Osteopathic Recognition Requirements

A.6.d) designate one osteopathic faculty member, at each participating site where osteopathic education occurs in the clinical learning environment, as the osteopathic site director who is accountable for the supervision of designated osteopathic residents and the osteopathic clinical education provided at the site. [...] Faculty members assist the Director of Osteopathic Education in a variety of roles and to varying degrees to ensure the success of the designated osteopathic residents, inclusive of the requisite education in OPP and training necessary to develop and apply OMT. [...] A.2.i) The Director of Osteopathic Education must provide designated osteopathic residents with documented semi-annual evaluation of performance and progression in the application of OPP in each of the ACGME Competencies, with feedback. [...] Designated osteopathic residents and osteopathic faculty members must have the opportunity to evaluate the osteopathic components of the program confidentially and in writing at least annually. [...] The program must use the results of residents' and faculty members' evaluations of the osteopathic components of the program together with other program evaluation results to improve the program.