From the best medical schools to tips on matching into residency and trends in physician compensation, The DO covered a variety of relevant and popular topics throughout 2021. As we prepare to start a new year, we’re reflecting on the year that is winding down: Below are our top 10 most popular stories of the … Read More
The NBOME Board of Directors has extended its enhanced attestation guidelines for the Class of 2022 COMLEX-USA Level 3 eligibility to the Class of 2023.
In response to criticism from the osteopathic community and its MD colleagues, comedian Hasan Minhaj issued a video response on Friday evening, explaining his negative comments about DOs and their qualifications.
Everybody in medicine has stories about patients who were memorable or made a significant impact on them. This time of year, when my pre-dawn commute to the hospital is lit by sparkling holiday lights, one particular patient immediately comes to mind. A quick note: specific and identifiable details about this story have been changed to … Read More
Welcome back to The DO Book Club! Starting last month, two literary DOs are alternating writing this column each month. December’s author, Joan Naidorf, DO, read Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders, MD. If you have suggestions for books to review, please submit them to [email protected].
Key foundations of the osteopathic profession—compassion, empathy and a desire to listen—are also cornerstone messages for the AOA’s newly launched osteopathic brand campaign, which is designed to increase understanding and awareness of DOs and their unique approach to care.
In case a few osteopathic physicians and students need a reminder of the critical role they play in providing distinctive whole-person care to millions of patients across the nation each day, it’s headed their way in the form of the AOA’s new Osteopathic Pride campaign.
Denial was the best way to describe my relationship with Crohn’s disease after my diagnosis at the age of ten and for nearly a decade thereafter. Eventually, I was able to turn my struggles with Crohn’s disease into a positive force in my life. Along the way, I learned much about the patient-physician relationship. Below … Read More
U.S. News and World Report recently released, for the first time, a list of the 237 best hospitals for maternity care. In evaluating hospitals to create the list, U.S. News examined hospital data on labor and delivery services for uncomplicated pregnancies. Researchers looked at C-section rates, newborn complication rates, breast milk feeding rates, early elective delivery … Read More