VCOM College Catalog and Student Handbook

content that may violate college policies. Administrators of an official social media site should not engage in personal activity under the guise of any official social media site. • All activity on VCOM social media is governed by other college policies, including, but not limited, to copyright, confidential and proprietary information, FERPA, HIPAA, Title IX, acceptable use of electronic resources, and anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies. If a student or employee is assisting with a VCOM-affiliated social media platform, they must be aware of and follow the college’s policies. • Posts on social media should protect VCOM’s institutional voice by remaining professional in tone and in good taste. No individual VCOM division/department/student organization should construe its social media as representing VCOM. • The content that is shared on a VCOM-affiliated social media platform should support the purpose for the site. In other words, the content should be appropriate and relevant to its educational goals and interests, as well as the mission of the college. All content that is posted (language and graphics) should be suitable for the public. • Social media content on an official social media site may sometimes include photographs, audio, or video. Site administrators are responsible for ensuring that social media content posted on the site is not infringing on the intellectual property rights of others. Intellectual property rights of content shared by the public will be governed by federal copyright law, the terms of service of the social media provider, and/or college policies. • Avoid posting detailed policy or procedural information, such as admission guidelines or program requirements. Instead, post links to that information on the college’s official website for those topics. This decreases discrepancies in the information being distributed and minimizes the need to update changes on multiple platforms. VCOM has the right to remove any content for any reason, including but not limited to, content that it deems offensive, defamatory, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexual, threatening, a violation of intellectual property rights or privacy laws, or otherwise injurious or illegal. If you see a post that you consider objectionable, please notify the Division of Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications. This policy is aligned with the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Task Force on Ethics and Professionalism. VCOM recognizes and respects the importance of having curriculum and policies that uphold the values of VCOM and the osteopathic profession. These values include a commitment to promote a safe and professional learning environment for students. The College is also committed to the development of the appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes for safe and professional patient care including history taking, the osteopathic medical examination including palpation, and osteopathic manual medicine and medical treatment (OMM or OMT). The Osteopathic Examination and Osteopathic Manipulation The content of VCOM’s OMM curriculum has been developed based on guidance provided by the Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles (ECOP) of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM). During years one and two, students are enrolled in eight blocks over 4 semesters. In each block there is OMM instruction, which includes both lecture and hands-on clinical skills learning in the OMM lab. The course includes the foundational aspects of the osteopathic structural examination, palpatory diagnosis, and the application of various osteopathic treatment modalities. These core requirements are also required to learn the appropriate examination and treatment techniques required to advance to the clinical years. Osteopathic manipulative medicine skills are also learned in the clinical setting when rotating with osteopathic physicians and through OMM workshop instruction.

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