Opportunities also exist in research and education. Membership of the AOA is available from the undergraduate level onwards. Graduates of this program are recognised by government osteopathic registration boards in Australia. The course at RMIT was the first government funded program in Osteopathy in Australia and New Zealand. Osteopathy is a registerable health care profession.
Legislation exists in all states for government registration of osteopaths.
Graduates of this program are entitled to be registered as osteopaths in Australia . The Osteopathic Unit won the RMIT Quality Award for Teaching and Learning in 1998. A Department in the Faculty of Life Sciences.