Doctor of Philosophy in Osteopathic Clinical Sciences Program – PhD (OCS)

Thank you for your interest in the NUMSS (USA) Doctor of Philosophy in Osteopathic Clinical Sciences degree program. Our Admissions department is eager to help you in any way we can. We invite you to contact NUMSS (USA) and ask us any questions you may have about this program. We offer PhD (OCS) program both 100% online (tuition $4,250 per semester). This program can be taken worldwide and is available to anyone who meets the prerequisites, regardless of their nationalities. There are optional on-site week-long (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, 5 days per week) practical technique classes in Panama City and/or Madrid (Spain) available to online students free of charge (one week per semester).

The online video lecture classes are available on-demand to be watched once you are issued a password and user ID. They can be paused, and viewed as often as needed. You need high speed internet to be able to watch the video lectures online. You will also receive an external hard drive that includes all the video lectures for this program that enables you to view the video lectures offline.

This program enables students to graduate as osteopathic manual practitioners in USA (degree is issued from United States). Graduates may seek employment or open their own private osteopathic manual practice clinic. Graduates can work across USA as osteopathic manual practitioners. They may not however call themselves osteopaths in USA and Canada as the term “osteopath” is regulated and reserved for osteopathic physicians who perform surgery and prescribe medications in USA and Canada. We teach osteopathic manual practice (European style) as compared to osteopathic medicine (American style). In most other countries such as Spain, Italy, Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Brazil, Argentina, India, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Korea, & Japan graduates can practice as osteopaths.

Canadian NUMSS (USA) students are eligible to receive tuition and textbooks tax credit from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) as we are accepted as a foreign university by the tax authorities of the Canadian government.

Why Choose to Study Osteopathic Clinical Sciences?

Osteopathic clinical sciences program is an advanced body of knowledge in the field of osteopathic manual practice (OMP). OMP is an effective health care system in dealing with pains originating from muscles, bones, nerves and joints. The popularity of OMP is in its ability to help patients with chronic pain of mechanical origin. Osteopathic manual practice utilizes all available modern manual therapy techniques to assess injury and diseases of muscles, bones, joints and nerves. It also offers the added benefit of hands-on diagnosis and treatment through a system of therapy known as osteopathic manual therapy (OMT). Osteopathic manual practitioners understand how all the body’s systems are interconnected and how each one affects the others. They focus special attention on the musculoskeletal system, which reflects and influences the condition of all other body systems.
Why Choose to Study Osteopathic Clinical Sciences at NUMSS (USA)?

This program offers advanced knowledge in the healthcare system known as osteopathic manual practice. Our program is clinically based, applied, practical and techniques oriented. Our 100% online program is ideal for the working people as they will have the flexibility to study at the time they wish without leaving home. As there is no need to attend a classroom, they can watch the lectures at the comfort of their homes. Students from anywhere in the world can earn a PhD (OCS) without spending a large sum on the costs associated with daily travel. NUMSS PhD (OCS) program tuition is kept low ($4,250 per semester) to make the program affordable to all students in every corner of the world, no matter what countries they are from.

Admission Prerequisites

You require a Bachelor’s degree (in any field) as per-requisites to enter the Doctor of Philosophy in Osteopathic Clinical Sciences program. You have an option to take the prerequisite courses concurrently while attending the PhD (OCS) program. Students without a Bachelor’s degree can enroll at the following dual degree programs (BSc/PhD).

By taking advantage of the dual degree program students can study the PhD program while concurrently satisfying the prerequisites for the PhD program. Any of the bachelors level degree programs offered by NUMSS (USA) are eligible as a prerequisite of the PHD (OCS) program. This PhD program can be taken as a dual or triple degree program with any other program offered by NUMSS (USA).

Doctor of Philosophy in Osteopathic Clinical Sciences (PhD) Curriculum
There are 3 different curriculums for the PhD program:

1. Curriculum for category 1 students (4 years) without previous health education
2. Curriculum for category 2 students with previous health education, such as kinesiologists, massage therapists, diploma level osteopathic manual practitioners & nurses (2 years)
3. Curriculum for category 3 students who have a doctoral degree or equivalent such as physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, degree level osteopathic manual practitioners, naturopaths, physicians and surgeons  (1 year)

Curriculum for category 1 PhD (OCS) students (4 years, 8 semesters)

Curriculum for category 2 PhD (OCS) students with previous health education (2 years, 4 semesters)

Curriculum for category 3 PhD (OCS) students with doctoral degree (1 year, 2 semesters)