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Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine (PCSOM) is the 19th school of osteopathic medicine in the country. Pikeville College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate, baccalaureate, and doctoral degrees. PCSOM offers a four-year program that results in the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.). This is followed by one year of a rotating internship and two to five years of residency, depending upon which specialty is selected. PCSOM is fully accredited by the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Professional Education.
You are more than just the sum of your body parts. That’s why doctors of osteopathic medicine (D.O.s) practice a "whole person" approach to health care. Instead of just treating specific symptoms, osteopathic physicians concentrate on treating you as a whole.
Osteopathic physicians understand how all the body’s systems are interconnected and how each one affects the others. They focus special attention on the musculoskeletal system, which reflects and influences the condition of all other body systems.
This system of bones and muscles makes up about two-thirds of the body’s mass, and a routine part of the osteopathic patient examination is a careful evaluation of these important structures. D.O.s know that the body’s structure plays a critical role in its ability to function. They can use their eyes and hands to identify structural problems and to support the body’s natural tendency toward health and self-healing.
Osteopathic physicians also use their ears–to listen to you and your health concerns. Doctors of osteopathic medicine help patients develop attitudes and lifestyles that don’t just fight illness, but help prevent it. Millions of Americans prefer this concerned and compassionate care, and have made D.O.s their doctors for life.
Osteopathic physicians can, and do, provide a full range of specialties and subspecialties services as practiced in tertiary hospitals. However, most D.O.s choose to go into primary care and practice in rural and medically underserved areas. This accounts for the fact that while D.O.s make up only 7 percent of the physicians in the country, they see over 18 percent of the patients. Each year more than 100 million patient visits are made to D.O.s.
“D.O.'s, physicians treating patients not just symptoms.”
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