May 7, 2014Wednesday osteopathic history Founding Father A.T. Still joins Harry Truman, Walt Disney in Hall of Famous Missourians Profession’s founder gains admittance with roughly 38% of the votes in an online election.
May 2, 2014Friday osteopathic history EYES ON THE PRIZE History essay contest: Students, interns and residents can win up to $5,000 The AOA’s annual competition encourages students, interns and residents to study the profession’s past struggles and achievements.
April 21, 2014Monday Hero Next Doorosteopathic history Century of Progress Hero Next Door: California DO calls it a career at age 101 Doran A. Farnum, DO, ended a 78-year career last fall without much fanfare. “Doran is a quiet, soft-spoken, very sweet man,” a colleague says.
Feb. 6, 2014Thursday osteopathic history Two Pathways An ocean away: The story of how osteopathy crossed the Atlantic Around the world, nonphysician osteopaths practice manipulation. Here’s how the trend got started.
July 3, 2013Wednesday booksosteopathic history Blast from the Past Forget board scores. Postdoc training once required guile, pluck, ‘subterfuge’ Arnold Melnick, DO, reminds the profession of when there were hardly any specialty training opportunities for osteopathic physicians.
May 15, 2012Tuesday opinionosteopathic history Opinion What we ‘knew’ then Medical history tells us that much of what we “know” to be true today may be proved false in the future.
May 11, 2012Friday osteopathic history Origin stories With $10,000 in prizes, AOA’s essay contest urges students to explore past The AOA Bureau of Osteopathic History and Identity is conducting its eighth annual history essay competition.
July 8, 2010Thursday osteopathic history Looking back With $10,000 in prizes, history bureau’s essay contest targets five core principles The AOA Bureau of Osteopathic History and Identity is conducting its sixth annual history essay competition.