Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine

Catalog description

The Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine course presents, reviews, and reinforces common and basic concepts of biomedical, structural and clinical sciences essential for understanding and practicing Osteopathic Medicine. The course is pedagogically organized into three intertwining threads: Cell and Molecular Bases of Medicine covering essential basics in biochemistry, genetics, histology, microbiology pathology, pharmacology, physiology, and neuroanatomy; Structural and Functional Basis of Medicine offering an overview of how Anatomy and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine are an organic foundation of Osteopathic Medicine and how their study should be approached; and Practice of Medicine offering and analysis of the broad context in which medicine is practiced and initiating the training in clinical examination, communication and other skills.