Osteopathic Medical School

What is osteopathic medicine? The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic medicine (AACOM) defines it beginning with these words

"Osteopathic medicine is a distinctive form of medical practice in the United States. Osteopathic medicine provides all of the benefits of modern medicine including prescription drugs, surgery, and the use of technology to diagnose disease and evaluate injury. It also offers the added benefit of hands-on diagnosis and treatment through a system of therapy known as osteopathic manipulative medicine. Osteopathic Medicine emphasizes helping each person achieve a high level of wellness by focusing on health education, injury prevention and disease prevention."

For more on this visit the "About Osetopathic Medicine" part of the AACOM website.

There are about 20 different colleges of osteopathic medicine across the US, and more are popping up all the time.

A number of Gordon students have gone to osteopathic schools.