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A COMP-Northwest team recently published a manuscript in the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine titled “A pilot study to assess medical students' perception of their osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) education.”
The purpose of this study was to determine which factors positively or negatively affected students’ perception of OMT and the impact of those factors on their intent to use OMT in their future practice. The study found that the factors with the greatest positive influence on students’ perception of OMT and their likelihood to use it in their future practice were in-person/hands-on training, clinical OMT opportunities, and OMT experiences they had prior to medical school.
Furthermore, those that had the greatest negative influence were virtual learning experiences and pre-clinical lecture hours. If patients are to continue reaping the non-invasive and therapeutic benefits of OMT, educational modalities must be chosen to improve student interest in and intent to use OMT so that osteopathy’s multimodal approach to healing might be kept alive and well.
The authors are COMP-Northwest graduates Nathaniel Leavitt, DO ’22, and Rachel Sundman, DO ’22, COMP-Northwest student Jessica Mazzi, Post-doctoral Fellow Johannie M. Spaan, PhD, and COMP-Northwest Professor Glen Kisby, PhD.
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