The Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program – Mankato has developed a successful program in which allopathic residents have been trained in osteopathic medicine. Allopathic residents and faculty have a fundamental knowledge of the pertinent anatomy and pathophysiology of common conditions, and allopathic programs are expanding to incorporate holistic care through an increased emphasis on nonpharmacologic factors. However, in order to successfully practice osteopathic medicine, they would require extensive training in palpation, increased knowledge of neurovisceral anatomy, and diagnosis and treatment of somatic dysfunctions. Our presentation will guide you through the entrance requirements, curriculum, and proficiency testing and evaluation processes used in our program to train allopathic residents to successfully utilize osteopathic techniques in their future careers.

Learning Objectives

1. Formulate suitable selection criteria for osteopathic-designated allopathic residents.
2. Examine the effectiveness of onboarding and mentoring of osteopathic designated allopathic residents.
3. Explain the need for continuous evaluation and timely feedback of osteopathic designated allopathic residents.

Presenter
Michelle McDonough, MD
Erin Westfall, DO, FACOFP
Joanne Genewick, DO, FAIHM (she/her/hers)

Disclosure
In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ACOFP requires that individuals in a position to control the content of an educational activity disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible company. ACOFP reviews the disclosed relationship and mitigates all relevant financial relationships to ensure independence, objectivity, balance, and scientific rigor in all their educational programs.

All individuals in control of the content of this activity have no relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation and Credit Statements
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.5 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this enduring activity for 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclaimer
This program is provided by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Participants engaging in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

Questions
To submit questions to the presenter(s) please send them to elearning@acofp.org and include the conference and course title so we can direct them correctly.

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