Special
Report -
Osteopathic Medical Education in the United States:
Improving the Future of Medicine
By Howard S. Teitelbaum, DO, PhD, MPH
Director of the Osteopathic Medical Education Study
Jointly
sponsored by AACOM and the American Osteopathic
Association
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This report is the result of an extensive
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Table of Contents
Oversight Committee (page vi)
Acknowledgements (page vii)
Part
I. Introduction (page 1)
Part
II. Data and Analysis (page 19)
Section
1. Survey of Senior Medical Students (page 20)
Study
Protocol (page 20)
Demographic Data (page 21)
Findings on Students (page 22)
Comparison to AACOM Survey Results (page
46)
Possible Distinguishing Factors (page 49)
Conclusion (page 75)
Section
2. Survey of Osteopathic Residents (page 76)
Study
Protocol (page 76)
Demographic Data (page 77)
Findings About Residents (page 82)
Residents’ Views (page 96)
Conclusion (page 113)
Section
3. Survey of Osteopathic Residency Directors
(page 114)
Study Description
and Protocol (page 114)
Prior Experience (page 115)
Program Attributes (page 116)
Educational Attributes (page 123)
Structurally-related Miscellaneous Attributes
(page 136)
Open-ended Responses (page 150)
Survey-to-Survey Comparisons (page 152)
Medical Student versus Resident Responses
(page 152)
Section
4. Survey of Deans of Osteopathic Medical Schools
(page 160)
Responses
to Questions (1-23) (page 160)
Qualifications for Dean (page 213)
Summary (page 214)
Part III. Recommendations (page 216)
Recommendations
for Curriculum Change (page 217)
Recommendations from the Deans’ Section (Nos. 1-4) (page 217)
Recommendations from Student Data (Nos. 5-11)
(page 220)
Recommendations from the Study of Residents
and Program Directors (Nos. 12-19)(page 229)
Part
IV. Sources (page 245)
Appendices
Appendix A. Data on Osteopathic Medical Students
(page 256)
Appendix B. Data on Osteopathic Medical
Students:
Analyzed by Choice of Residency Program
(page 309)
Appendix C. Data on Osteopathic Medical
Students:
Analyzed by Choice of Specialty (Primary
Care vs.
Non-Primary Care Specialty) (page 333)
Appendix D. Data on Osteopathic Medical Students
Analysis by Gender (page 356)
Appendix E. (page 399)
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