PUP 4931r Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Osteopathic Medicine, Podiatry, Alternative Medicine
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The licensure requirements include: graduation from an accredited medical school that: awards a doctor of medicine (md) or doctor of osteopathic. Medicine (do) successful completion of a licensing examination governed by either the national board of medical examiners, or the national board of. Do and md training are now very similar completion of a supervised internship/residency program. Traditionally-accepted methods of treatment, including drugs and surgery. Osteopathic medicine, practiced by dos, emphasizes the musculoskeletal system, such as correction of joint tissues. But unique do training has largely been replaced by md training. Msu has both schools, but much of training is shared (slides 44-49) The longer patients waits for their appointments, the greater the chance that they won"t show up. Patients who waited longer until their specialty appointment generally had a high rate of ed utilization during the 30-day period beginning with the identification of the specialty care need.