Osteopathy is an alternative branch of medicine dealing with conditions of the musculoskeletal system. It should not be confused with osteopathic medicine which prescribes drugs and performs surgery.
The student osteopathic medical association advantages:
· Help with professional liability along with major medical and Medicare supplementation along with medical insurance.
· All types of free professional consultation help, with reimbursement and marketing for practice.
· Helping the members in joining the national panel of osteopaths for private and medicare reimbursement.
· Special student loan concessions.
· Will provide the Opportunity for AOA approval of ACGME training, including approval of the first year as an AOA internship.
Members also get these free features:
· Workshops for practice management
· HIPAA manuals and training programmes
· CME activities and group reports
· Osteopath and Patient Web site
· Free email account
· JAOA articles with CME puzzles
· Becoming an AOA intern member will provide you with many additional benefits on a grander scale.
· For ACGME military training you need to be AOA approved, you have to be an AOA intern member.
· An AOA membership can help you stay in touch with the current medical events and will help you network for future employment.
· In case you dint have the time to take part in many of the student activities as a student you can take part in them now.
Osteopathic student has to go through a full year internship to get as much practical training as possible, osteopathy and medicine are two interrelated branches. An osteopathic student has to also study allied branches like acupuncture and holistic medicine. Holistic medicine is a very important branch of osteopathy; an osteopathy doctor will help his patients physically and mentally with the help of holistic medicine. Osteopaths often heal the body’s musculoskeletal system with its own somatic powers.