University of New England – Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

http://www.une.edu/com/

Biddeford / Portland, ME
College of Osteopathic Medicine
207-602-2329
UNECOMadmissions@une.edu

The COM curriculum is designed to educate osteopathic primary care physicians who are skilled in health promotion and illness prevention as well as the delivery of illness care.

To educate this type of physician, the basic and clinical science foundations of the curriculum are augmented by a strong program in human behavior and community medicine in the Essentials of Osteopathic Medicine and Clinical Principles and Practices courses. Hospital clerkships continue to emphasize these same concepts in the setting of inpatient care with its attendant special needs and requirements.

The first year of the osteopathic medical curriculum contains a variety of biomedical, social, and clinical science courses.

The second year is organized into a Clinical Principles and Practices foundation course, the second year of the Osteopathic Principles and Practice course, and a series of eleven systems representing related organ-system groupings of the body.

The UNECOM student rotates through the clinical rotations during the final phase of his/her predoctoral education. The clinical clerkship experience has a broad and specific goal to provide a module of osteopathic medical education preparing the student to enter a residency training.

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