Osteopathic Principles I-III

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.

This course is the second in a 3-course series and continues to utilize weekly lectures and laboratory experiences to develop the practical skills necessary to diagnose and treat patients. Students will continue to learn how to take a complete history from patients across the life cycle, including difficult patient encounters. The course focuses on additional body systems in alignment with the anatomical sciences curriculum, continuing to cover the structural-functional disturbances, and the diagnosis and treatment of somatic dysfunction. Point-of-care-ultrasound hands-on laboratory experiences are incorporated. Normal and abnormal findings are emphasized and illustrated through clinical cases, and students will practice patient care documentation multiple times throughout the course. The development of clinical reasoning skills is emphasized, and training is enhanced by guest lecturers, peer table-trainers, osteopathic scholars, and history and physical experiences. Students are evaluated by history and physical examination assignments, video quizzes, written examinations, laboratory participation, Standardized Patient Examination (SPE) practical, and Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) practicals.

This course is the third in a 3-course series and continues to develop the practical skills necessary to diagnose and treat patients across the life cycle and special population groups. Teaching methods include weekly lectures and laboratory experiences. The course focuses on additional body systems in alignment with the anatomical sciences curriculum, continuing to cover the structural-functional disturbances, and the diagnosis and treatment of somatic dysfunction. Normal and abnormal findings are emphasized and illustrated through clinical cases. Students will practice patient care documentation multiple times throughout the course with an introduction to medicolegal documentation. The development of clinical reasoning skills and an empathetic approach to patients is emphasized. Training is enhanced by guest lecturers, peer table-trainers, osteopathic scholars, and history and physical experiences. Students are evaluated by history and physical examination assignments, video quizzes, written examinations, laboratory participation, Standardized Patient Examination (SPE) practical, and Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) practicals.