I am pleased to announce that National Academy of Osteopathy (NAO) has now expanded to 60 cities in 30 countries including Canada, Iran, China, USA, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Venezuala, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Jordan, England, Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad, Mexico & Taiwan! And we now teach in 7 languages (English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Farsi, Arabic). It is the first time in history manual osteopathy is taught in Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin and Korean. NAO makes history on regular basis! This expansion affirms our commitment to providing manual osteopathy education for students globally so everyone could have access to manual osteopathy treatments. We are now officially the largest manual osteopathy college in the world. NAO is now the single most important tool for manual osteopathy expansion across the globe. And I am quite proud of this. One of my personal goals is to help NAO have admission offices in 100 cities across the world by the end of 2012.
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 college in Canada offering training in physiotherapy modalities, orthotics, support hose, decompression therapy, clinical ergonomics, sports osteopathy, and osteopathic Sports Energy Technique (SET).
• 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, 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 Franchise Clinics. 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. All Certified Decompression Traction Assistants hired by Spinal Traction Franchise Clinics are trained by us. NAO is also affiliated with Gene Lab DNA . Most Certified DNA Sample Collectors employed by Gene Lab DNA are trained by NAO.
• NAO works closely with osteopathy clinics; such as Mobile Osteopathy Canada; the largest employer of manual osteopaths in Canada and the largest osteopathic treatment provider in Canada. Mobile Osteopathy Canada offers $1000 in scholarship to selected NAO students who are interested in joining them after graduation.
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 you 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.
