Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)

You want to improve health equity and access to care for your community as a physician-leader. Duquesne’s Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) program focuses on a culture of wellness and preventative medicine for everyone. It’s not just the methods; it’s a mindset. 

Accreditation

Duquesne University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine has received pre-accreditation status from the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). This status means the University can recruit and admit students to the medical college and is approved to teach the curriculum for the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree.

Built on our 145-year legacy of serving others, here you will:

• Build medical skills to prevent, diagnose and treat a wide range of health conditions from supportive faculty, who will help you reach your bigger goal of becoming a physician.
• Be prepared with curriculum that integrates scientific and clinical learning and diversity, equity and inclusion to better serve diverse communities.
• Train in a new campus building and the latest in medical technologies, including a simulation hospital and HoloAnatomy lab.
• Develop osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) techniques with hands-on learning opportunities, starting in your first year.
• Learn patient-centered clinical skills at various urban and rural clinical community partners and gain a global perspective with international medical service trips and clinical rotations.

The D.O. Curriculum

You’ll be prepared for anything because your curriculum will integrate scientific and clinical learning across all four years, beginning with foundational knowledge that progressively focuses as you identify and develop your professional goals.

During your first two years you will train in patient care, including family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine and surgery, among others.  Your training will include:

• Hands-on skills development in our state-of-the-art simulation hospital
• Clinically-oriented anatomy coursework using HoloAnatomy, as well as ultrasound and diagnostic radiography imaging
• Intensive cadaver-based dissection early in year 1

Year 2 coursework with an intensive four-week board prep study program to prepare you for the COMLEX-USA Level 1 and USMLE Step 1 exams

Independent learning, lectures, team-based and case-based group work

Your third and fourth years will focus on more intensive hands-on clinical training in the Medical School’s simulation hospital, as well as in our urban and rural clinical partner facilities across Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. To help you prepare for final examinations, assessments follow each rotation.