Welcome to the Osteopathic Medicine Website!
The Mission of the Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine is to prepare osteopathic primary care physicians to serve the rural and medically underserved areas of the Commonwealth of Virginia, North Carolina, and the Appalachian region and to provide scientific research that will improve the health of all humans.
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM, also referred to as Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (NMM) by the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine) is the medical specialty which is concerned the integration of osteopathic principles, practice and manipulative treatment in patient care. The focus of this specialty is on the neuromusculoskeletal systems and their relationships with every other system in the body, including, but not limited to, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, reproductive, genitourinary, dermatologic, vascular, lymphatic, psychologic, ophthalmologic, ENT, and rheumatologic systems.
This website will highlight the Osteopathic/Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (OMM/NMM) rotation sites along with providing informative links to assist in the education of the VCOM student. The purpose of the clerkship is to ensure that the OMSIII develop a full understanding, appreciation, and technical skill toward an integrative approach to the care of patients, families, and communities.
This website, in addition to the associated links, will help you learn about and how to implement OMM/NMM into your future practice, regardless of your particular areas of interest, level or focus of training. It is my hope that you find OMM/NMM an indispensable tool for your future work to increase your patients' quality of life.
Goals for the Osteopathic Medical Student:
- Develop the ability to perform a patient-centered interview and treatment plan
- Develop and use an integrated (biopsychosocial) approach to clinical reasoning
- Continue to develop the responsibilities of being humanistic, professional, ethical, dutiful, compassionate, altruistic and knowledgeable
- Improve self understanding in patient interactions
- Experience OMM/NMM in a realistic environment
- Understand how a practice functions through interaction with office staff and paramedical personnel; develop and utilize the team approach to enhance medical care
- Promote patient education and disease prevention and the enhancement of overall health
- Apply osteopathic philosophy and manipulative practice to enhance patient care
- Apply knowledge of basic and clinical sciences to patient care
- Analyze clinical data and consider patient and family preferences
- Investigate and evaluate patient care practices, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence and improve patient care practices
- Learn to provide optimal, cost effective care
- Recognize the cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic factors that affect healthcare
- Become an advocate for your patients
- Become an advocate and proud example for your osteopathic profession
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