Osteopathic Principles & Practice I

Catalog description

Osteopathic Principles and Practice I is a course comprised of formal didactic instruction (cognitive component) and clinical skills training (CST, psychomotor component), including Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT, psychomotor component), conducted in a large teaching laboratory setting. Skills and knowledge are taught and examined in a cumulative and comprehensive manner. The course will familiarize students with the history of osteopathy, the philosophical basis of the profession, and the anatomical and physiological foundation of osteopathic medicine in the treatment of somatic dysfunction relative to disease processes. Students will be taught how to palpate both male and female anatomy with the goal of diagnosing somatic dysfunction of soft tissues, bones, and joints, how to understand the biomechanics of the various components of the neuromusculoskeletal system, as well as how to manage their treatment using a variety of models. Students will be taught how to integrate osteopathic principles with clinical medicine in a wide variety of specialties, including family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, gynecology/obstetrics, and general surgery.