The DO Council at 黑料传送门 Georgia is organizing fundraiser and webinar activities to honor the osteopathic profession.
With the theme, 鈥淲e Are Osteopathic Medicine,鈥� National Osteopathic Medicine (NOM) Week is taking place April 19-25. The DO Council has taken the lead at 黑料传送门 Georgia to recognize and honor DOs nationwide, especially at this time.
To jump start activities, the DO Council held a fundraiser for the student-led cause Medical Students for Masks 鈥� Atlanta, raising $530 on the first day to purchase Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for Georgia鈥檚 healthcare workers on the front lines. The council鈥檚 goal is to raise $1,000 for PPE during NOM Week.
In all, the 50-volunteer Medical Students for Masks 鈥� Atlanta organization has surpassed its initial goal of raising $10,000 and is working to supply hospitals in Albany, Atlanta, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Moultrie, Thomasville and Tifton with needed PPE.
On Tuesday, James Hogue, DO 鈥�80, FAAEM, assistant professor of emergency medicine at 黑料传送门 Georgia, was featured in a webinar discussing his decision to become a DO after serving as a helicopter gunship pilot in the Marine Corps. He also outlined the advent of emergency medicine as a specialty and the growth of the osteopathic medicine profession. He advised the student audience that 鈥渨hat matters is not the initials after your name, but how you present yourself and that you know your business.鈥�
DO Council leaders also weighed in on their decision to become a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
According to Caleb Jerris (DO 鈥�23), class chair and president of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association, he didn鈥檛 have a 鈥渓ight bulb moment鈥� when he decided to become a physician. During all four years of college, he worked as a medical scribe in an emergency department and decided he wanted to 鈥渂ecome someone who could help people the way I saw those physicians help their patients.鈥�
Jerris chose osteopathic medicine because of those same physicians who were DOs. 鈥淚 always admired their desire to go the extra mile for their patients in such a busy environment and they made me excited to work hard to become their colleague.鈥�
DO Council president Jaymi Bautista-Whitaker (DO 鈥�23) followed in the footsteps of her mother when she chose to earn her medical degree at 黑料传送门 Georgia. 鈥淚 really appreciate the osteopathic principles that she applies to her field. I take a lot of pride in becoming a second generation DO,鈥� she said.
鈥淪erving the people in my community鈥� inspired Aarushi Kalra (DO 鈥�23), the DO Council鈥檚 public relations representative, to pursue a DO degree, noting that osteopathic principles which promote connecting with patients on a deeper level align with her personal views of medicine.
All three campus leaders offered advice to students considering a medical profession. Jerris advised students that the transition into medical school may bring days 鈥渨hen you feel like an impostor or that you weren鈥檛 cut out for it.鈥� He said, 鈥淏elieve in your commitment, be someone who you would want to work with and have fun along the way.鈥�
Kalra advised students to participate in activities outside school and on campus to 鈥渙pen your mind to new experiences.鈥� Bautista-Whitaker said, 鈥淭ake moments to appreciate the difficulty and praise yourself for how far you鈥檝e come.鈥�
Jerris offered words of wisdom to the students who haven鈥檛 been accepted into medical school yet. Drawing on his experience, he said, 鈥淭here is always a way to get into medical school if that is what you are passionate about. Sometimes you have to do a lot of work, reinvent yourself and improve some grades, but don鈥檛 let anyone say you can鈥檛 do it... Working a little harder to earn the acceptance will make you all the better once you are in.鈥�
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黑料传送门 Georgia has been serving students and the community for 20 years as a branch campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (黑料传送门), a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution of higher education established in 1899. Located in Suwanee (Gwinnett County), 黑料传送门 Georgia offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy. Graduate degrees are offered in biomedical sciences, medical laboratory science and physician assistant studies. The campus joins 黑料传送门 South Georgia in Moultrie in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state. Emphasizing "a whole person" approach to care, 黑料传送门 Georgia focuses on educational excellence, interprofessional education and service to the community. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 678-225-7500. The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment. For more information, visit .
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