About

Published by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), The DO provides news and features about osteopathic medicine. The DO has been published continuously for the past 95 years. In 2009, the publication went fully digital and has been continuously refreshed to ensure its relevance to the osteopathic community.

In 2022, AOA leadership revamped The DO by bringing on board Editor-In-Chief Vania Manipod, DO, and an Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) composed of DOs and osteopathic medical students. The current EAB includes 26 members who represent the full spectrum of the osteopathic medical profession. With their input, The DO now has a redesigned website and a new format featuring content produced for osteopathic physicians and medical students by osteopathic physicians and medical students.

The revamped publication includes roughly 20 recurring columns written by DOs and medical students on topics including advocacy, finances, medical school and life outside medicine.

The DO’s responsible use of generative AI policy

The DO urges authors to exercise caution when using generative AI (gen AI) resources such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc., for assistance with researching and preparing articles. Authors who use gen AI resources should follow these guidelines:

  • Disclosure: If you have used gen AI resources to help you prepare an article, you must disclose the extent to which gen AI was used and which platform was used to The DO’s editorial staff so we can review the article and include a disclaimer on the published article. Contributors who fail to disclose their use of gen AI resources may be banned from submitting future content to The DO.
  • Author responsible for accuracy: Please be aware that text generated by gen AI resources might be plagiarized and inaccurate; it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that the articles that they submit to The DO are original work and not plagiarized and the text is accurate, including citations. While The DO’s editors will fact-check articles, authors should review AI-generated text for accuracy and ensure that the sources the article is using are reliable.
  • User caution: Please also be aware that anything entered into open AI resources for processing (data, interview transcripts, article notes, etc), may be entered into the AI resource’s knowledge base, with a possible outcome of this being that the content is published elsewhere.
  • Contributor must be the article’s author: While gen AI tools may be used by contributors, an AI tool cannot be an author and carry the responsibilities of an author (e.g., disclosure of conflicts of interest, etc.). The DO’s contributors should review and edit AI-generated text to ensure that its voice comes across as authentic and human. Please be aware that, at this time, AI-generated text in many cases cannot be copyrighted unless the content is significantly edited by a human. Contributors should review and edit AI-generated text enough that it is able to be copyrighted.