Total Credits: 1.0 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
A Look at Who is Learning to Practice Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Since 2015, when the ACGME single accreditation system transition began, post-graduate positions in previously AOA-accredited programs grew 22% from 8,647 to 10,462 in 2020.
One part of the transition to the single GME accreditation system was the inclusion of a new programmatic designation—Osteopathic Recognition—for ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs that provide education in osteopathic principles and practice. Data from August 2020 shows 233 programs have received Osteopathic Recognition in 24 specialties and subspecialties.
During the transition—a joint effort between the AOA, AACOM and the ACGME—several DO leaders advocated for osteopathic trainees and the preservation of osteopathic distinctiveness from the start.
More MDs are expressing an interest in learning how to integrate osteopathic philosophy and osteopathic manipulative medicine into their practices. Several osteopathic medical schools offer continuing medical education (CME) courses that are open to MDs including UNECOM. You, who are in private practice may receive requests from MD learners- will you be able to accommodate the requests?
Will there still be a distinction in the exams if you are a DO applying to what was once an MD residency? Or do you know if there will be a unification in licensing exams as well?
Is this about developing a skill set or adopting a new philosophy?
Will Osteopathy retain its distinction?
This panel discussion which includes leaders involved in the change, faculty implementing it in their programs and the perspective of MD residents participating in OR programs will discuss these questions and more!
The Maine Osteopathic Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.The Maine Osteopathic Association designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
MOA Grievance Policy: All grievances should be initially directed in writing to the MOA Executive Director by email to info@mainedo.org who will share them with the MOA's Program Committee. Grievances will receive a response within 30 days of receipt. If you do not receive a satisfactory response, you may notify the Council on Continuing Medical Education, AOA, 142 East Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611.
Boyd R. Buser, D.O. served as the 120th President of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in 2016-2017. From 2007 until 2018, Dr. Buser served as Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the University of Pikeville’s Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he held the rank of Professor of Osteopathic Principles and Practice and Professor of Family Medicine. He is a graduate of Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, is dually board certified in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Family Medicine, and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He has taught extensively both nationally and internationally in the field of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. He has a long history of advocacy in the physician payment policy arena, having been elected by the AMA’s Board of Trustees to serve on the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel in 2007, the first DO to be so elected.
Dr. Buser is a past Chairman of the Board of the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) and is the Chair-elect of the Board of Directors of the Osteopathic International Alliance. He served as a member of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure from 2007-2018. From 2011-2013, he served as the Co-Chair of the AOA/AACOM Blue Ribbon Commission on the Advancement of Osteopathic Medical Education. He chaired the AOA’s Bureau of OGME Development and was an instrumental figure in the development of the single accreditation system for graduate medical education. In 2020 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). In 1995, Dr. Buser served as President of the American Academy of Osteopathy and was named Educator of the Year by the AOA and American Osteopathic Foundation in 1994. Dr. Buser currently resides in Kennebunkport, Maine with his wife Pam, serving as Clinical Professor at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Buser has no disclosures.
Kathryn Hoffmann DO was born in Vermont and raised in central Maine. She completed her undergraduate training in biology at Colby College and went on to medical school at UNECOM. Kate attended Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency and served as chief resident during her final year in 2013. Following her graduation she joined the faculty at MDFMR where she provides a full spectrum of family medicine care including obstetrics and osteopathic manipulative medicine. She was appointed Osteopathic Education Director in 2017 and Assistant Program Director/Education Director in 2021. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She and her husband have four young children.
Dr. Hoffman has no disclosures.
K. Emily Redding, DO is Director of the Northern Light EMMC ONMM3 Residency and is faculty at the NL EMMC Family Medicine Residency. She is the Chair of the ONMM Postdoctoral Training Committee of the AAO and on the ACGME ONMM Residency Board of Appeals. She did her training at Eastern Maine Medical Center: 2010 NMM/OMM Plus One Residency, 2009 Family Medicine, 2007 St John's Episcopal Hospital South Shore (Surgery/Family Medicine), and WVSOM - Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, 2006 (Internship). She completed medical school at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2005 (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). She holds the following board certifications: American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (Family Medicine/OMT) & American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (ONMM).
Dr. Redding has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.
Christopher Caracciolo, MD is a resident at Central Maine Family Medicine Residency in Lewiston, ME. He attended Medical School at Quinnipiac University, in Hamden, CT.
Dr. Caracciolo has no disclosures.
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