The AOA National Osteopathic Medicine Week

With a longtime interest in pain management, Dr. Dan Kendall practices as an interventional pain medicine specialist at National Spine & Pain Centers in McLean, Virginia. Additionally, as a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO), Dr. Dan Kendall is an active member of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

As the primary certifying body for osteopathic physicians and the accrediting agency for osteopathic medical schools, the AOA promotes public health and scientific research. On April 15 through 21, 2018, the AOA will hold National Osteopathic Medicine (NOM) Week to bring together osteopathic medical professionals in order to increase awareness of osteopathic medicine and doctors in communities throughout the United States. 

Physicians and medical students can raise awareness on social media by using the official Doctors that DO Facebook profile overlay and the Twitter hashtag #DoctorsThatDO or #ProudDO. Additionally, NOM Week can be promoted by distributing the "What is a DO?" brochure to patients or setting up a table at a local hospital to distribute information. More ways to support NOM Week can be found on the official site for the AOA, www.osteopathic.org.

Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Unveils New Simulation Center

A former chief fellow and clinical instructor at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Dan Kendall practices osteopathic medicine at the National Spine and Pain Centers in Arlington, Virginia. Named one of Washingtonian Magazine’s Top Doctors in 2015 and 2016, Dr. Dan Kendall is a graduate of the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM).

Recently, CCOM unveiled a new physician education facility that allows students to practice their clinical skills in a simulated environment. Called the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (CSC), the advanced educational tool allows students to apply knowledge gained in the classroom. Along with basics such as history-taking skills and bedside manner, the simulation center gives students practice doing physical exams in a nearly true-to-life environment. 

Presenting students with the challenge of working in a higher-stress environment than a college classroom, the simulation center features 21 examination rooms equipped with all the tools found in real clinical settings. It also contains four hospital or critical care simulated settings, including a labor and delivery room with maternal fetal simulators, and two operating rooms with endoscopic and laparoscopic surgery training tools.