Data, Publications & Surveys

AACOM's Published Items

Other Reports & Information

Surveys

Presentations of Data

Unpublished Information requests & data questions

Informative AACOM Web Sites


Published Items

College Information Booklet (Updated Annually)

Offers a brief description of each of AACOM's member colleges including admissions criteria, minimum entrance requirements, supplementary material(s) required, class size or enrollment, application deadlines, and tuition.

Information for 2008 Entering Class

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A listing of osteopathic colleges is on our Osteopathic Medical Schools section.
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Annual Statistical Report on Osteopathic Medical Education

A compilation of information about the colleges of osteopathic medicine. The report describes:

  • the characteristics of applicants, students, and faculty
  • curriculum
  • sources of grants & loans
  • distribution of revenues and expenditures.

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Report on Debt, Career Plans, and Opinions of Osteopathic Medical Students
Examines the debt and career plans of osteopathic medical students upon entrance into medical school and just prior to graduation. Also, includes results of poll measuring students' satisfaction with their educational experience.

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Special Report -
Osteopathic Medical Education in the United States:
Improving the Future of Medicine

Jointly sponsored by AACOM and the American Osteopathic Association, This report is the result of an extensive study of osteopathic medical education.

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Clinical Osteopathically Integrated Learning Scenarios
a series of 10 learning modules that demonstrate the integration and distinctiveness of the osteopathic approach to patient care. The COILS provide an overview of how osteopathic priniciples and osteopathic manipulative medicine are integrated into care for patients with specific conditions. Each module includes evaluation questions and forms.

This tool is developed by AACOM and ECOP, a national council of expert D.O. educators.

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Online Reports & Information

Requests for Information
AACOM Collects information about medical education, and the field of Osteopathic Medicine. We annually publish the most useful information in our reports and publications, but our database contains additional data.

If you have a question about applying to medical school, ask our application service.

If you are with the government, please view our government relations page.

To request information:

  1. Look carefully at the contents of our Published Reports & Information. Most information that people ask for is published in these reports.
  2. View our Surveys & Sources page to see what types of data we collect and work with. From looking at our descriptions of these, you can get an idea of what kinds of data we collect and manage.
  3. If you did not see what you are looking for in our reports, and your question has to do with data that we manage, fill out an information request.

Surveys and Sources:

Each year, AACOM performs a variety of surveys at all the osteopathic colleges for information about students, faculty and staff. See a description of each of the surveys and learn how the information is used.

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