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Our college is part of a profession
at the vanguard of health-care delivery. The
osteopathic profession’s emphasis on health
promotion, disease prevention and primary care sets
the standard for the future of medical education and
practice.
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| The "total patient" approach to
health care was pioneered over 125 years ago by the
founder of osteopathic medicine, Dr. Andrew Taylor
Still, and remains the foundation for the way D.O.s
practice today. Dissatisfied with the effectiveness
of 19th Century medicine, Dr. Still advanced the
concept of wellness, the unity of all body systems,
the importance of preventive medicine and the
prominent role of the musculoskeletal system in
restoring good health.
The training of osteopathic
physicians (D.O.s) is based on a medical tradition
guided by four basic principles:
- The body is a single unit.
- The body has intrinsic self-regulatory and
healing mechanisms.
- The body’s structure and function are
interrelated.
- Disease is an effect, not a cause.
This philosophy provides the
foundation for education at OU-COM. The application
of these principles allows our graduates — as family
doctors, pediatricians, surgeons, neo-natologists or
psychiatrists — to bring to their patients the most
comprehensive health care available. |
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