Osteopathic International Alliance

OIA Events

2011

AACOM and AODME Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA

AACOM and AODME's Co-sponsored Annual Meeting, to be held 13-16 April 13-16, 2011, at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront.

The meeting will address a variety of critical issues under the theme "Meeting Future Health Care Needs: The Role of Interprofessional Education," with sessions that explore how interprofessional, team-based medical education can help future physicians meet the nation's needs.

Highlights will include expanded programming for a variety of osteopathic medical college professionals and a Friday evening AACOM Awards Banquet.

We invite you to contribute your best practices and innovations by responding to our Call for Presentations. You also can help shape the program offerings by agreeing to be a Peer Reviewer for submissions.

Learn more about the process and deadlines for submitting a proposal and agreeing to become a peer reviewer and submit an electronic response for each.

2010

OIA Board Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

The OIA Board met at the American Academy of Osteopathy's (AAO) Convocation, 20-21 March.

The Board heard reports from guests from the Register of the Brazilian Osteopaths (RBrO), the International Academy of Osteopathy (IAO), the Society for the Promotion of Manual Practice Osteopathy (SPMPO) and Canadian Federation of Osteopaths (CFO), who were in attendance at the Convocation.
The Board voted to approve their first newsletter and developed a schedule for future newsletters.
The Board used the membership survey sent out earlier this year to frame a strategic planning session that will shape the Alliance's activities for the next two years.
Out of the Strategic Planning, the Board targeted several steps that will be used to bolster communication within the Alliance and to reach out to other osteoapthic organisations.
The Board received a proposal from the JAOA-The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association about a potential partnership, which will be presented to the membership this year.

2009

16-18 October Sydney, Australia
OIA Annual General Meeting (AGM) Highlights

This year's attendance included: 7 Full member organisations; 14 Associate & Partner member groups and 2 outside organisations.

Actions:

Draft Minutes (PDF)

Meeting Update (PDF)

2009 AGM Booklet (PDF)

Memberships ratified since the 2008 AGM

Full member:
German Osteopathic Association (VOD)

Associate members:
Canadian Federation of Osteopaths (CFO)
The Consiglio Superiore di Osteopathia (CSdO)

Partner members:
American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine (AOCOPM)
Centre International D'Osteopathie (CIDO)
College Osteopathique de Provence (COP)
Registre des Osteopathes du Quebec (ROQ)
Sutherland Cranial Teaching Foundation Belgium (SCTF Belgium).

Full Membership reviewed the following proposed Bylaws Changes and took the indicated action:

Tabled for further discussion - Creation of an additional Board seat - The Board presented, for the Full membership's consideration, the addition of a tenth seat on the Board to include the largest international organisation with the most multi-national members.

Approved - Chairmanship: The Board put forth a proposal to make it desirable that the Chairmanship will alternate terms between an osteopath and osteopathic physician.

Approved - Length of Officer Term: The Board put forth a bylaws change recommending all OIA Board officers (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary-Treasurer) hold a two-year term.

These changes will be reflected in the updated bylaws

Board Election Outcomes

Dr. Boyd Buser (US), per the bylaws, was elected by acclamation for a three-year term to one of the two seats reserved for the largest osteopathic physician member, which is currently the AOA-US.
Ms Gilvarry (UK) was elected by acclamation to fill the remaining term of the empty GOsC seat which will expire at the 2010 AGM.
Mr Standen (NZ) was re-elected to the Board for a three-year term.
Mr. Mulholland-Licht (AU) was elected to the Board for a three-year term.

World Health Organisation (WHO)

The OIA's letter writing campaign to the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the publication of the WHO Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Osteopathy resulted in more than a dozen OIA member organisations sending letters to The WHO, urging publication of the document.

27-28 Littlerock, Arkansas, USA
March Board Meeting at the American Academy of Osteopathy's Convocation.

The Board met with representatives from the German Osteopathic Association (VOD) who were in attendance at the AAO Convocation.
The Board voted to develop a letter and plan to work with the WHO to finalize publication of the WHO Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Osteopathy
The Board approved membership applications for:
- Associate membership:
- Partner membership:

2008

7-10 November - Chicago OIA Annual Conference & General Meeting. Approved Minutes (MS Word)

3 February - London Annual Conference Co-hosted with the British School of Osteopathy at the Advancing Osteopathy 2008 Conference. See the Press Release (PDF)

31 January Annual General Meeting - London England.

The membership approved its first Bylaws change, creating a path for Associate and Partner members to sit on the Board of Directors.
The OIA held its first Board elections for three seats (through 2010):
- Mr. Simon Fielding, OBE, Lay member
- Mr. Vince Cullen, DO, General Osteopathic Council
- Dr. Med Johannes Mayer, MD, DOM, German Association for Osteopathic Medicine (DGOM)

30 January Board Meeting - London England

Approved membership applications for:
- Partner membership:
  - AVT College for Osteopathic Medicine
  - Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
The Secretariat gave an activity report, available upon request from oia@osteopathic.org.