Osteopath to homeopath
An osteopath already meets 37% of what the homeopath role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
64.2/ 100
1 How much of what a homeopath is expected to do is already part of an osteopath’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the homeopath role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A homeopath role treats 8 of its required skills as things an osteopath already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- comply with legislation related to health care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow-up on healthcare users' treatment
- human anatomy
- human physiology
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A homeopath role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an osteopath background worth leading with.
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held dietetics health and welfare
- already held develop therapeutic relationships communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held refer healthcare users assisting and caring
- already held human physiology health and welfare
- already held interact with healthcare users communication, collaboration and creativity
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the homeopath role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn accept own accountability required
- still to learn advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- still to learn apply context specific clinical competences required
- still to learn conduct a homeopathic consultation required
- still to learn develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- optional, not held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions optional
- optional, not held promote homeopathy optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
- still to learn homeopathy remedies required
- still to learn homeopathy required
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held pathology optional
- still to learn archive healthcare users' records required
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- still to learn comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- optional, not held deal with emergency care situations optional
- still to learn maintain work area cleanliness required
- optional, not held promote mental health optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a homeopath role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accept own accountability practise this
- 02 advise on healthcare users' informed consent practise this
- 03 apply context specific clinical competences practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow-up on healthcare users' treatment skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held refer healthcare users skill
- already held dietetics knowledge
- already held provide health education skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out preventative internal medicine interventions optional
- optional, not held promote homeopathy optional
- optional, not held promote mental health optional
- optional, not held deal with emergency care situations optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held pathology optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
38 held skills the homeopath role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- not needed by the target role apply deep tissue massage skill
- not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
- not needed by the target role biomechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect healthcare user's general data skill
- not needed by the target role conduct gross examination of tissues skill
- not needed by the target role conduct physical examinations skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
- not needed by the target role create a diet plan skill
- not needed by the target role develop osteopathic treatment plans skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose musculoskeletal conditions skill
- not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role endocrinology knowledge
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role food science knowledge
- not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role maintain treatment records skill
- not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
- not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role musculoskeletal anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
- not needed by the target role obtain healthcare user's medical status information skill
- not needed by the target role orthopaedics knowledge
- not needed by the target role osteopathy knowledge
- not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role prescribe treatment for musculoskeletal injuries skill
- not needed by the target role promote exercise programmes skill
- not needed by the target role provide osteopathic diagnosis skill
- not needed by the target role record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
- not needed by the target role scientific research methodology knowledge
- not needed by the target role take and analyse blood pressure skill
- not needed by the target role therapeutic massage knowledge
- not needed by the target role undertake healthcare examination skill
- not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn homeopathy remedies required
- still to learn homeopathy required
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held pathology optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held psychology optional
- optional, not held supervision of persons optional
Common questions about this move
Can an osteopath become a homeopath?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An osteopath already covers 37% of what a homeopath is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the homeopath role treats as required.
What skills does an osteopath need to become a homeopath?
10 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is accept own accountability.
How hard is the move from osteopath to homeopath?
Its learning distance is 64.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.