OCMDG 1511: Osteopathic Principles and Practice I

This course is the first in a 3-course series introducing students to osteopathic clinical medicine with weekly lectures and laboratory experiences. Instruction begins with an orientation to the osteopathic profession followed by training in professionalism and basic history and physical examination skills including documentation and presentation, with emphasis on the osteopathic structural examination. Components of the osteopathic history and physical examination covered in this course align with anatomical sciences curriculum. Students will learn the proper use of diagnostic equipment, as well as palpatory techniques, identification of anatomic landmarks, and diagnosis and treatment of somatic dysfunctions using case-based presentations carried through lecture and laboratory sessions.  Guest lecturers, peer table trainers, osteopathic scholars and simulation are used to build a complete educational experience. Students are evaluated through assignments, quizzes, exams, participation in laboratory setting, Standardized Patient Examination (SPE) practical, and Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) practicals.