Ching Leslie Mae-Geen, Burke William J
Doctors Hospital Family Practice Residency, 2030 Stringtown Rd, Third Floor, Grove City, OH 43123-3993, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2011 Oct;111(10):581-4.
The number of colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs), osteopathic medical students, and osteopathic physicians in practice has been consistently growing since the 1960s. In recent years, the growth of the profession has been exponential. Despite this growth, graduates of COMs are increasingly choosing allopathic residencies. The authors believe that this trend may stem from a lack of focus on osteopathic principles and practice in COMs, as well as geographic and specialty limitations of available osteopathic residency positions. The present article will briefly examine the history of AOA accreditation and the current accreditation process and the current state of osteopathic predoctoral education and postdoctoral training. The authors call on osteopathic physicians to help bring osteopathic distinctiveness to osteopathic predoctoral education by mentoring and volunteering at COMs. In addition, the authors urge the osteopathic profession to increase the number of osteopathic residencies to account for the number of and distribution of osteopathic medical school graduates.
自20世纪60年代以来，整骨医学院（COM）的数量、整骨医学专业学生的数量以及从业的整骨医生数量一直在持续增长。近年来，该行业呈指数级增长。尽管有这种增长，但COM的毕业生越来越多地选择西医住院医师培训项目。作者认为，这一趋势可能源于COM对整骨疗法原则和实践缺乏关注，以及现有整骨住院医师职位的地理和专业限制。本文将简要考察美国骨科协会（AOA）认证的历史、当前的认证过程以及整骨医学博士前教育和博士后培训的现状。作者呼吁整骨医生通过在COM指导和志愿服务，帮助将整骨疗法的独特性融入整骨医学博士前教育。此外，作者敦促整骨医学行业增加整骨住院医师培训项目的数量，以适应整骨医学院毕业生的数量和分布情况。
