Osteopathic Medical Education

Find resources to help guide your path toward becoming a DO, organized by your year in osteopathic medical school. While you're here, connect with an osteopathic specialty using the Student/Specialty Clearinghouse or view information about the AOA Match program.

Now is the time to start building your professional career - and the AOA is here to help! Find out about leadership opportunities, training resources, and more!

The osteopathic medical profession offers postdoctoral training in all of the medical and surgical specialty areas. Learn about postdoctoral training general requirements and policy and view the AOA Basic Documents for Postdoctoral Training.

View a step-by-step guide to obtaining AOA recognition of ACGME training and submit postdoctoral training forms for internship training programs, resuidency/fellowship training programs, and more.

Learn more about OPTIs, community-based training consortiums comprised of at least one college of osteopathic medicine and one hospital. Locate an OPTI near you!

The Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education (OGME) Development Initiative assists non-teaching hospitals with establishing osteopathic training programs. Find out how development of OGME programs can benefit a hospital, its patients, medical staff, and the hospital's bottom line.