什么是整骨疗法?

整骨疗法的医学 is a distinct American branch of evidence-based, mainstream medicine that stresses promoting health as much as reacting to disease.

骨科医生(D.O.) medicine are physicians and surgeons who know that health is interconnected with all aspects of a person’s life and are trained to see patient care as a synthesis of deep knowledge of functional anatomy with consideration of a patient in their particular context. D.O.s have a full range of medical treatment options, 包括手术, 处方药物, 手工药物. 通过考虑大局, treatment goals aim to support a patient’s overall health as well as address acute symptoms.

Osteopathic medical schools’ curricula differ from schools that train Doctors of Medicine (M.D.解析:选D。.O.’s receive specialized training in the musculoskeletal system and treatment. 因为维.O.s are trained to see the body as an integrated unit of systems that work together to heal and maintain health, they believe that the whole body’s structure should be optimized to facilitate its ability to self-regulate. 

Two C O M students and a nursing student practice working together on a simulated patient
Two C O M students practice osteopathic manipulation on another student

整骨疗法专业

Doctors of 整骨疗法的医学 (D.O.) are one of two types of fully-licensed medical doctors in the United States, and practice in every medical specialty. D.O.S可以独立工作, as associates or partners in group practices, 或者作为医院的雇员, 医疗集团, 还有政府, 包括军队. D.O.s can also work in an academic, research, or pharmaceutical setting. 作为内科医生和外科医生,D.O.年代检查, 诊断, 治疗病人, 处方药物, 解释诊断测试, and all of the other tasks expected of modern medical doctors.

教育

D.O. physicians and surgeons have demanding training requirements. 成为D.O. requires four years of medical school after obtaining a bachelor’s degree, and is divided into the first two years — pre-clerkship years — and the second two years — clinical or clerkship years — of training.

Pre-clerkship is on-campus training where the fundamental knowledge of anatomy, 手动医学, 临床技能, and laboratory sciences are taught primarily in a lecture, 小组, 模拟, 以及实验室设置. 学生 also gain knowledge from biomedical science courses in these types of settings. Unlike in other types of education, students at osteopathic medical school are assessed for competency of skill in Osteopathic Manual Medicine (OMM) as well as traditional 临床技能, and graded from knowledge-based exams. 书记的职位 takes place primarily while students are rotating on various specialty services at clinics or hospitals exposing the students first-hand to what is involved in providing medical care in different settings. D.O. students must also pass national board exams to progress, and may take M.D. 董事会考试也是如此. 办事员工作完成后,D.O.he’他将在D完成进一步的培训.O. 和/或米.D. residencies and fellowship programs, which — depending on their specialty — take an additional three to seven years to complete.

就业前景

Demand for doctors in the American 健康care System continues to grow faster than the supply, 缺口在61,700和94,到2025年达到700个. Job growth for physicians is projected to increase into the foreseeable future. Amid this, 整骨疗法的医学 is growing at a tremendous pace with the number of D.O.自1986年以来增长了276%.*

*来源 “2017 Osteopathic Medical Profession Report”