“We want to encourage schools to develop the kind of culture where being diverse is a mark of excellence,” says Barbara Ross-Lee, DO. “If we can do this, we can position osteopathic medicine as being a leader in this area.”
AOA staff and leadership recently discussed a detailed plan with the Board of Trustees that ensures an ongoing effort to combat racial injustice and inequality.
“Sometimes you have to test the waters, and you’ll find the waters are not as cold as perhaps you thought they would be,” Dr. Anderson said.
In many states, physicians are being denied worker’s compensation coverage for COVID-19, or are told they must prove they contracted the virus at work. A Florida DO’s family shares his story.
Enrollees will study leadership, change management, curriculum design and teaching strategies.
Feb. 25, 2021
Tune in on Feb. 24 for info on the various vaccines’ side effects, safety and efficacy against the native COVID-19 virus as well as new variants.
Feb. 17, 2021
Tune in on Feb. 17 to learn how physicians can help build a more equitable health care system for all.
Feb. 10, 2021
Experts are concerned about reinfections by new variants, Dr. Fauci urges the U.S. to stick to two-dose plan, and South Africa suspends its AstraZeneca rollout.
Feb. 10, 2021
A prominent cardiologist, Dr. Lown invented the the first reliable direct-current defibrillator and authored an influential book on compassion in medicine.
The Book Club’s first DO-written selection is a memoir by Rebecca Levy-Gantt, DO, who explains how OB-GYN can be “filled with the happy, sad, interesting, devastating, and unbelievable.”
Students reflect on the unique opportunity to contribute to a critically important public health effort.
Following AOA advocacy, institutions in Missouri and Virginia update their policies to include DO candidates.
From germs to patient perception: Here’s what to consider when you’re considering the traditional physician garb. DOs who proudly wear their white coats and those whose coats live in their closets both weigh in. “I’m not opposed to physicians taking off their white coats in the office as they see appropriate, but it still sends a loud message about who we are and what we stand for in medicine,” says Anita Showalter, DO, associate dean at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences.