Doctor's degree Osteopathic Medicine - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Doctor's degree Osteopathic Medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a Campus Ph.D Medicine degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Osteopathic medicine is a comprehensive approach to health care. Its essence lies in examining and treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. These relationships musculoskeletal system to other organ systems, body to mind, physician to patient, patient to family, family to community-play a unique role in wellness and illness, prevention and recovery. As a PCOM student, you are strongly encouraged to gain insight into your patients\\\' health needs by looking beyond the person in front of you and discovering the social and economic factors that impact him or her. From the first day of medical school, we emphasize the interpersonal context in which medicine will be practiced. We call our program in osteopathic primary patient care skills \\\"Doctors from Day One.\\\" First- and second-year students see how their academic work and problem-solving principles apply to clinical practice through interaction with family physicians. This part of your education introduces you to a life-long learning process of becoming a well-trained and caring physician. You will practice clinical skills with \\\"patient-actors\\\" in the innovative \\\"Standardized Patient Program.\\\" In a suite of exam rooms and offices called the Clinical Learning and Assessment Center, you will learn how to present yourself to patients and how to improve diagnostic and communication skills. Professional actors assume the roles of patients with specific medical histories. As a student, you interview the \\\"patient,\\\" develop a history and physical examination profile and suggest a diagnosis. Each session is videotaped, and student performance is evaluated by a faculty member and reviewed with the student. Integrated Curriculum The primary patient care skills are complemented by our integrated approach to biomedical knowledge that introduces both basic and clinical sciences in your first two years. By learning these subject in tandem, rather than one followed by the other, the abstraction of science becomes tangible by its application in practice. The study of anatomy and physiology, for example, is paired with learning the principles of physical examination and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM). We use a variety of methods to present this information: problem-oriented cases, lectures, laboratory study, small group conferences, student-centered study and projects, medical informatics instruction and selected symposia. Even though we are a large medical school, we provide plenty of opportunity for one-on-one interaction between students and teachers. Since medicine is practiced within a social context, the curriculum includes humanities-oriented programs, such as medical ethics, human sexuality, medical law and medical economics. Every doctor must address these topics, which broaden your understanding of changing attitudes and contemporary health care issues. View more details on Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Medicine courses.