1. Collaborating With Allopathic Medical Schools and Graduate Medical Education Programs David Broder, D.O., FACP, FACOI NYCOMEC

2. Allopathic Collaboration Areas of Collaboration Shared Teaching Hospitals Shared Faculty Dual Accredited Programs Shared Educational Resources Special Seminars and Programs

3. Allopathic Collaboration Why Collaborate? To adapt a quote from Willie Sutton: Because thats where the training is.

4. Allopathic Collaboration Very few osteopathic hospitals Most hospitals predominately MD Most COMs are located closer to allopathic colleges, than other COMs Overwhelming majority of training programs are allopathic Why Collaborate?

5. Allopathic Collaboration New York State has more Graduate Medical Education Programs than most countries, predominantly Allopathic

6. Allopathic Collaboration Sharing Teaching Hospitals Integrated clerkships Parallel clerkships Clerkships on different services

7. Allopathic Collaboration Sharing Teaching Hospitals Advantages Infrastructure already in place Collaboration May be the only teaching hospital in an area Expose MDs to osteopathic medicine

8. Allopathic Collaboration Sharing Teaching Hospitals Disadvantages Osteopathic education may not be first priority Diminished osteopathic environment Less control over curriculum

9. Allopathic Collaboration Prerequisites Osteopathic DME DO Faculty COM/ OPTI Input Absence of DO discrimination Osteopathic faculty development

10. Allopathic Collaboration Dual Accredited Programs A Misnomer -- Actually, concurrent ACGME and AOA programs May have one common or two separate program directors

11. Allopathic Collaboration Dual Accredited Programs Advantages Promotes recruitment Greater candidate options Student perception Similar standards Resources of ACGME

12. Allopathic Collaboration Dual Accredited Programs Disadvantages Additional costs to hospital Additional reporting requirements Diminished osteopathic environment

13. Allopathic Collaboration Why do Allopaths Collaborate with Us? Quality of our students Difficulty filling positions Less reliance on foreign medical school graduates

14. Allopathic Collaboration JFK Airport Arrivals Departures Available Residencies Flight Information Need a Resident?

15. Allopathic Collaboration Challenges Find Opportunities Improve Quality Maintain Osteopathic Distinctiveness