KCOM Dean published in Academic Medicine
Posted: July 8, 2009
KCOM Dean Philip C. Slocum, D.O.
Just three months after his appointment to the editorial board of the American Journal of Medicine, ATSU-KCOM Dean Philip Slocum, D.O., ’76, co-authored an article on osteopathic clinical education for the journal, Academic Medicine.
Entitled “Osteopathic Clinical Training in Three Universities,” the article ran in the June 2009 issue of the journal. It explains the difference between osteopathic clinical medical education and allopathic medical education, traces the history of clinical training, and details the requirements of clinical preparation and the challenges faced. The main focus of the article is describing different methods of delivering osteopathic clinical training in a traditional academic medical center, a school with a statewide clinical consortium, and a school with a regional campus system.
The journal is the official, peer-reviewed work of the Association of American Medical Colleges. It serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas and information for the academic medicine community. Dr. Slocum is also a member of the American Osteopathic Association and received his doctorate of osteopathic medicine from KCOM in 1976.