—have always been at the core of what we do, and will always remain our highest priorities.

In keeping with our motto, “Clinically Based; Practice Oriented; Scientific Manual Osteopathic Education,” we complement basic and clinical sciences with the art of caring for people.

• NAO is well known as a leader in scientific manual osteopathy education. We only teach techniques that are effective and proven through evidence based research.

• At NAO we place heavy emphasis on business & clinical education. We prepare NAO graduates for the real world by teaching them business principles, including marketing, investment, & tax planning.

• NAO is the only osteopathy school in Canada offering training in physiotherapy modalities, orthotics, support hose, decompression therapy & clinical ergonomics.

• Because NAO graduates are expertly prepared to work in integrated care settings and to provide the highest quality patient care, they are the most likely to succeed in this new environment. We graduate successful manual osteopaths.

• Our manual osteopathy technique labs average approximately ten students to each professor (10:1). This kind of low student-faculty ratio assures you will confidently enter the manual osteopathy profession after graduation, prepared to provide the best treatment for your patients.

• NAO is approved by International Osteopathic Association (IOA) as an accredited manual osteopathy school. NAO students may join IOA upon graduation to receive certificate of registration.

• NAO graduates who are members of IOA may practice in most countries of the world; including Canada, USA, England, Australia, Iran, China, Brazil, India, Jamaica, Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Poland, Taiwan, Philippines, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico, & Italy.

• NAO graduates are eligible to receive manual osteopathy malpractice insurance from Holman Insurance at a preferred rate.

• NAO is approved by Canadian Manual Osteopathy Examining Board (CMOEB). NAO graduates may sit for board exams upon graduation.

• NAO is affiliated with Union Ergonomics & Spinal Traction Clinic. With 57 franchises in this group; they are the #1 provider of ergonomic services to Canadian workers; the #1 provider of orthopaedic shoes to welfare recipients and the leader in providing affordable back pain relief through decompression traction therapy.

NAO is proud of the leadership and rich heritage it contributes to the manual osteopathy profession. The future of health care will focus on integrating disciplines, preparing competent professionals, providing effective care, and promoting health.

National Academy of Osteopathy will prepare students to fill the rapidly evolving role of the manual osteopath. I invite you to become part of our vision of manual osteopathy's growth and a future of serving patients in need of our unique healing art and science.

Please click on the link to see NAO students practicing manual osteopathy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hki2b-oGl0k.



This is what our students are saying about their training at NAO:

"The National Academy of Osteopathy has been an excellent experience thus far! Hands down, this is the best practical training I have received. Dr. Pourgol does a great job demonstrating the techniques on each of the students so that we can experience the technique first hand and know what we are supposed to feel. This allows us to communicate with the other students to see how our technique compares to the instructors. I am really enjoying the program and I look forward to going into class each day! "
Kyle Perks
Full Time Student-Class of 2011


"...Dr. Pourgol's lectures and clinical classes are all based on his professional experience in this field. Our other professors are also on top of their medical fields. Their patience and dedication to every student is overwhelming. There will be a new generation of Manual Osteopaths coming from NAO and I strongly believe we are being trained to be the best in Canada and perhaps in the world."
Jay David
Part Time Student-Class of 2011

"...For me “NATIONAL ACADEMY OF OSTEOPATHY” is like following Gandhi’s word: “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
And after attending some classes, I feel, I made the right choice. I am happy to be part of this journey..."
Shahla Eshman
Part time student-class of 2011

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National Academy of Osteopathy offer's Canada's only 4 months full time and 9 months part time manual osteopathy program. NAO graduates are permitted to write the board exams administered by Canadian Manual Osteopathy Examining Board upon graduation.