July 31, 2024Wednesday NBOMEosteopathic medicine Mile marker 90 years strong—Celebrating the NBOME’s role in professional self-regulation for our patients When NBOME was founded in the 1930s, osteopathic medicine was a smaller subset of the medical community, considerably less than the 11% of all currently licensed physicians that DOs comprise in the U.S. today.
Oct. 1, 2022Saturday COMLEXNBOME Opinion Eliminating numeric scores for COMLEX-USA Level 1 COMLEX Level 1 is now a pass-fail exam. What does this mean for candidates moving forward?
March 29, 2022Tuesday NBOMEosteopathic medicine Defining osteopathic medicine Defining the distinctive practice of osteopathic medicine: Building on the 2019 summit Without defining ourselves, we run the risk of being defined by others, and the status of distinction we enjoy will devolve to extinction.
March 29, 2022Tuesday A life in medicine In Memoriam: William F. Ranieri, DO, leader in osteopathic psychiatry and osteopathic medical education Dr. Ranieri led the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry for over a decade and was also a past president of the American College of Osteopathic Neurologists and Psychiatrists.
Feb. 24, 2021Wednesday DO & student voices A life in medicine In memory of a mentor and inspirational leader: Bernard Lown, MD A prominent cardiologist, Dr. Lown invented the the first reliable direct-current defibrillator and authored an influential book on compassion in medicine.