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Interactive module’s effectiveness on empathy and attitudes of healthcare students
This study investigates the role that virtual interactive modules play on osteopathic medical students and physician assistant students’ empathy and attitudes toward individuals with diabetes mellitus who are also affected by an array of social determinants of health.
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Scholar 12 longitudinal outcomes: osteopathic research development application to facilitate scholarly activity during the pandemic and beyond
This longitudinal study followed the research competency and scholarly product evolution of Scholar 12 — a free, interactive virtual platform designed for the osteopathic medical community — learners through consecutive academic years at a multi-campus COM, to demonstrate accessibility and application to all institutional remote learning needs during a pandemic and beyond.
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Incorporating the Certified Professional in Patient Safety credential into undergraduate medical curriculum: assessment and lessons learned
The objective of this study was to determine if the implementation of an advanced mandatory 2-week patient safety course, leading to the attainment of the Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS™) credential, can yield a measurable impact on medical students’ patient safety knowledge entering into residency.
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A novel simulation enhanced education for osteopathic manipulation of hospitalized patients
Simulation-based medical education (SBME) is a method for enhancing learner skill prior to initiating care for real patients. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the SBME lab to enhance the training of medical learners of OMM on hospitalized patients.
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Understanding COMLEX-USA Level-1 as a Pass/Fail examination: impact and opportunities
In late 2020, the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners announced that the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) Level 1 examination would discontinue reporting numeric scores, only providing a Pass/Fail designation. The authors of this study generated a series of five hypotheses to investigate the perceived impact of the transition to Pass/Fail scoring.
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Pioneering the future: incorporating lifestyle medicine tools in osteopathic medical education
The role of lifestyle has taken a renewed importance in disease prevention and chronic disease management. Osteopathic medicine has long focused on comprehensive, holistic care for our patients, and the tenets support the role of lifestyle medicine (LM) in osteopathic clinical care. In this commentary, the authors make the argument for incorporating LM more formally into the clinical curriculum at colleges of osteopathic medicine and will draw parallels with these two programs.
J Osteopath Med; 125(7): 337-340
Trends in osteopathic medical education: a scoping review
Following the transition to a single graduate medical education accreditation system in 2020, leaders at American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) were interested in learning more about the research being done about osteopathic medical education leading up to that point in time. The objective of this scoping review was to identify trends in undergraduate and graduate osteopathic medical education and to determine where this information was being disseminated and the institutions who were creating the content.
J Osteopath Med; 125(6): 277-283
Recent and future trends in osteopathic orthopedic surgery residency match rates following the transition to a single accreditation system
This study aims to investigate recent match rate trends in orthopedic surgery within the past 5 years, and also to forecast match trends for both MD and DO students to further analyze the future projection of the orthopedic surgery match.
J Osteopath Med; 125(5): 237-245
A comprehensive review of clinical experiences and extracurricular activities for US premedical students applying to osteopathic medical schools
This review aims to determine how US premedical osteopathic and allopathic students gain clinical experiences and extracurricular activities that enhance their application and increase their chances of admission into a medical school of their choice.
J Osteopath Med; 125(4): 185-202