Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine-Middletown celebrated the opening of an Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic at its campus to provide care at a low cost. "This is an opportunity to provide distinctive high-quality healthcare to our community while at the same time educating our students and residents," Executive Dean Kenneth Steier, DO, said.

Ryan McGill, a 20-year Army veteran and first-year medical student at Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, wants to help fellow veterans and says his classmates remind him of the people who served with him. "You're seeing the same thing: highly proficient, highly educated, great Americans who are putting their teamwork first for a common goal, which is medicine and helping people," McGill said.

The first class of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine and West Virginia Wesleyan College's Go DO Early Scholars Program are in their junior year at Wesleyan as the program continues to grow. "Wesleyan was a perfect fit in its size, location and strong science department, while WVSOM is a top-tier primary care school," Wesleyan student Wyatt Burns said.

Some funding from a $16 million Health Resources and Services Administration grant will allow the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine to expand programs training physicians who care for people in rural, tribal and underserved urban areas. "This grant allows us to continue our mission to prepare the next generation of primary care physicians to serve their neighborhoods and communities," said Natasha Bray, DO, dean of the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation.

Researchers with the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and Pennsylvania State University found that 41% of men maintained continuous employment during their prime earning years, according to a study in the journal Socius. "These data allowed us to see longitudinal patterns of men being in and out of the workforce, as opposed to the snapshot of the labor market that you'd see from the census data that just tells you who's in and who's out at a given period of time," said researcher Adrianne Frech, PhD, of OU-HCOM.

"This marks a significant step forward in fostering unity and understanding about osteopathic medicine in medical regulation worldwide. It will help to eliminate barriers for DOs seeking opportunities to practice abroad," said AACOM President and CEO Robert A. Cain, DO. Read more.

Fellowship in the Collegium is a distinct honor that recognizes enduring and exceptional service to the Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators (AOGME) and the osteopathic profession. Both physicians and non-physicians are eligible. Applications are due December 1, 2023.

The research program is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and allows medical students to conduct research under the direction of an established scientist in the areas of diabetes, obesity, kidney disease or digestive disease at Vanderbilt during the summer between the first and second or second and third years of medical school. Applications close January 1, 2024.

You'll also read about ICOM's adopted roadway cleanup, VCOM-Virginia's Anatomy Academy and CHSU-COM's participation in the Continuing Medical Education by the Bay conference. Read more.