OPP Facts

Question 1

1892

Answer 1

American School of Osteopathy (ASO) opens in Kirskvilles, MO

Question 2

1893

Answer 2

Nettie Bolles is first woman on osteopathic faculty (Still’s committment to women’s rights)

Question 3

1898

Answer 3

Second College Founded - SS Still College of Osteopathy (Des Moines)

Question 4

1899

Answer 4

3rd college - Philly (PCOM)

Question 5

1899

Answer 5

William Smith, MD - ASO faculty - first to delineate arterial system with X-rays (first x-ray west of Mississippi)

Question 6

1900

Answer 6

American College of Osteoatphic Medicine and Surgery is founded (forerunner of CCOM)

Question 7

1916

Answer 7

Kansas City opens (no new college until 1969)

Question 8

1969

Answer 8

MSU-COM opens. First state funded

Question 9

1970

Answer 9

Most change to “College of Osteopathic Medicine

Question 10

2013

Answer 10

Marian’s first class

Question 11

2017

Answer 11

33 COM’s at 48 locations in 31 states

Question 12

2017

Answer 12

MU-COM graduates first class

Question 13

First state to license DO’s? When? Why?

Answer 13

Vermont; 1896; Vermont legislator was treated by HL Spangler, DO who introduced legislation in 1895

Question 14

WNL

Answer 14

“Within Normal Limits” or “We never looked”

Question 15

1935

Answer 15

Forerunner of National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners becomes first board for licensing physicians

Question 16

2002

Answer 16

Louisiana becomes final state to accept NBOME licensing exam, COMLEX as pathway for granting practice rights

Question 17

2002

Answer 17

All 50 states and Distric of Columbia accept National Board

Question 18

1936

Answer 18

Applied Academy of Osteopathy is formed from the Osteopathic Manipulative Therapeutic and Clinical Reasearch association.

Founded to develop education program to study scient and improve health care management with emphasis on palpatory diagnosis and OMT

Question 19

1944

Answer 19

AAO goes form “Applied Academy of Osteopathy” to “American Academy of Osteopathy”

Question 20

1959

Answer 20

Dr. Angus Cathie forms first undergraduate American Academy of Osteopathy (UAAO) at PCOM which becomes the SAAO.

Question 21

AAO Headquarters

Answer 21

Pyramids in Indianapolis

Question 22

Allopathy

Answer 22

Use drugs to create environemtn disease can’t hand;e

Question 23

Osteopathy

Answer 23

Body can heal itself, remove impediment and it is fixed