how do you become board-certified in OMM?

[ComicBookHero20]

the only OMM docs I know are the ones who do the OMM/FamMed residencies

but I am just wondering if I wanted to do a field outside of FamMed and use OMM, how does one become board certified in OMM?

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[Dr JPH]

the only OMM docs I know are the ones who do the OMM/FamMed residencies

but I am just wondering if I wanted to do a field outside of FamMed and use OMM, how does one become board certified in OMM?

As a DO you do not need to be board certified in OMM (or NMM = Neuromusculoskeletal medicine) in order to use OMT in your daily practice.

Generally the only people who chose to be board certified are those who want to be an OMM specialist (required to be board certified...completing an OMM residency) and those who do another field (FP, IM, Peds) and want the additional training (therefore NOT required to be board certified but you can be double boarded by doing an additional OMM year "+1 year").

I do, however, know many FPs who use OMT a great deal in their practice and are not board certified in OMT.

 

[aecuenca2]

If you're taking your FP boards in California through the ACOFP, your board certification will actually say Family Practice and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.

I did my residency at an allopathic program (was my childhood underserved community so giving back was worth it) and am doing a sports medicine fellowship at an osteopathic-only accredited program. Unfortunately, because of this I have to take the DO boards on top of the MD Family Med boards to sit for the sports med CAQ.

Just more hoops to jump through, but I guess I will be "double board certified with OMM" whatever that's worth. (just means more $$$ argh).

 

[InductionAgent]

There is an actual specialty board certification in OMM (officially designated Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) that goes beyond the certification issued through the ACOFP. This requires completion of an OMM residency as well as some other stuff. Here's a link to the full listing of requirements.

http://www.academyofosteopathy.org/certification_neuro.cfm