Medical Student Perspective: More than the Sum of Its Parts
Entering osteopathic medical school with years of experience as a registered nurse and a physician assistant was supposed to be easy. Having placed central/arterial lines, performed lumbar punctures, and inserted hundreds of IVs over the years, I felt like my hands were skilled in palpation and ready to tackle osteopathic manipulative treatment. As a registered nurse trained in nursing holistic models and a physician assistant trained in the allopathic disease-centered model, I thought the holistic care that osteopathic physicians provided was merely the combination of the two. I had no idea how the summation of my past experiences would only represent a portion of the profession of osteopathic medicine.
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