Dr Ian Drysdale graduated from Queen Elizabeth College (now subsumed into King’s College) London University with a BSc (Hons) and then took a PhD from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Northwick Park Hospital before completing the Diploma in Osteopathy (DO) and Diploma in Naturopathy (ND), at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM, or BCNO as it was then) as an external student. Ian started lecturing at BCOM in 1971 and became the first full time lecturer at the college in 1974. He progressed from lecturer and practitioner to Vice-Dean, to Dean of Academic Studies and CEO, and finally to full-time Principal in 1990. Ian is committed to progressing high academic and clinical standards in complimentary medicine and led BCOM to two successive quinquennial General Osteopathic Council Recognised Qualification (RQ) events with “No Conditions”, a sector leading position at the time. He is a strong supporter of research within complimentary medicine and co-founded the International Conference on Advances in Osteopathic Research (ICAOR) in 1999, which has now completed its 11th iteration. Ian has considerable experience with international colleagues in education and research and, since his retirement from BCOM, founded CEAR in 2015 following request from several European colleagues to support their aspirations of offering degree status qualifications.
Ian has published 15 Journal articles, 20 International Conference presentations and 17 International Conference posters (see extract below). He has led numerous Bachelor and Masters level university validation events with a 100% success rate at first attempt; has sat on degree validation panels for universities to Masters level; has supervised many Masters level student research projects; has co-supervised two PhD students to successful graduation; and has been an External Examiner for a range of subjects from Anatomy and research projects to Clinic and Osteopathy, in various countries from the UK to Europe and Australasia, and at various academic levels from BSc to PhD.
Publications extract:
Hinkley H.J., Drysdale I.P.
Audit of 1000 patients attending the clinic of the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy.
The British Osteopthic Journal. 1995. Vol XVI pp17-22.
Hinkley H.J., Mehta M., Drysdale I.P.
The Digital Myograph in Isometric Muscle Testing – Reliability and Pilot Study of upper limb muscle development in Osteopathic trainees.
Musculoskeletal Management. 1995 (1) 63-72.
Drysdale* I. P., Kirk L., Mehta M. M., and Walters N. J.
A clinical audit of the Osteopathic approach to treatment of Low Back Pain.
EULAR (European League against Arthritis) XIV Congress, 6 – 11 June, 1999, Glasgow, Scotland.
Drysdale I.P., Hinkley H.J., N. J. Walters., Shale M., Bird D.
Bilateral Calcaneal Differences as Measured by Three Bone Densitometers Employing Ultrasound and X-ray Methodology. #F231.
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 21st Annual Meeting, Americas Centre, St Louis, Missouri, USA. October 1999.
Drysdale I.P., Hinkley H.J., Shale M., Bird D., N. J. Walters.
Bilateral Variation of Calcaneal Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation (BUA) – Part I
Journal of Clinical Densitometry 4 (1), 2001, 37-42.
Drysdale I.P., Hinkley H.J., Shale M., Bird D., N. J. Walters.
Bilateral Variation of Calcaneal Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation (BUA) – Part II – As measured by three Bone Densitometers employing Ultrasound or X-Ray
Journal of Clinical Densitometry 4 (4),2001, 337-341
Drysdale* I.P., Hinkley H.J., Mehta M.,
Upper Limb Development in Osteopathic Trainees
3rd International Conference on Advances in Osteopathic Research (ICAOR), Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, 15-17 February 2002.
Drysdale I.P., Hinkley H.J., Bird D., Walters N.J.,
Is there a relationship between Bone Density as measured by Ultrasound and Foot Loading? #SA110.
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 24th Annual Meeting, Henry B Gonzalez Convention Centre, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 20th-24th September 2002.
Karason A., Drysdale I.P.
Somato-visceral response following Osteopathic HVLAT. A pilot study on the effect of unilateral lumbosacral high-velocity low-amplitude thrust technique on the cutaneous blood flow in the lower limb.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 26 (4), 2003, 220-225
Hinkley H.J., Drysdale I.P., Walters N.J., Bird D.
Normative data for ultrasound measurement of the calcaneus within different female ethnic groups.
British Journal of Radiology, 77 2004 740-744.
Hinkley H.J, and Drysdale I.P.,
Bone Health of Vegans.
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Conference,
16-19th September 2007. The Hawaii Conference Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii USA.
Drysdale I.P., Collins, A.L., Walters H.J., Bird, D., Hinkley H.J.
Potential Benefits of Marathon Training on Bone Health as Assessed by Calcaneal Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation.
Journal of Clinical Densitometry (2007), 10, 2, 179-183
Saaid A. and Drysdale I.P.,
Unusual Termination of the cephalic vein,
Clinical Journal of Anatomy, October 2008 Published online in Wiley Interscience www.interscience.wiley.com
Hinkley H.J, and Drysdale* I.P.,
Bone Health of Vegans,
Eighth European Congress on Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, 9-12th April 2008, Istanbul, Turkey
Hinkley HJ, Bird D, Drysdale IP.
Preliminary comparison of QUS and FRAX (excluding BMD) screening tool for estimating long-term fracture risk in women.
Proceedings of American Society for Bone Mineral Research, 31st Annual Meeting 2009, USA.
Drysdale* I. P. and Hinkley H.,
“POSTE” Study Patients OSTeopathic Experience: A UK National Survey of Patients. Patients Awareness and exprience of Osteopathic Treatment.
NCOR Conference, Brighton University, February 2011
Mehta M, Rolfe KJ, Sager Jemma, Drysdale IP.
Questionnaire based survey on satisfaction of PCT patients following osteopathic treatment. Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Osteopathic Research. Sept 2012
Drysdale IP, Rolfe KJ, Hinkley H.
Patient perception of osteopathic training in the UK and patient reported experience.
International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2013, Vol. 16, Issue 4, p187–191, and published online: July 8 2013, 16: e23-e24
Bramati-Castellarin I, Drysdale IP, Patel V.
Evaluation of behavioural and gastrointestinal symptoms in autistic children after visceral osteopathic treatment.
International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine. 2013; 16: e13-e14
Drysdale I*, Rolfe KJ.
Outcomes from an osteopathic teaching clinic.
Proceedings: 10th International Conference Advances in Osteopathic Research. Sao Paulo Brazil, November 2014
Bramati-Castellarin I, Patel V B, Drysdale I P.
Repeat-measures longitudinal study evaluating behavioural and gastrointestinal symptoms in children with autism before, during and after visceral osteopathic treatment (VOT).
Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies (2016) 20 (3) pp. 461-470
Bramati-Castellarin I, Patel V B, Drysdale I P.
Faecal Calprotectin and a Twenty-Four Parameter Questionnaire in Autistic Children with Gastro-Intestinal Symptoms.
SM J Psychiatry Ment Health (2017); 2(1): 1009