Volokitin Mikhail, Ganapathiraju Pavan V
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2017 Jan 1;117(1):40-48. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2017.006.
Interest in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) among first- and second-year osteopathic medical students typically declines toward the end of the second year of medical school. An osteopathic philosophy and manipulation enhancement (OPME) program was implemented for osteopathic medical students to gain additional exposure to OMM at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York, New York.
To assess how additional exposure to OMM through the OPME program influenced first- and second-year students' interest in using OMM.
A survey of first- and second-year osteopathic medical students was conducted at the end of the school years to evaluate students' demographics, exposure to OMM before matriculation, reasons for participating in the OPME program, and level of interest in OMM before and after participating in the OPME program.
Of 390 students, 204 returned the survey. Respondents reported that their exposure to OMM before enrollment was mostly from reading about OMM philosophy (112 [54.9%]). Respondents also gained exposure from learning about OMM from family members or friends who had been treated by an osteopathic physician (37 [18.1%]), shadowing an osteopathic physician before matriculation (33 [16.2%]), and being treated by an osteopathic physician themselves (22 [10.8%]). After the OPME sessions, respondents reported improved practical skills (98 of 170 [57.6%]) and increased level of confidence in applying OMM (87 of 170 [51.2%]). Nearly half of respondents reported that being treated by a faculty member (100 [49.0%]) was very likely to increase their level of interest in OMM, followed by treating other classmates (77 [37.7%]) and being treated by classmates (73 [35.8%]).
The OPME program improved students' interest in OMM and can be modified and implemented in any college of osteopathic medicine.
在纽约州纽约市的图罗整骨医学院，一、二年级整骨医学专业学生对整骨手法医学（OMM）的兴趣通常在医学院第二年接近尾声时下降。为整骨医学专业学生实施了一项整骨理念与手法强化（OPME）计划，以便他们能在该校获得更多接触OMM的机会。
评估通过OPME计划增加对OMM的接触如何影响一、二年级学生使用OMM的兴趣。
在学年结束时对一、二年级整骨医学专业学生进行了一项调查，以评估学生的人口统计学特征、入学前接触OMM的情况、参加OPME计划的原因以及参加OPME计划前后对OMM的兴趣水平。
在390名学生中，204名学生回复了调查。受访者表示，他们入学前接触OMM主要是通过阅读OMM理念相关内容（112人[54.9%]）。受访者还通过以下途径接触到OMM：从接受过整骨医生治疗的家庭成员或朋友那里了解OMM（37人[18.1%]）、入学前跟随整骨医生见习（33人[16.2%]）以及自己接受整骨医生治疗（22人[10.8%]）。在OPME课程结束后，受访者表示实践技能有所提高（170人中有98人[57.6%]），应用OMM的信心增强（170人中有87人[51.2%]）。近一半的受访者表示，接受教师治疗（100人[49.0%]）很可能会提高他们对OMM的兴趣水平，其次是治疗其他同学（77人[37.7%]）和接受同学治疗（73人[35.8%]）。
OPME计划提高了学生对OMM的兴趣，并且可以在任何整骨医学院进行修改和实施。
