LETTERS:

 Evaluating the Rationale of the Osteopathic Internship

Adam B. Smith and Michael I. Opipari
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 230-231. [Full Text] [PDF]  

EDITORIALS:

 JAOA Online Offers Readers a "Scroll" Down the Osteopathic Medical Profession's "Memory Lane"

Gilbert E. D'Alonzo, Jr
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 232. [Full Text] [PDF]  

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Domestic Violence: Prevalence and Detection in a Family Medicine Residency Clinic

John D. Wenzel, Carol L. Monson, and Shirley M. Johnson
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 233-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The authors designed a study to determine the detection of domestic violence by residents in a community-based, primary care training program. Results indicate that routine screening can significantly increase detection of domestic violence and enable victims to begin addressing their problems.

Initial Experience With Mass Immunization as a Bioterrorism Countermeasure

Col Les R. Folio, Maj Ronald L. Lahti, Maj David S. Cockrum, Maj Steven Bills, and Maj Michael R. Younker
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 240-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthrax vaccine was administered to approximately 5000 individuals at a deployed location near Iraq in a 1-week period. This report describes the planning and administrative process to initiate such a program, with a snapshot view of the first week of immunization. With increased terrorist threats and widespread availability of biologic agents of mass destruction, experiences with such immunization programs should be described in the literature and analyzed in anticipation of similar programs.

REVIEW ARTICLES:

Travell Trigger Points—Molecular and Osteopathic Perspectives

John M. McPartland
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 244-249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

New research suggests that Travell trigger points are evoked by the abnormal depolarization of motor end plates. The purpose of this article is to review these new concepts and describe the evolving approach to the treatment of Travell trigger points.

MEDICAL EDUCATION:

Professionalism: Orientation Exercises for Incoming Osteopathic Medical Students and Developing Class Vision Statements

Kerin L. Fresa-Dillon, Robert G. Cuzzolino, and Kenneth J. Veit
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 251-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine has developed an exercise for incoming medical students to introduce professional ethics and behavior during the orientation process.

CME QUIZ:

 CME Quiz

J Am Osteopath Assoc 2004 104: 267. [PDF]  

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