Osteopathic Principles & Practice II

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Osteopathic Principles and Practice II is a continuation of OPP I that builds upon the first-year knowledge base, while challenging students to apply their training using a more complex clinically related paradigm during year two. Osteopathic Principles and Practice II is a course comprised of formal didactic instruction (cognitive component) and clinical skills training (CST, psychomotor component), including Osteopathic Manipulation 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 continue to familiarize students with the philosophical basis of the profession, as well as the anatomical and physiological foundation of osteopathic medicine in the treatment of somatic dysfunction relative to disease processes. Students will be taught how to properly 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 and practice (OPP) with clinical medicine in a wide variety of specialties, including family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, gynecology/obstetrics, an general surgery. 92 | College of Osteopathic Medicine