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Ensuring a uniformly high standard of quality in the training of doctors in manual medicine.

  • Type of training
    Diploma course
  • Diplôme
    DESIU
  • Target audience
    Doctor
  • Discipline
    Physical and rehabilitation medicine
  • Duration
    3 years
  • Teachers in charge
    Pr Laurent BENSOUSSAN; Pr Jean-Michel VITON
  • School
    Medicine
  • Présentation de la formation

    Pedagogical objectives

    Pedagogical objectives
      Implementation of
    • diagnostic and treatment methods in different situationsLearning of
    • diagnostic methods, osteopathic treatments and appropriate techniques:
    • lower appendicular region - lumbopelvic-abdominal region - thoraco-scapular region - upper appendicular region - cervico-cephalic
    • regionLegislationOsteopathic palpationEvaluating
    • a situation and developing an osteopathic diagnosisDesigning
    • and conducting an osteopathic intervention projectConducting
    • an osteopathic intervention and conducting a relationship in an osteopathic intervention
    • contextOsteopathic conceptual models, Principles and foundations of
    • osteopathyFundamentals

    of

    • osteopathic diagnosis and treatment


    At the end of the course, students should :

    1. have acquired the theoretical and practical knowledge required to diagnose and assess deficiencies and activity limitations in patients;
    2. be able to identify clinical situations involving common disorders of the musculoskeletal system that may benefit from manual therapy;
    3. be able to recognize, by means of appropriate tests, any contraindications to manual therapy;
    4. be able to perform, with the necessary mastery, manual therapies, particularly manipulative and osteopathic, applicable to the spine and limbs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of this treatment
    5. .

    Prerequisites

    Prerequisites
    • In-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathologies of the nervous system and musculoskeletal
    • system,

    • clinical examination of the musculoskeletal system, neurological examination and assessment of impairments, activities and participation
    • .

    Partners

    Partners
    • University of AngersUniversity
    • of CaenUniversity of
    • DijonUniversity
    • of

    • Montpellier-NimesUniversity
    • of

    • NancyUniversity
    • of NantesUniversity
    • of

    • Paris 5University
    • of Paris 6University
    • of UPECUniversity of
    • Paris 13University
    • of ReimsUniversity
    • of

    • RennesUniversity of
    • StrasbourgUniversity
    • of

    • ToulouseUniversity
    • of

    • Tours

    Further information

    Further information

    On completion of this diploma, students will be able to obtain theequivalent title of osteopath.

    To consult the syllabus, contact the teacher in charge

    .

  • Autorisation pédagogique

    Eligibility

    Eligibility
    • French and European Union doctors, specialty interns from the 5th semester,
    • residents from the 3rd semester onwardsDoctors
    • or medical students from outside the European Union with qualifications accepted as equivalent to the above (DIS students may be admitted from their 3rd semester onwards)
    • Holders of the DESIU in osteopathic manual medicine from 2014-2015 will be able to enter the 3rd year of training
    • directlyPersons who have completed the 1st or 2nd year of the DESIU in osteopathic musculoskeletal manual medicine at another French university will be able to continue their training in the next year at the University of Aix-Marseille
    • .

    Educational information and admission authorizations

    Educational information and admission authorizations

    Teachers in charge
    Professor Laurent BENSOUSSAN
    Professor Jean-Michel

    VITONContact
    Olivia DEVIGNE
    Tel : 04 91 38 56 01
    Email : olivia.devigne@ap-hm.fr

  • Inscription administrative

    Registration

    Administrative registration information:

    Email: umfcs-desu@univ-amu.fr
    Fatma FATHI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 91
    Marine HANAOUI
    Tél : 04 91 32 46 48
    Annie DESCHAMPS
    Tél : 04 91 32 43 25
    Audrey GROSSI
    Tél : 04 91 32 45 80Unité

    mixte de formation continue en santé (UMFCS)
    Bureau des DU
    Faculté des sciences médicales et paramédicales

    Aix-Marseille

    Université
    27 bd Jean Moulin
    13385 Marseille cedex 05

  • Informations pratiques

    Training mode

    Training mode
    Presential

    Rates

    Rates
    • Initial training: 784 euros per
    • yearContinuing
    • training
    • : 1,569 euros per year