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What a DO Can Do: Advance the Profession
by  Martin S. Levine, DONo presence information  on 8/30/2011 10:04 AM

​Growing up in a family full of DOs, I always knew I would become one, too.  But when I made my aspirations known, my grandfather, the very first DO in the family, asked me whether I was serious.  He told me I needed to show him I was serious so he would know without a doubt that I wanted to truly become an osteopathic physician.  Was I someone who would incorporate osteopathic principles and practices into the care I provided to my patients?  Did I have the commitment it would take to be a DO?

Today, osteopathic medical schools receive an average of 20 applications for every available spot and nearly 19,500 osteopathic medical students are working toward their DO degrees.  Enrollment has almost doubled in size during the past decade, and we continue to grow.  Now, it’s even more important that every member of the profession pledge to “think osteopathically,” to embrace the responsibility of advancing osteopathic medicine.

As DOs, each of us can play a role in advancing the profession.  We can make time in our schedules for potential students to shadow us in our offices and talk about what the profession means to them.  And just like my grandfather asked of me, let them show us how serious they are about becoming DOs and part of this great profession.

Marty

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What a DO Can Do: Advance the Profession

You bring up a couple of great points.  First, that not only should we make time for osteopathic medical students, but it’s important to get involved and help train interns and residents.  Second, we need to remind those starting out in the profession to always be mindful of the knowledge we have gained when it comes to how different parts of the body work together and influence each other.  Think about how treating the rib cage could help an asthmatic or how treating T5 through T9 will help a patient with gastroenteritis feel better.  In the end, that’s what we want for our patients—for them to leave our offices feeling better than they did when they first walked in.
Marty Levine, DO on 9/13/2011 1:41 PM

What a DO Can Do: Advance the Profession

I recently had a new first year FP resident tell me that during her office hours she saw 3 patients and had no need for OMT. Two of the cases were GI related (GERD) so our next advanced omt session will focus on the sympathetic ganglion and the thoracic spine neither of which she sought out. This is how to educate one physician at a time.
Steven M.  Levine, DO on 9/2/2011 4:36 PM
 

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