More med school grads receive osteopathic training

"The boom in osteopathy is striking. In 1980, there were just 14 schools across the country and 4,940 students. Now there are 30 schools, including state universities in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and Michigan, offering instruction at 40 locations to more than 23,000 students. Today, osteopathic schools turn out about [22%] of the nation's medical school graduates," The New York Times reported earlier this week.

Osteopathic medicine is gaining increasing acceptance as authoritative training by the medical establishment, including the residency programs that lead to licensure. This year, more than three-quarters of DO graduates successfully “matched” with a residency—half for MD-accredited programs and half for DO-accredited programs, according to the report.

Source:The New York Times