Curricula Descriptions
Osteopathic Curriculum
| Goals: |
To maintain and further develop osteopathic skills so that, upon graduation from residency, the physician will confidently continue these skills in the everyday practice of medicine.
To gain deeper understanding of the osteopathic principles and promote and utilize these principles throughout their medical career. |
| Objectives: |
Junior Residents:
- Be able to perform complete and focused osteopathic structural exams. (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Interpersonal Communication Skills, Professionalism) Assessment tools: Direct Observation
- Applies the physician resident’s osteopathic diagnostic skills to create accurate assessment and treatment plans. (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care) Assessment tools: Direct Observation, Chart Review, In-training Exam
- Understands the indications and contraindications to the various methods of osteopathic manipulative treatment. (Medical Knowledge) Assessment tools: Direct Observation
Senior Residents:
In addition to the Objectives set for the Junior Residents, the following objectives are to be met for the Senior Residents:
- Demonstrates appropriate documentation skills of an osteopathic structural exam in the inpatient and outpatient setting. (Medical Knowledge) Assessment tools: Direct Observation, Chart Review
- Demonstrates the appropriate use of osteopathic manipulative techniques in all clinical settings. (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care) Assessment tools: Direct Observation, Chart Review, Procedure Logger
- Demonstrates appropriate osteopathic coding and billing. (Systems-based Practice) Assessment tools: Direct Observation, Chart Review
- Recognizes the types of somatic dysfunctions that occur with certain disease states (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care) Assessment tools: Direct Observation, Chart Review, In-training Exam
- Understands and integrates the osteopathic philosophy: that impairment of the body involves multiple systems including skeletal, arthroidal, myofascial, vascular, lymphatic and neural. (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care) Assessment tools: Direct Observation, In-training Exam
- Understands and integrates the osteopathic principles, including treating the whole patient rather than the symptoms, in all aspects of patient care to provide complete comprehensive care. (Medical Knowledge, Patient Care, Interpersonal Communication skills, and Professionalism) Assessment tools: Direct Observation
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Last updated: 10/08
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