Collaborating With Allopathic Medical Schools and

Graduate Medical Education Programs

David Broder, D.O., FACP, FACOI

NYCOMEC

Allopathic Collaboration

Areas of Collaboration

Shared Teaching HospitalsShared FacultyDual Accredited ProgramsShared Educational ResourcesSpecial Seminars and Programs

Allopathic Collaboration

Why Collaborate?

To adapt a quotefrom Willie Sutton:

“Because that’s where

the training is.”

Allopathic Collaboration

Very few osteopathic hospitalsMost hospitals predominately MDMost COM’s are located closer to

allopathic colleges, than other COM’sOverwhelming majority of training

programs are allopathic

Why Collaborate?

Allopathic Collaboration

New York State

has more Graduate Medical Education Programs than

most countries,

predominantly

Allopathic

Allopathic Collaboration

Sharing Teaching Hospitals

Integrated clerkshipsParallel clerkshipsClerkships on

different services

Allopathic Collaboration

Sharing Teaching Hospitals

AdvantagesInfrastructure already in placeCollaborationMay be the only teaching hospital in

an areaExpose MDs to osteopathic medicine

Allopathic Collaboration

Sharing Teaching Hospitals

DisadvantagesOsteopathic education may not be

first priorityDiminished osteopathic environmentLess control over curriculum

Allopathic Collaboration

Prerequisites

Osteopathic DMEDO FacultyCOM/ OPTI InputAbsence of DO discriminationOsteopathic faculty development

Allopathic Collaboration

Dual Accredited Programs

A Misnomer -- Actually, concurrent ACGME and AOA programs

May have one common or two separate program directors

Allopathic Collaboration

Dual Accredited Programs

AdvantagesPromotes recruitmentGreater candidate optionsStudent perceptionSimilar standardsResources of ACGME

Allopathic Collaboration

Dual Accredited Programs

DisadvantagesAdditional costs to hospitalAdditional reporting requirementsDiminished osteopathic environment

Allopathic Collaboration

Why do Allopaths Collaborate with Us?

Quality of our studentsDifficulty filling positionsLess reliance on foreign medical

school graduates

Allopathic Collaboration

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Challenges

Find OpportunitiesImprove QualityMaintain Osteopathic Distinctiveness