Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles (ECOP)

ECOP, Fall 2016

Mission

The purpose of the Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles is to:

• Discuss ideas pertaining to the teaching of osteopathic principles and practices for the member institutions of AACOM,
• Present recommendations for the improvement of curriculum in these areas on behalf of osteopathic medical education to the Board of Deans,
• Assist new and developing colleges of osteopathic medicine in developing and implementing sound curriculum in osteopathic principles and practices,
• And to further develop consensus in the teaching of osteopathic principles and practices.

AACOM Staff Liaison

Mark R. Speicher, PhD, MHA
Senior Vice President for Medical Education and Research
mspeicher@aacom.org

Publications and Presentations

• Motion Animations to Demonstrate Musculoskeletal Functioning (videos, 2011)
• Glossary of Osteopathic Terminology (pdf)
  Coordinated by ECOP, Published in 2017
• Glossary Submission Guidelines
  Use these guidelines to submit a term for inclusion on the Glossary of Osteopathic Terminology or to comment on a term in the current glossary.
• Glossaire de Terminologie Osteopathique
  French Translation of the 2001 Glossary of Osteopathic Terminology 
  Note:This is not the most current edition of the Glossary, which was revised in 2009.
• Authorized Osteopathic Thesaurus (AOT) 
  Coordinated by ECOP, 2004
• Osteopathic Thesaurus Submission Form (pdf) 
  Use this form to submit terms to the Authorized Osteopathic Thesaurus.
• Technical Standards Document
  ECOP recommends the following non-academic criteria for admission and continued program participation for osteopathic medical students in programs leading to the doctor of osteopathic medical (DO) degree.
• Introduction to Osteopathic Medicine for Non-DO Faculty: What Makes an Osteopathic Education Different?
  View the video (2010, 21 minutes)  
  View the PowerPoint (2010, ppt, 22 slides)