The AAO Journal, 2010/03, 20(1):23-31, type of study: ,rev,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Keywords:

curriculum [301]
emergency department [8]
review [753]
OMT [3924]
osteopathic manipulative treatment [3945]

Abstract:

This project posits that a two-dimensional clinical curriculum designed to educate osteopathic emergency physicians (OEPs), residents, and medical students will increase the frequency with which osteopathic examinations and treatments are provided within the emergency department (ED) for selected patient diagnoses. In spite of clinical evidence supporting OMT use in the ED, there is a large percentage of the profession not using it. Among those who do, the number of indications for which they use and the frequency of use is quite small which is consistent with a growing trend within the osteopathic profession causing some concern that it may be loosing its distinctiveness. This project reviews the literature regarding OMT in the ED, including the suggested indications and obstacles, offers a curriculum to educate practitioners, develops a means to measure the effectiveness of the curriculum, and discusses potential research opportunities and educational possibilities for increasing the frequency of OMT in the care of the emergency patient.