ATSRI - Advancing Skills in Osteopathy (ASO) Courses

Mission

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences serves as a learning-centered university dedicated to preparing highly competent professionals through innovative academic programs. The University is committed to continuing its osteopathic heritage and focus on whole person healthcare, scholarship, community health, interprofessional education, diversity, and underserved populations.

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Advancing Skills in Osteopathy (ASO) courses

The Advancing Skills in Osteopathy (ASO) program is a series of novel continuing education courses that provides participants training using instrumentation to evaluate and calibrate diagnostic and therapeutic palpation. The goal of the ASO program is to advance clinical skills and promote more rigorous research in osteopathic principles and practices by refining and documenting clinicians’ advanced palpation skills. Participants will develop strategies to improve and sustain high performance and interpretation of techniques through mentorship with faculty, peer critique and self-directed learning with calibrated models and learning modules. In collaboration with the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, this program includes personal, provocative and motivational experiences of osteopathic history at the birthplace of the osteopathic profession.

The ASO team, which includes leading educators and experienced researchers, assistants and coordinators, oversees the hands-on training. More than 5 and up to 20 participants are able to participate per program. Courses range from 10 to 30 hours.

Three courses are routinely scheduled each year. Additional courses can be coordinated a year in advance for groups of at least 6 participants at mutually agreeable times. In these circumstances, courses can be customized to meet the needs and interests of the group.

The history of osteopathic medicine

A unique feature to this training program is its historical component. Led by staff from ATSU’s Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (SM), this feature gives participants an intimate experience of the history of osteopathic medicine upon the grounds of the American School of Osteopathy, where Andrew Taylor Still began a revolution in medicine that continues today. By incorporating living history with modern advanced technologies, the ASO program is an unprecedented and irreproducible program.

Eligibility

To be considered for this program, registrants must be:

an osteopathic physician graduated from an accredited US or International College of Osteopathic Medicine, OR
an osteopathic fellow, resident or student motivated to incorporate osteopathic manipulative skills in their future practice.

Registrants should also possess a strong interest in:

a career as a clinician focused on whole body healthcare and based on attention to the mind, body, and spirit of their future patients.
a career that directly contributes to clinical research or educational activities in OMM.
science and the scientific method as a basis for critical thinking

2024 Schedule

May 16-17, 2024 (10 hours)
October 14-16, 2024 (15 hours)

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Course fees

30-hour course
Physicians - $1,500.00
Physicians who are active members of DO-Touch.NET - $750.00
Physicians in fellowship/residency training - $750.00
DO students - $500.00

20-hour course
Physicians - $1000.00
Physicians who are active members of DO-Touch.NET - $500.00
Physicians in fellowship/residency training - $500.00
DO students - $350.00

15-hour course
Physicians - $750.00
Physicians who are active members of DO-Touch.NET - $375.00
Physicians in fellowship/residency training - $375.00
DO students - $250.00

10-hour course
Physicians - $500.00
Physicians who are active members of DO-Touch.NET - $250.00
Physicians in residency training - $250.00
DO students - $250.00

Courses will be canceled 90 days prior to the course if there is not adequate enrollment.

Please contact ATSRI@atsu.edu regarding registration costs and cancellation policies.

Travel

Major airports: Kansas City, MO (MCI), St. Louis, MO (STL), or Des Moines, IA (DSM)
Flying to these locations would require car rental to Kirksville - approximately 2.5 to 3.5 hour drive depending on arrival location

Chicago to Kirksville - Contour Air (https://www.contourairlines.com) offers direct flights

Chicago or Dallas to Columbia, MO - American Airlines
Flying to this location would require car rental to Kirksville - approximately 1.5 hour drive

For information on Kirksville, Missouri, including transportation and lodging, click here.