Osteopathic Principles & Practice Elective

Catalog description

A two to four-week elective rotation required. Osteopathic education must play a key role in the curriculum. Training should be provided in both the inpatient and ambulatory care settings, where possible. In developing a format to teach these principles, it will be stressed that osteopathic care does not imply specific manipulative techniques for specific problems. Rather, this format should enable the student to integrate the osteopathic philosophy into daily patient care. The philosophy is centered on the concept of the body unity, the interrelationship of structure and function and the body’s inherent neuropsychoimmunological healing capacity. The approach of holistic medicine is one that will be emphasized throughout the extern program. This course may be repeated with different preceptors to obtain additional clinical exposure.