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Hello!
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Taylor Still and I am the founder of Osteopathic Medicine.
I have been invited to The Student Doctor Network by Dr. Lee Burnett to help answer any questions about osteopathic medicine.
I will be checking in regularly to be of service here. Just remember, I am 178 years old to please be sure to speak up and make the title of your post very clear so that I can recognize it!
BEFORE ASKING YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE READ THIS!
I have included some links that might help you out a bit. Please be sure to read and research before you look to me for help. It is very difficult for me to answer ALL of your questions in a timely manner. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for or want more information, then please post your question.
Thank you!
OMM / OMT
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5019417&postcount=21
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5021754&postcount=22
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5022704&postcount=24
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5044439&postcount=42
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5044518&postcount=45
MD vs DO
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002483&postcount=4
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002657&postcount=9
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5032354&postcount=30
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5043124&postcount=40
DOs in Residency / Internship / Residency Matching
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002498&postcount=5
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002612&postcount=8
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5006380&postcount=11
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5009529&postcount=12
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5010023&postcount=13
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5017084&postcount=18
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5027115&postcount=26
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5028550&postcount=27
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5033952&postcount=31
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5034865&postcount=34
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5038784&postcount=35
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5039717&postcount=36
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5042774&postcount=39
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5059813&postcount=50
Dual Degree Programs
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5042712&postcount=38
MDs and OMT
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5031187&postcount=29
OMT in Clinical Practice
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002529&postcount=6
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002704&postcount=10
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5011496&postcount=15
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5034704&postcount=32
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5034732&postcount=33
Applying to Osteopathic Medical School
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5011513&postcount=16
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5044497&postcount=44
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5048710&postcount=47
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5054692&postcount=49
Growth of Osteopathic Medicine
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002583&postcount=7
International Practice Rights
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5017145&postcount=20
Helpful Links:
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
http://www.aacom.org/
AOA
https://www.do-online.org/
Osteopathic Internship & Residency Search
http://opportunities.osteopathic.org/index.htm
Find a D.O.
http://www.osteopathic.org/directory.cfm
DO SCHOOLS
Q: What are the average MCATs & GPAs for DO schools?
A: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~amsa/links/medmcat.html
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OK, so I'm not the REAL A.T. Still, but I do have a lot in common with him.
Like Dr. Still I wanted to find complementary methods to treating my patients and not just rely on the "conventional" medical therapeutics. I wanted to offer comprehensive healthcare to those who came under my care. Does this mean I don't prescribe necessary medications or refuse to perform surgery? Absolutely not.
The beauty of osteopathic medicine is that it is a completely integrative field and philosophy. True, medicine has changed significantly in the last 125 years so some of the early uses of osteopathy may be a bit clouded when viewed by todays standards. But the concepts remain true. We have the ability to offer something additional to our patients. Osteopathic manipulative medicine is a unique form of treatment that can be used to diagnose, treat and sometimes cure a patient of certain ailments. The most important thing to remember is that there are indeed limitations of what OMT can do, but there are few scenarios where OMT cannot offer SOME benefit to your patients.
SO...who am I really?
Well, I am an osteopathic physician. I also have advanced training in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. I have experience treating patients in an OMT-only practice, I have been published in the osteopathic medical literature and I have academic responsibilities as well. Like all of you, I too am still learning. I am currently a Resident in an osteopathic program and hope to someday be heavily involved in osteopathic medical education.
I look forward to hearing your questions and will meet the challenge to answer them as best I can.
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Taylor Still and I am the founder of Osteopathic Medicine.
I have been invited to The Student Doctor Network by Dr. Lee Burnett to help answer any questions about osteopathic medicine.
I will be checking in regularly to be of service here. Just remember, I am 178 years old to please be sure to speak up and make the title of your post very clear so that I can recognize it!
BEFORE ASKING YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE READ THIS!
I have included some links that might help you out a bit. Please be sure to read and research before you look to me for help. It is very difficult for me to answer ALL of your questions in a timely manner. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for or want more information, then please post your question.
Thank you!
OMM / OMT
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5019417&postcount=21
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5021754&postcount=22
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5022704&postcount=24
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5044439&postcount=42
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5044518&postcount=45
MD vs DO
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002483&postcount=4
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002657&postcount=9
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5032354&postcount=30
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5043124&postcount=40
DOs in Residency / Internship / Residency Matching
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002498&postcount=5
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002612&postcount=8
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5006380&postcount=11
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5009529&postcount=12
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5010023&postcount=13
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5017084&postcount=18
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5027115&postcount=26
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5028550&postcount=27
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5033952&postcount=31
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5034865&postcount=34
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5038784&postcount=35
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5039717&postcount=36
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5042774&postcount=39
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5059813&postcount=50
Dual Degree Programs
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5042712&postcount=38
MDs and OMT
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5031187&postcount=29
OMT in Clinical Practice
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002529&postcount=6
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002704&postcount=10
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5011496&postcount=15
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5034704&postcount=32
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5034732&postcount=33
Applying to Osteopathic Medical School
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5011513&postcount=16
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5044497&postcount=44
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5048710&postcount=47
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5054692&postcount=49
Growth of Osteopathic Medicine
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5002583&postcount=7
International Practice Rights
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=5017145&postcount=20
Helpful Links:
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
http://www.aacom.org/
AOA
https://www.do-online.org/
Osteopathic Internship & Residency Search
http://opportunities.osteopathic.org/index.htm
Find a D.O.
http://www.osteopathic.org/directory.cfm
DO SCHOOLS
Q: What are the average MCATs & GPAs for DO schools?
A: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~amsa/links/medmcat.html
=======================================
OK, so I'm not the REAL A.T. Still, but I do have a lot in common with him.
Like Dr. Still I wanted to find complementary methods to treating my patients and not just rely on the "conventional" medical therapeutics. I wanted to offer comprehensive healthcare to those who came under my care. Does this mean I don't prescribe necessary medications or refuse to perform surgery? Absolutely not.
The beauty of osteopathic medicine is that it is a completely integrative field and philosophy. True, medicine has changed significantly in the last 125 years so some of the early uses of osteopathy may be a bit clouded when viewed by todays standards. But the concepts remain true. We have the ability to offer something additional to our patients. Osteopathic manipulative medicine is a unique form of treatment that can be used to diagnose, treat and sometimes cure a patient of certain ailments. The most important thing to remember is that there are indeed limitations of what OMT can do, but there are few scenarios where OMT cannot offer SOME benefit to your patients.
SO...who am I really?
Well, I am an osteopathic physician. I also have advanced training in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. I have experience treating patients in an OMT-only practice, I have been published in the osteopathic medical literature and I have academic responsibilities as well. Like all of you, I too am still learning. I am currently a Resident in an osteopathic program and hope to someday be heavily involved in osteopathic medical education.
I look forward to hearing your questions and will meet the challenge to answer them as best I can.