After years of hard work, your favorite medical student is becoming a DO. How do you show your appreciation of their remarkable achievements? These six creative, useful and extra cute gifts are bound to help send your new grad on a path to residency success.
With a beard that’s over 600 days in the making, Kareem Shahin, OMS II, plans to shave his face to raise money for Syrian support charities.
Nearly all of this year’s graduates from DO schools who pursued GME training have been granted positions and will start the next chapter of their careers in July.
The AOA is pursuing Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accreditation, which, if obtained, means that continuing medical education courses offered by AOA will be accepted by American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and AOA certifying boards.
AOA Past President Boyd R. Buser, DO, received the inaugural Board Chair Special Recognition Award from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine at the association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., last week.
After four years of medical school and three to seven years of residency, the last thing on your mind might be more training. A fellowship, however, allows physicians to focus on a particular patient population or develop further expertise on a particular organ system.
The trend of tiny houses has hit the medical community. Wanting to feel more at home on the road, Kaitlin Parks, OMS III, renovated a 1971 Airstream travel trailer to journey across Oklahoma during clinical rotations.
Whether your travel plans involve an international journey, a job interview or a relaxing hop across the country, AOA members can get significant discounts on hotels, car rentals and packaged tours.
KCU pathology professor identified victims and performed autopsies after the fire at David Koresh’s Branch Davidian compound in Texas.