ProgramCIP 51.1202

Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy

A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of osteopathic medicine, involving a combination of medical principles and procedures and osteopathic principles of holistic medicine and the relationship of the musculoskeletal system to general health. Includes instruction in the basic medical sciences, preventive medicine, family and community medicine, medical informatics, disease systems, organ and physiologic systems, osteopathic principles and practice, osteopathic manipulative treatment, musculoskeletal and skin systems, clinical specialty rotations, medical ethics, and professional standards and practice management.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Osteopathy, Osteopathic Medicine (DO).

Replaces earlier codes 51.19, 51.1901.