Advocacy in action #DODay17: Over 1,000 white coats march in Washington DOs and students will spend the day conducting dozens of meetings with senators, members of Congress and legislative aides. April 5, 2017Wednesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics DO Day on Capitol Hill On Wednesday, roughly 1,075 DOs and osteopathic medical students from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, on DO Day to advocate for continued federal funding of teaching health center graduate medical education. DOs and students participated in a march across Capitol Hill and will spend the day conducting dozens of meetings with senators, members of Congress and legislative aides. Throughout the day, DOs, students and the AOA are documenting their advocacy on social media using the hashtags #DODay17 and #DODay2017. Repping @PCOMeducation at #DODay17 in DC! pic.twitter.com/zRHqiZRTKx — Kate (@clinical_pearl) April 5, 2017 On this #DODay17, our ASK is that you reauthorize the Teaching Health Center #GME Program @Robert_Aderholt @RepMarthaRoby @AOAforDOs — Shawn Hamm (@Shawn_Hamm) April 5, 2017 #DoDay17 pic.twitter.com/9lltISxq1u — AOA (@AOAforDOs) April 5, 2017 We made it! Look at all the white coats on Capitol Hill today! #doday17 @AOAforDOs pic.twitter.com/YMXr2AA6QU — Dr. Khan (@RozyKhanDO) April 5, 2017 We are here. On our mission to promote a healthy nation, we marched together. And now we disperse to spread our message. #DoDay17 pic.twitter.com/mLkFeOsUOm — AOA (@AOAforDOs) April 5, 2017 Getting ready to hit the Hill! @KirsteinDO @RobertJuhaszDO @OUHCOM @AOAforDOs #DODay17 pic.twitter.com/WxPfw3ajY2 — Bill Burke, DO (@DrBillDO) April 5, 2017 BCOM strong! #DODay2017 pic.twitter.com/WeQ1dz4mk8 — Harris Ahmed (@TheDesertDO) April 5, 2017 @bbuserdo @AOAforDOs You make #aDvOcacy and Disco Dancing look good. #DODay2017 @AOAforDOs pic.twitter.com/zplujoACV3 — Caleb B. Hentges (@calebhentges) April 5, 2017 Getting ready to march to The Hill. Ready to advocate for the profession, and for the patients of Eastern KY. @SCRmedical. #DODay2017 pic.twitter.com/ikiXXegw6t — Selena Raines, DO (@DrSelenaDO) April 5, 2017 More in Advocacy Students and health policy: The importance of getting involved and where to start Osteopathic medical students have a variety of opportunities available to them when it comes to participating in and influencing the health care policies that will directly impact their future patients. AOA responds to ‘The View’ regarding misleading comments “Comments implying that DOs are not medical doctors could not be further from the truth,” reads the AOA response to producers of the show. Previous article#DODay17: Urging Congress to reauthorize teaching health center GME funding Next articleWhat docs earn: The 2017 Medscape Physician Compensation Report
Students and health policy: The importance of getting involved and where to start Osteopathic medical students have a variety of opportunities available to them when it comes to participating in and influencing the health care policies that will directly impact their future patients.
AOA responds to ‘The View’ regarding misleading comments “Comments implying that DOs are not medical doctors could not be further from the truth,” reads the AOA response to producers of the show.
DODay 17 looks to be successful for spreading information on the need to continue funding the graduate medical education programs at teaching health centers. Apr. 5, 2017, at 1:41 pm Reply
Very proud to see so many young DOs out and about. However we seem to be marching to the same drummer; perhaps we should be marching to a different drummer…the one that has a healing beat; not the same treating beat we have been stuck with for so many years. Just an an ol’ retired D.O. with an objective view. Doc Apr. 6, 2017, at 8:57 am Reply
There you are again, Dr. Knaus. Commented on your response in the latest D.O. article about why so many of us D.O.’s with 30+ years in the trenches have decided to throw the towel in and retire. Agreed fully with your last comment and do not feel the direction of Medicine in the U.S.A. is heading into a direction we feel is good for this country… Apr. 11, 2017, at 7:44 pm Reply