OSU-COM aims to increase physicians in tribal and rural locations | KCU-COM, HCA partnership advances physician education | Leaders' Summit promotes interest in health care careers
Half of the medical students at the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation are from rural areas and one-quarter are Native American. The college aims to increase the number of physicians serving rural or tribal communities, and students have rotations in small communities and in Indian Health Service clinics.
A six-year partnership between the Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine and HCA Midwest Health expands the number of clerkships for third and fourth-year medical students and gives HCA access to academic research and classroom resources.
Charlie Brown, DO, a graduate of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, encouraged high school students to study medicine through the Future Healthcare Leaders' Summit in Akron, Ohio. "I think the first part is building relationships with your area hospitals and clinics and health care organizations just so that one they can be aware that there's an interest, and if so, the schools can foster those relationships," Dr. Brown said
The Pathway to Medicine Program of the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan College of South Jersey and Rowan University offers high school students guaranteed acceptance to medical school at Rowan-Virtua SOM. Five high school students who meet academic requirements will be accepted to the program.
The student chapter of the American Medical Association at Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine is hosting a gala to raise funds for a free vaccination clinic.
Children undergoing surgery to correct pectus excavatum often experience high levels of post-operative pain, and research in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery conducted by faculty and students at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine mapped the intercostal nerves and identified a co-lateral branch of the intercostal nerve as a target for cryoablation to reduce pain. Sunghoon Kim, MD, a pediatric surgeon, has integrated the branch into his surgical approach, resulting in improved pain management.
The Arkansas Department of Health has identified a cluster of tuberculosis cases in Northeast Arkansas, and officials are warning that undetected cases need to be found and treated. "Because we're at the beginning cold and flu season, it can be easy to confuse tuberculosis with other respiratory illnesses," said Craighead County health official Shane Speights, DO, dean of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University.
"AACOM applauds these institutions for living out their missions of educating a diverse physician workforce," said AACOM President and CEO Robert A. Cain, DO. Read more.
AACOM's Grants Program includes awards for medical education research and institutional research. Institutional research is a broad category of work done at colleges (and across colleges within a profession) to inform decision-making and planning. Proposals pertaining to technology or artificial intelligence are of importance this year. The deadline to submit is January 31, 2024.
The Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD) released a statement in support of DO applicants to emergency medicine residency, noting that "CORD values osteopathic education, and osteopathic students merit equal opportunity as they apply for residency."
