how do I keep up OMM skills during residency?

[MadPuppy2005]

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Hi this message is probably only relevant to D.O.s.
I'm a D.O in an allopathic residency. I don't use OMM skills at all for my residency, I just use it on friends, other residents, etc.... I have two tables as well which I carry to other people's houses and treat them.

My question is are there free OMM work shops that I can attend? when I was a student in UAAO, I always attended OMM workshops with big name OMM people who were invited to my school. Now as a resident, I don't have that opportunity. Is there something called OPTI or something with free work shop for residents? anyone know?

I'd like to have a additional OMM practice in addition and separate from the current residency specialty.

 

[path2be]

🙂 I think there are OMM workshops and/or work stations at the AOA Unified Convention in Orlando this year, like they have at the UAAO Conventions. I hope you find a place to keep in practice. I just asked a DO resident in an allo program a similar ?

good luck

 

[APACHE3]

Since a lot of DO's go allopathic residency, what would happen, hypothetically, if you performed OMM on patient in an allopathic program's hospital and the patient claimed injury. Would your residency malpractice cover you? Are you prohibited from doing OMM while a resident? Just curious. Thanks

 

[texdrake]

Since a lot of DO's go allopathic residency, what would happen, hypothetically, if you performed OMM on patient in an allopathic program's hospital and the patient claimed injury. Would your residency malpractice cover you? Are you prohibited from doing OMM while a resident? Just curious. Thanks

I think you would have to have pretty poor OMM skills to hurt someone doing it enough that they could have a legitimate claim. And yes the coverage should cover it. It covers general medical treatment, not specific medical treatments.

 

[DrQuinn]

I think you would have to have pretty poor OMM skills to hurt someone doing it enough that they could have a legitimate claim. And yes the coverage should cover it. It covers general medical treatment, not specific medical treatments.

Actually, I'm not sure if its "covered." Since you are a resident training under someone else's license, i.e. your attendings, I don't think it is covered. I've mentioned it to some of my attendings (I a PGY3 in an allopathic EM residency), they have said it is NOT covered... since they are not "allowed" to perform osteopathic treatments, it would be a preach of their scope of practice if I performed it under their license. Now if I was moonlighting on my own, that would be a different story.

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