Michigan State University – Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

http://www.com.msu.edu/

East Lansing, MI
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Phone: (517) 353-7740
Email: com.admissions@hc.msu.edu

Detroit, MI
Phone: (517) 884-9600
Email: msucom.dmc@hc.msu.edu

Macomb, MI
Phone: (586) 263-6731
Email: msucom.muc@hc.msu.edu

The college is dedicated to assist in meeting the ever-growing public demand for physicians who can provide comprehensive and continuing health care to all members of the family. While the educational program of the College of Osteopathic Medicine is geared to the training of primary care physicians, the curricula are also designed to meet the continuing need for medical specialists and teacher-investigators.

Early clinical involvement in patient care enables students to study the biological and behavioral sciences that are relevant to what they are seeing and doing in the clinical area. With the help of the faculties in the biological and behavioral sciences, students learn to apply current concepts and principles to clinical problems related to patient care.

The entire teaching program emphasizes an important cooperative relationship between basic sciences and clinical practice. During their medical undergraduate and graduate education, students must develop the foundation and motivation for a lifetime of learning, and the ability to apply new knowledge and skills as they evolve.

Medical education within the college is consistent with osteopathic philosophy and is based on the following tenets:

• The focal point of the curriculum is patient care
• The holistic nature of osteopathic medical care of patients in their environments requires the integration and application of the biological, clinical, social and behavioral sciences
• The basic sciences are not necessarily preclinical topics, but subjects that become meaningful and relevant when applied to the art and science of clinical osteopathic medicine
• The students should have early and significant patient contact, and patient responsibility should increase progressively throughout the program
• A level of performance to criterion is expected of all students in basic and clinical sciences, including palpatory diagnosis and manipulative therapy
• Students must be prepared for more than utilization of present knowledge.

Retrieved from MSU-COM website on 4/15/2010.