This document provides a general syllabus for an advanced osteopathic techniques class taking place from October 12-14, 2012 in Barcelona. The class will focus on listening techniques, manual thermal diagnosis, cranial rhythmic impulse, anatomical landmarks, fluid dynamics, ignition, and integrating these techniques into clinical practice. Participants will review concepts, practice diagnostic techniques on each other, and see demonstrations of treatments on invited patients.

1. General Syllabus for Level II Class
Barcelona - October 12-14, 2012
Friday
Morning Session
Introduction and Overview Presentation on Advanced Listening Techniques.
These involve more generalized listening techniques for assessing organ and
structural dysfunctions. This is known in osteopathic jargon as “general listening.”
Tracking the “inherent treatment plan”
Chip will treat a few patients by way of demonstrating these techniques and
illustrating how we applies them in his own clinical practice.
Afternoon Session
Review of Manual Thermal Diagnosis (MTD), and Cranial Rhythmic Impulse (CRI) w/
practice sets, optimally treating live patients.
Saturday
Morning Session
Review of Anatomical Landmarks for General and Local Listening
Diagnostic practice sets using participants as subjects.
Afternoon Session
Review of Fluid Dynamics
Introduction to Ignition/ Pivot of Nothingness. Taking the next step in needle
technique and dynamic stillness.
Practice sets implementing previously introduced material using patients invited by
participants

2. Sunday
Morning Session
Discussion and practice sets focusing on the integration of these techniques into
participant’s existing practice styles using patients invited by participants
Afternoon Session - (possibly a short session finishing at 3:00/4:00)
Exploration of palpatory phenomena discovered by partcipants in the course of their
own clinical practice.
As previously mentioned, the class will focus on the following topics.
1) Tracking an “inherent treatment plan.”
2) Developing more generalized listening techniques for assessing organ and structural
dysfunctions. This is known in osteopathic jargon as “general listening.”
3) Ignition
4) We will review or otherwise delve more deeply into those concepts and techniques
that are of greatest interest to you.
5) Perhaps most importantly, I want to help you most effectively integrate all of these
palpation techniques into your own practice. There will be ample time for us to work
on this in a hands-on context.