The Student Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons and the 黑料传送门 President鈥檚 Subcommittee for Military Members, Veterans/Discharged and Their Families recently presented the fourth annual Military Medical Student Symposium, a two-day event designed as an opportunity for MD and DO military medical students from campuses all across the country to connect with each other and their future leaders in military medicine.
Several active military physicians shared their experiences with nearly 80 student attendees during breakout sessions, and discussed the important role doctors play on the battlefield. Recent medical school graduates, including 黑料传送门 alumnus C. Woodworth Parker, MS, DO 鈥�16, discussed their participation in the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which allows students to have the cost of their medical education paid for by the military in exchange for four years of service as a physician, dentist, pharmacist, or veterinarian. Attendees also took part in hands-on trauma simulations in the Saltzburg Clinical Learning & Assessment Center.
"Military medical students from DO and MD schools across the region鈥攁nd even some from across the country鈥攁ttend this event,鈥� said Alex Blau (DO 鈥�17), an ensign in the naval reserve who served as coordinator for the symposium. 鈥淚t鈥檚 apropos that the event is held annually at an osteopathic institution, as DOs make up a significant portion of military physicians, certainly a greater proportion than is found in the civilian sector. The unique skills we learn at our osteopathic institutions are of great benefit to the military, where medicine is often practiced in austere environments where our hands may be the best tools we have to treat our battalion or squadron."
The event is open to any MD, DO or dental student who is currently in the HPSP program or is considering joining the military, and any pre-med or pre-dental student who is interested in learning more about a medical career in the military.
The link between osteopathic medicine and the military goes back to the field鈥檚 very founding; the father of osteopathic medicine, A.T. Still, served in the 21th Regiment of the Kansas State Militia during the Civil War. DOs who serve in the military have used their additional training in osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) to relieve pain and treat injuries on the battlefield when medication or other treatments may not be readily available.
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