Osteopathic medical education helps meet Mississippi's needs | OSU-COM medical students volunteer during orientation | Graduate of UNE COM to lead Maine CDC
Osteopathic medical schools that serve rural and underserved areas help meet the health care needs of Mississippi and other states with shortages of physicians, said Robert A. Cain, DO, president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. "What the osteopathic profession has actually been doing now for several decades is placing its colleges of osteopathic medicine in areas, nearly 60% of them, that are in underserved parts of the country," Dr. Cain said.
The incoming class at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine spent time during their orientation volunteering in the local community. "One of the principles of osteopathic medicine is community involvement and community service and being really engaged with the community that you then hope to serve," said Megan Campbell, student government president.
The next director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a graduate of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. Puthiery Va, DO, played a crucial role in the Indian Health Service's response to the COVID-19 emergency and has served as a disease investigator at the national CDC. "It is very meaningful for our students to see a fellow Nor'easter in this very important position, and I look forward to working with Dr. Va to address the health care needs of our state," said Jane Carreiro, D.O., dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine and vice president for Health Affairs.
Federal funding of $1 million will go to services the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine provides to help those struggling with substance abuse disorder. WVSOM's Clinic provides medication-assisted treatment to about 200 patients.
Under a grant from the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research Network, MaineHealth and the University of New England are collaborating to establish a statewide chronic pain registry. "The goal of the pain registry is to learn about patients' experiences with chronic pain and their care needs," said lead researcher Ling Cao, MD, professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The number one cause of death among student athletes is sudden cardiac arrest, which can lack definite warning signs. Anything found in sports physicals should be carefully examined with follow-up and treatment as the athlete may have underlying genetic issues, and medical response with CPR and AED's is of utmost importance, said Justin Hovey, MD, of the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Researchers with the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine found a curriculum about intellectual and developmental disabilities from the Health Equity Through Clinician Education on IDD Initiative was helpful for clinicians. Kansas physicians will have free access to the program through Healthy Blue Kansas, a partnership of health insurers.
The share of physicians who retired or moved to a new practice rose 43% from 2010 to 2018, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine who developed an algorithm to estimate turnover. Annual turnover was highest between 2010 and 2014, coinciding with the rise in EHR use, stabilized from 2014 to 2017 and increased a slight amount in 2018, researchers reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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"We are proud to support our awardees in their research and we will engage in continued conversations about this topic and hope this initiative generates more interest among residency programs, medical schools and other key stakeholders," said Brian Kessler, DO, AACOM UME-GME Task Force chair. Read more.
