OS history + Flashcards
“osteopathic medicine is an idea whose time has come”
William G. anderson D.O.
-AOA black president 1994-1995
what percent of actively practicing DOs (of less than 10 years) are women
56%
when did more women begin graduating from osteopathic medical schools
2007-8 / 2008-9
who joined KCU faculty in 1919 and retired in 1981 (age 92) taught gynecology and pediatrics, and had a building named after her on campus in 1940
Mamie johnston
*Johnston Science Hall
what year did AT still support equality for female in medicine
1892
what percent of active military medical officers are DOs
10%
what year were there nearly 200 DOs serving in the Vietnam War
1969
what year were DOs accepted as equal to MDs (in the military )
1963
in ____ Robert McNamara allow DOs to volunteer as officers and in ___ DOs were drafted as medical offers
1966 and 1967
what year did the DO profession try to gain federal recognition to serve in the military? *was supported by Teddy Roosevelt but rejected by William C. Gorgas
1917
when were DO’s still not allowed to serve the military causing a shortage of MDs in hospitals in WWII and an increase of DOs in the hospital
1941
currently how many DO medical students are they? how many practicing DOs are they? and how many are in primary care?
27,512 studetns
102,137 DOs
56% primary care
what year was the first DO’s accepted fro residency training in Canada by University of Alberta and Calgary
1986
what was the OPSC
Osteopathic physicians and surgeons of california
- chartered by the AOA for those would wanted to keep the DO degree in california during the california incident
- long court battle that wasn’t resolved until 1974 but the continuation of DO licensure won
what did COPS conversion to an allopathic school represent
with a few curriculum changes demonstrated the equality of the two programs
