OCOM 8120 - Osteopathic Medicine, Manipulation and Principles 3A

Osteopathic Medicine, Manipulation and Principles 3A is a blended course that teaches students to incorporate osteopathic principles and practice into care of patients in hospitalized or ambulatory settings. Educational activities rely on the application and integration of foundational concepts of osteopathic medicine in both small and large group settings. Students are expected to participate in large group learning sessions and then demonstrate both osteopathic integration and manipulative skills related to specific patient presentations while in a small group lab setting.

Credit Hours: 1

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to identify each section of a case report successfully.
Students will be able to articulate their approach to patient care for preceptors and patients.
Students will be able to perform a Zink screening, standing and seated flexion test, and Stiles Laughlin diagnosis application.
Students will be able to perform direct and indirect osteopathic techniques appropriate for patients who are hospitalized.
Students will be able to perform direct and indirect osteopathic techniques appropriate for patients who are in an ambulatory setting.
Students will be able to apply osteopathic principles for patients seen in a variety of health care settings.
Students will be able to apply osteopathic principles for differential diagnosis of a patient’s presenting complaints.
Students will be able to adjust and perform osteopathic techniques for a geriatric patient.
Students will be able to incorporate osteopathic principles into the care of a surgical patient pre- and post- operatively.
Students will be able to apply assigned osteopathic techniques on their assigned lab partner.
Students will be able to identify models of osteopathic care for each patient encountered in all the medical specialties and settings.