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Ohio Osteopathic Association urges more residency slots, funding to retain DOs
Summary
Representatives of the Ohio Osteopathic Association told the Senate Health Committee that increasing residency positions, graduate medical education funding and targeted rural training will help retain osteopathic physicians (DOs) in Ohio as new osteopathic medical schools open.
Acting Chair Johnson and members of the Senate Health Committee heard representatives of the Ohio Osteopathic Association describe the state of osteopathic medicine in Ohio and urged lawmakers to invest in graduate medical education and residency programs to keep more graduates in the state.
The Ohio Osteopathic Association’s president, Edward Hosbeck, an osteopathic family and hospice physician from Mercer County, told the committee that osteopathic medicine “focuses on the whole person, body, mind, and spirit” and that DOs practice across specialties and settings in Ohio. He said there are over 7,800 licensed osteopathic physicians in the state and about 978 osteopathic medical students.
Why it matters: The association argued that as new osteopathic training capacity opens —…
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