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"New & Noteworthy" column premieres

FJ Rogers

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New and noteworthy

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Collaboration on research picks up steam

MJ Dyer, DL Wood

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Federal update

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Thoracic lymphatic pumping and the efficacy of influenza vaccination in healthy young and elderly populations

T Breithaupt, K Harris, J Ellis, E Purcell, J Weir, M Clothier, D Boesler

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Abstract

The authors investigated whether thoracic lymphatic pumping (TLP) after FluShield vaccination enhanced the production of anti-influenza immunoglobulins in elderly individuals, who are at particular risk for influenza. Osteopathic students and non-TLP-treated elderly subjects served as controls. Serum antibody titers were quantified with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and hemagglutination inhibition assay, both of which generated comparable results. While approximately 70% of the younger controls had increased anti-influenza immunoglobulin production on vaccination, only 30% to 35% of the aged population had increased antibody production. There was no significant enhancement in anti-influenza immunoglobulin production in the TLP-treated subjects. The authors' findings suggest that TLP in conjunction with influenza vaccination does not enhance immunization against influenza in otherwise healthy and active populations. However, such techniques may be of value when applied in conjunction with vaccination to nonambulatory patients or on actual influenza exposure of at-risk individuals.

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Testing osteopathic medical school graduates for licensure: is COMLEX-USA the most appropriate examination?

J Graneto

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Osteopathic and allopathic physicians receive authority to practice medicine through the licensing boards of the states in which they practice. Each state has the responsibility to operate a licensing board for physicians and other medical professionals. These boards choose which examinations are acceptable to establish that a physician is licensable to practice medicine. The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) administers the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA). To determine the views of the educational leaders of the osteopathic profession regarding licensure testing, a survey was mailed to leaders in the profession. Of the 799 surveys mailed, 341 (43%) were returned. Respondents were asked 19 questions, using a Likert scale to record responses (strongly disagree, 1; strongly agree, 5). Eighty-eight percent of respondents believed that osteopathic medicine is a distinct profession. Seventy percent of respondents felt that COMLEX-USA is the standard for testing osteopathic trainees, while 70% believed trainees should continue to be tested by a unique process. According to 72% of the respondents, the NBOME, through its testing procedures, continues to be the organization best suited to test the knowledge of osteopathic students and graduates. These results indicate that among the practicing leadership of the osteopathic profession, overwhelming support exists for the profession to retain the ability and the right to examine its own trainees from within.

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Osteopathy in its early adulthood, 1945-1955

MM Patterson

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The place of the osteopathic concept in the healing art. 1947

JS Denslow

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Osteopathy--fifty years later. Founders Memorial Lecture. 1951

RL Fischer

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Volume 100 author index

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Author index

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About this journal

The Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, founded in 1901 and known for 119 years as the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, is the premier scholarly, peer-reviewed publication of the osteopathic medical profession. The mission of JOM is to serve as an international forum for the dissemination of scientific literature that incorporates an integrative, comprehensive, patient-centered approach to clinical care and improving health. JOM conducts double-blind peer review of academic research manuscripts from a wide variety of medical specialties, covering the full spectrum of clinical settings in which osteopathic physicians practice. All submissions are vetted by a distinguished group of Section Editors led by Editor-in-Chief Ross Zafonte, DO, and supported by a full Editorial Board.

JOM publishes original research, narrative and systematic review articles (including meta-analyses), clinical practice descriptions, and a very limited number of case reports, all of which are described fully in our Instructions for Authors. JOM is particularly interested in original scientific research that provides quantitative analysis of and contributes significantly to the evidence base underpinning current practices in osteopathic medicine, including but not limited to neuromusculoskeletal medicine. We also accept research submissions documenting trends and changes in education for osteopathic medical students. The ultimate focus of all material published in JOM is to support, enhance, and advance patient care through evidence.

Volume 101 Issue 1

Issue of Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

"New & Noteworthy" column premieres

Collaboration on research picks up steam

Federal update

Editorial comments

Allopathic medicine gone awry

Thoracic lymphatic pumping and the efficacy of influenza vaccination in healthy young and elderly populations

Abstract

Testing osteopathic medical school graduates for licensure: is COMLEX-USA the most appropriate examination?

Abstract

Osteopathy in its early adulthood, 1945-1955

The place of the osteopathic concept in the healing art. 1947

Osteopathy--fifty years later. Founders Memorial Lecture. 1951

Author index