Good book for those interested in OMM

[UGA_Doc]

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I just picked up a text that is actually a HELL of a lot better than the FOM book (aka the green monster) It's written by DiGiovanna and Schiowitz, "An Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment" Great reference. Gives step by step instructions for diagnoses and treatment for just about everything. More to the point than FOM.

 

[Doctortobee]

That's the book we use at LECOM....The step by step directions are great.

 

[DrQuinn]

Originally posted by UGA_Doc
I just picked up a text that is actually a HELL of a lot better than the FOM book (aka the green monster) It's written by DiGiovanna and Schiowitz, "An Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment" Great reference. Gives step by step instructions for diagnoses and treatment for just about everything. More to the point than FOM.

Hahaha, the Green Monster. When I was in school we called it the "red doorstop." Guess they changed colors.

Q, DO

 

[drvlad2004]

It's great to hear that my school's book is being put into great use!

 

[Doctortobee]

We actually have one of your professors/contibutor teaching us....

 

[drvlad2004]

Originally posted by Doctortobee
We actually have one of your professors/contibutor teaching us....

Which one? Schiowitz and Eileen DiGiovanna retired two years ago. Dr. Dowling and Dr. McCarty resigned. Also, Dr. Oliverio wasn't gicen the boot by our new dean. Thus, our school has undergone some changes in the OMM department. Most of these changes occured when I started clinical rotations. Hence, I'm out of the loop about what's going on NYCOM for the most part. The dean, Dr. Ross-Lee, means business.

 

[DOtobe]

Dr. Banihashem - who wrote a section of one of the chapters in the DiGiovanna book - is the professor at LECOM.

 

[modelcitizen]

How much time during the entire 4 years of medical school would you estimate is spent learning (in class & out of class) OMM or other strictly osteopathic techniques?

 

[hossofadoc]

Modelcitizen- At PCSOM we spend 4 hours a week learning OMM and I spend about 3-6 hours a week treating people....just depends on how many people you know that are dysfunctional and how quickly word gets out.

 

[modelcitizen]

So, 7-10 hours/week? Is that all years (1-4), or just in the clinical years (3-4)?

 

[hossofadoc]

I'm a first year at the current time and I would say that number gets larger as time and word spreads. I know that in the past people in the hospital find out you do OMM and they hunt you down to work on them. It also depends during your 3-4 years if you are rotating with an OMM friendly doc...then you could end up doing a lot of OMM.

 

[modelcitizen]

Thanks for the replies. That sounds like a lot of OMM.

 

[DrMom]

The classes are in the first 2 years. During the clinical years it just depends on what rotation you're on. At my school you get some OMM in some of the family medicine rotations and if you choose to do an OMM rotation. I don't think any of the other rotations integrate very much OMM, but I may be wrong as I'm still an MS-2.