Allopathic student interested in OMM

[BlackNDecker]

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What can an allopathic student due to learn more about OMM? Should I buy a copy of the lab manual and study that? If so, what is the name of the lab manual that is mentioned in the above "sticky?"

 

[DeLaughterDO]

What can an allopathic student due to learn more about OMM? Should I buy a copy of the lab manual and study that? If so, what is the name of the lab manual that is mentioned in the above "sticky?"

Many schools have seminars that you can attend (I've heard harvard does, at least). There is also a wealth of information (and mis-information) on the WWW, so if you are going to look for info there, be sure it comes from a reputable site. Check out www.osteopathic.org for some basic info.

What else do you want to know? Specific techniques? You won't learn that from any book - at least not how to actually do the techniques. That takes hands-on training and someone knowledgeable in the techniques to make sure you are doing them correctly and will not injure your patients. If you want to learn general philosophy, read online at the above web site. If you want to just learn techniques, you'll probably have to attend a seminar or find a student willing to teach you on your rotations (if you're to that point). I've taught several students some easy techniques to help their patients (I'm a disgrace to the profession, I know). I figure, if it all goes towards patients' better health, go for it.

Congrats on your open minded-ness and willingness to learn something new and different from what you have been taught your whole life.

jd

 

[BlackNDecker]

Congrats on your open minded-ness and willingness to learn something new and different from what you have been taught your whole life.

jd

I have noticed that osteopathic students seem to understand anatomy better than most allopathic students. I'm guessing this is due to the fact that we are expected to learn anatomy from a graduate student perspective vs. a clinical perspective. I was just hoping to be able to add to my "perspective."

How long is a typical anatomy course at a DO school? How in depth is the route memorization? We had to basically memorize Netter's Atlas cover to cover...many in my class knew it by page #!!

 

[Taus]

The actual anatomy course itself is identical, though every school (MD and DO) has their own variations. That isn't where the difference lies. For us, it is the fact that we have to constantly recall our anatomy during OMM. Everything we learn is based upon how the muscles/joints/bones/etc attach and function clinically. Innervations, both for visceral and somatic stuff, is also stressed over and over again during the entire 2 first years as it pertains to OMM. We also take the above knowledge and use it to see anatomy in motion as we manipulate and learn from our classmates bodies....not just learning anatomy in a cadaver.

Its the same principle as when we all learn Pharmacology during the basic science years (ie completely memorize and forgot a good amount of it shortly after). Most of us (MD and DO) will not really "know" clinical pharmacology until we are using it daily in our rotations and more likely residencies. Apply that principle to Anatomy and that is why you see the DO students having a very strong grasp of it. MD students learn anatomy, but DO students "use" anatomy. And please....no one get take that as an attack against MD's....

If you are really interested in the possibility of using OMM clinically as an MD, you may want to look into PM&R. There is a reason that DO's are looked upon very favorably in that field and most will say it is because of our musculoskeletal knowledge. I don't think that you'll find many other fields where the MD's are also very open to and USING OMM.

 

[TCOM-2006]

Harvard PM&R did a CME on OMM about a year or so ago (you could search for it), and i hear that MSU MD students can do electives at MSU-COM - perhaps they would take visiting students from other institutions (?).

we have an MD OMM faculty member here at TCOM, i suppose if you are an MD student interested in OMM, you could contact him - faculty bio at:

http://www.hsc.unt.edu/faculty/biography.cfm?id=372

 

[BlackNDecker]

Harvard PM&R did a CME on OMM about a year or so ago (you could search for it), and i hear that MSU MD students can do electives at MSU-COM - perhaps they would take visiting students from other institutions (?).

we have an MD OMM faculty member here at TCOM, i suppose if you are an MD student interested in OMM, you could contact him - faculty bio at:

http://www.hsc.unt.edu/faculty/biography.cfm?id=372

Thanks for all the info guys. 👍