What is osteopathy? What does it mean to be dually-accredited?
An MD has studied allopathic medicine whereas a DO has studied osteopathic medicine. Osteopathic medical school is a four-year training program that is structured much like allopathic training with an additional emphasis on primary care and osteopathic manipulative therapy. Proportionally, osteopaths actually provide more primary care than do allopaths, especially in rural areas. Our program opened to osteopaths in 1994 and became dually accredited by the ACGME and the AOA in 2004. For allopathically trained students, this means that you will have the opportunity to train alongside physicians who are a great resource in diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal disease but also in using OMT for visceral diseases as well. For osteopathic students, you will take part in an organized three year OMM curriculum and work directly with eight osteopathic family medicine attendings, as well as many more community preceptors. As a residency we are proud of our commitment to integrating osteopathy
