CONTEXT Many studies have reported a decline in empathy as allopathic medical students progress through medical school. Data are needed to compare the pattern of changes in empathy in osteopathic and allopathic medical students. Also, it is important to investigate the associations between measures of empathy and attitudes toward interprofessional collaboration, which are among major elements o...

CONTEXT Studies of burnout among allopathic physicians have shown many deleterious effects for both physicians and patients. To our knowledge, no studies have quantified burnout among osteopathic physicians. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of burnout, mentoring, and resident training satisfaction among US osteopathic otolaryngology residents compared with previously published data for a...

A paradigm shift is underway in our healthcare system whereby traditionally allopathic medical centers are beginning to adopt non-allopathic modalities of healing into their practices. This phenomenon has influenced the widespread emergence of integrative healthcare centers throughout the country whereby multiple disciplines are housed under one institutional roof. There is much to be learned f...

I am referring to the problem of incorporating a basic medical science curriculum in the foundation of chiropractic education. My concern is not with chiropractic-relevant descriptive courses, such as gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, physiology and neurophysiology. The intellectual problems arise in the presentation of courses like cell biology and biochemistry. Unlike the other basic science subje...

Background: Medical students appear to be one group that is especially vulnerable sleep problems. The study's objective was evaluate the quality, wellbeing, and happiness of Indian medical at various stages their education, as well from all three major streams (allopathic, ayurveda, homoeopathic medicine).
 Methodology: A convenience sample 873 used in this cross-sectional questionnaire-ba...

2 In his classic political satire Animal Farm, George Orwell described a fantasy world in which having total power gradually corrupts and distorts the initially idealized societal commandments articulated by the farm animals who have successfully risen up against a common enemy, i.e., the farmers (people). In the end, the commandment that " all animals are equal " drifts into " all animals are ...

There is a fundamental question how homeopathy works. Part of the problem with thus question is that the context within which it is asked needs to be specified. We live in a world dominated by the Western Scientific and Philosophical Tradition, which conditions our approach to Medical Science as well as all other sciences. But this is also a tradition in which there are strong currents of heres...

Human control over nature is characteristic of all Western Thought, including allopathic medicine. Since Descartes, matter has been considered separate from the spirit and the physical body, as part of matter, must be controlled for its own good. A physician is taught a "stewardship" view of the body that parallels society’s "stewardship" view of nature. It is well-intentioned, yet based on an ...

CONTEXT With the growing number of osteopathic physicians practicing in the United States and the creation of a single graduate medical education system, a continued need exists for focused education in osteopathic principles, philosophy, and treatment modalities in primarily allopathic residency programs. OBJECTIVE To create and integrate a resident-led osteopathic manipulative treatment (OM...