Osteopathic medicine in the United States

Evolution of osteopathic medicine's mission and identity
Years	Identity & Mission
1892 to 1950	Manual medicine
1951 to 1970	Family practice / manual therapy
1971 to present	Full service care / multispeciality orientation

Osteopathic medical schools
Region	School	Website
Midwest & Plains	AT Still Kirksville	[2]
	Des Moines COM	[3]
	Kansas City COM	[4]
	Marian	[5]
	Michigan State	[6]
	Midwestern Chicago COM	[7]
	Ohio COM	[8]
	Oklahoma State	[9]
	University of North Texas	[10]
	University of the Incarnate Word	[11]
Northeast	Lake Erie COM	[12]
	New England COM	[13]
	NYIT COM	[14]
	Philadelphia COM	[15]
	Rowan SOM	[16]
	Touro Harlem	[17]
	Touro Middletown	[18]
Southeast	Alabama COM	[19]
	Arkansas COM	[20]
	Campbell	[21]
	Lake Erie COM Bradenton	[22]
	LUCOM	[23]
	Lincoln Memorial	[24]
	Nova Southeastern	[25]
	Philadelphia COM Georgia	[26]
	Pikeville KYCOM	[27]
	Edward Via COM	[28]
	West Virginia SOM	[29]
	William Carey COM	[30]
West	Burrell COM	[31]
	AT Still Arizona	[32]
	Midwestern Arizona	[33]
	Pacific Northwest	[34]
	Rocky Vista	[35]
	Touro California	[36]
	Touro Nevada	[37]
	Western	[38]
	Western - Oregon	[39]

Osteopathic Medicine is a branch of the medical profession in the United States. Osteopathic physicians (D.O.s) are equivalent to Doctors of Medicine (M.D.s) and are considered fully licensed physicians (medical doctors) to practice medicine and surgery in all 50 states and are recognized in 65 other countries, including all Canadian provinces.

Frontier physician Andrew Taylor Still founded the profession as a rejection of the prevailing system of medical thought of the 19th century. Still's techniques relied on manipulation of joints and bones, to diagnose and treat illness, and he called his practices "osteopathy". By the middle of the 20th century, the profession had moved closer to mainstream medicine, adopting modern public health and biomedical principles. American "osteopaths" became "osteopathic medical doctors", ultimately achieving full practice rights as medical doctors in all 50 states, including serving in the U.S. armed forces as physicians.

In the 21st century, the training of osteopathic medical physicians in the United States is equivalent to the training of Doctors of Medicine (M.D.s). Osteopathic medical physicians attend four years of medical school followed by an internship and a minimum two years of residency. They use all conventional methods of diagnosis and treatment. Though still trained in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), the modern derivative of Still's techniques, they work in all specialties of medicine. OMT is a skill they use often in family practice, sports medicine, emergency medicine, but OMT is not commonly used in specialties such as dermatology, surgery, or other fields that do not lend themselves to correcting the body with their hands.

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