Family Medicine/OPP

Catalog description

(APAP only) This rural, underserved Family Medicine rotation designed to be completed with an osteopathic physician board certified in OMM provides students with the opportunity to begin acquiring an understanding of the unique role of the osteopathic family practitioner and the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for a "family doctor" to care for patients of all ages. This early introduction into the clinical practice of OMM will allow students to gain the skills, knowledge, and attitudes of osteopathic physicians who incorporate manipulation into the care of their patients. These will represent a core of behaviors encompassed by the family physician, which prepares graduates for a unique role in patient management, problem solving counseling, and coordination of health care for the individual and for the family unit.