OCOM 7004 - The Osteopathic Approach to Patient Care 4 - Return to Wellness

• Articulate basic biomedical, clinical, and cognitive (epidemiological and social behavioral) science knowledge of breadth and depth necessary for the maintenance of human health and patient care that addresses common complex clinical presentations.
• Approach the complex patient with recognition of the entire clinical context, including mind-body and psycho-social interrelationships.
• Demonstrate effective written and electronic communication in dealing with patients and other health care professionals.
• Develop a differential diagnosis in the context of complex clinical patient presentations and findings.
• Diagnose complex clinical conditions and form a patient-centered, interprofessional, evidence-based management plan.
• Collaborate with OMM specialists and other health care providers to maximize patient treatment and outcomes, as well as to advance osteopathic manipulation research and knowledge.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the behavioral and social sciences that provide the foundation for the professionalism competency, including medical ethics, social accountability and responsibility, and commitment to professional virtues and responsibilities.
• Effectively communicate and document treatment details.
• Apply periodic health screening guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
• Apply evidence-based medical principles and practices.
• Interpret features and meanings of quantitative and qualitative data and nominal, dichotomous, ordinal, continuous, ratio, and proportion variables.
• Describe and apply systematic methods to improve population health.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how different delivery systems influence the utilization of resources and access to care.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the patient-centered medical home concept of continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive care focused on quality, safety, and enhanced access for all.
• Describe the role of health policy on populations and individuals.