Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Catalog 2015-2016
[Archived Catalog]
Class of 2019 Patient-Centered Continuum Curriculum |
The patient-centered continuum (PCC) is a dynamic curriculum expressly designed to address the rapidly-changing health care environment. Because of this, the college reserves the right to change courses in order to provide students with the tools they will need to provide current, up-to-date medical care.
After acceptance to Heritage College, students may choose to apply to the PCC curriculum. Approximately 20% of students on the Athens campus will be chosen for the PCC.
Year One
The following descriptions of Ohio UniversityHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine courses are accurate as of the date of publication. The following courses are open to first-year osteopathic medical students in the PCC learning track only, with the exception of OCOM 6001 and OCOM 6002, which are required for students in both curricular tracks.
Year Two
The following courses are open to second-year osteopathic medical students in the PCC learning track only, with the exception of OCOM 7940, 7110 and 7115 which are open to second-year students in both curricular tracks but may be taken only with special permission.
Years Three and Four
The following courses are open to all third- and fourth-year osteopathic medical students, with the exception of OCOM 8920, which is open to fourth-year osteopathic medical students only.
Year Three Summer
During the summer at the start of year three, all students must take both of the following courses and one of the Assigned Rotations/Courses.
Assigned Rotations/ Courses
- OCOM 8001 - Osteopathic Family Medicine 1
- OCOM 8100 - General Internal Medicine
- OCOM 8140 - General Surgery
- OCOM 8020 - Emergency Medicine
- OCOM 8040 - Pediatrics
- OCOM 8050 - Women’s Health
- OCOM 8060 - Psychiatry
- OCOM 8070 - Palliative Care
- OCOM 8300 - Osteopathic Family Medicine 2
- OCOM 8920 - Health Care Management Clerkship
- OCOM 8941 - Scholarly Work - Required Paper
Extended Program Offerings
The following courses are available to all third- and fourth-year osteopathic medical students. Please note: special permission may be required for these courses.
- OCOM 7920 - Primary Care Associateship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- OCOM 7921 - Primary Care Associateship in Family Medicine
- OCOM 7922 - Primary Care Associateship in Preventive Medicine/Public Health
- OCOM 7923 - Primary Care Associateship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Family Medicine
- OCOM 8940 - Research Elective - Introduction to Research
- OCOM 8942 - Research Elective - Critical Literature Review
- OCOM 8943 - Research Elective - Case Based Study
- OCOM 8944 - Research Elective - Retrospective/Prospective/Meta-Analysis