VCOM 2017 Annual Report

VCOM ONMM Plus-One Residency T he VCOM–Virginia Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal (ONMM) Plus-One Residency Program was initiated in response to the growing population of patients in need of osteopathic medical care. The ONMM program provides training in the development of osteopathic clinical competencies needed to diagnose and manage medical illnesses and injuries in both inpatient and outpatient settings. This training enables residents to become competent, proficient, and professional ONMM specialist physicians. The ONMM program implements educational experiences necessary for the resident to achieve the knowledge, psychomotor skills, interpersonal skills, professional attitudes, and practical experience required of the ONMM specialist physician. VCOM faculty provide educational and clinical opportunities designed to allow the resident to assume progressive responsibility for patient care. The program fosters both academic and research growth to develop physicians who can competently serve as program directors and researchers in osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine in the future.

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