OPPC 7171 - Advanced Osteopathic Principles and Practice

2 credit hours

Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) is a three semester online course that runs during the third and fourth years of osteopathic medical school. OPP is a concept of health care that embraces the concept of the unity of the living organism’s structure (anatomy) and function (physiology). The osteopathic philosophy emphasizes the following principles: (1) The human being is a dynamic unit of function; (2) The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms that are self-healing in nature; (3) Structure and function are interrelated at all levels; and (4) Rational treatment is based on these principles. The OPP course focuses on the integration of OPP, including osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT), into clinical problem solving and patient care. The OPP curriculum will help osteopathic medical students master the OPP competencies as outlined by the American Association of the Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. The OPP Course includes modules of systems-based or special population-based conditions that respond well to adjunctive osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM), OMM Practice Logs, manual medicine literature assignments, and multiple choice assessments.