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Against the Grain Volume 30 Issue 4 Article 66 2018 Collecting to the Core — Osteopathic Medicine Susan E. Swogger A.T. Still University, susanswogger@atsu.edu Anne Doherty CHOICE/ACRL, adoherty@ala-choice.org Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg  Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Swogger, Susan E. and Doherty, Anne (2018) "Collecting to the Core — Osteopathic Medicine," Against the Grain: Vol. 30: Iss. 4, Article 66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7771/2380-176X.8295 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact epubs@purdue.edu for additional information. 48 Against the Grain / September 2018 <http://www.against-the-grain.com>continued on page 49Collecting to the Core — Osteopathic Medicineby Susan E. Swogger  (MOSDOH/CGHS Librarian, A.T. Still University; Health Sciences and Medicine Subject Editor, Resources for College Libraries)  <susanswogger@atsu.edu>Column Editor:  Anne Doherty  (Resources for College Libraries Project Editor, CHOICE/ACRL)  <adoherty@ala-choice.org>Column Editor’s Note:  The “Collecting to the Core” column highlights monographic works that are essential to the academic li-brary within a particular discipline, inspired by the Resources for College Libraries bib-liography (online at http://www.rclweb.net). In each essay, subject specialists introduce and explain the classic titles and topics that continue to remain relevant to the undergrad-uate curriculum and library collection.  Dis-ciplinary trends may shift, but some classics never go out of style. — ADAccording to U.S. News & World Re-port, enrollment at the small number of osteopathic medical schools in the United States is increasing approximately five times faster than at allopathic (or conventional) medical schools, with a number of new schools in the planning phase.1  These students will graduate as Doctors of Osteopathy and go on to practice medicine in American healthcare settings.  This growth in osteopathic medicine means that undergraduate students will benefit from having books focused on osteopathic medicine in even a general library collection and that librarians may be newly tasked with offering support for the study, practice, and teaching of osteopathic medicine.  This es-say offers a brief introduction to osteopathic medicine and identifies some key books for emerging programs and interested students.Osteopathic medicine is not a sub-specialty of medicine (like internal or family medicine); it is a “distinct form of medical practice in the United States.”2  It includes the typical procedures and practices of conventional American medicine, including the use of pre-scription drugs, surgery, technologies, etc., but also “offers the added benefit of hands-on diagnosis and treatment through a system of treatment known as osteopathic manipulative medicine,” a form of manual therapy.3  Os-teopathic medicine provides the benefits of modern medicine with an increased focus on wellness as achieved through prevention and health promotion.  Osteopathic medicine as a practice tends to attract and produce a greater percentage of providers interested in primary care, practicing in rural or underdeveloped areas, or complementary and alternative medicine.  All of these distinctions may affect the types of books and other resources that osteopathic collections will include.Students attending osteopathic medical school follow a similar educational progression as students attending a conventional allopathic medical school, with the addition of hundreds of hours of specific coursework focused on the philosophy and special features of osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM).  It is compul-sory that osteopathic medical students take the specialized Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX-USA);  however, they may opt to also take the United States Medical Li-censure Examination (USMLE) that is required of conventional medical students.  Allopathic and osteopathic med-ical students compete for and attend the same clinical rotation courses and residencies.  Upon completion, osteopathic medical students are licensed and permitted to practice as Doctors of Osteopathy (D.O.s) under standards equivalent to Medical Doc-tors (M.D.s).  More information about this educational process is available from A Brief Guide to Osteopathic Medicine: For Students, By Students, a useful book by D.O.s Patrick Wu and Jonathan Siu.4  This book offers an overview of osteopathic education and medi-cine from the student perspective, and is freely available from the website of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Med-icine (AACOM). As osteopathic and allopathic medicine share so many features in the United States, the majority of the needed library resources are identical, but there is a distinct group of resources for the study and practice of osteo-pathic medicine.  As with many subjects, most new acquisitions for osteopathic medicine prioritize electronic formats.  One of the sim-plest ways to acquire the more commonly-used textbooks is to subscribe to a single collection: Ovid’s LWW Health Library: Osteopathic Medicine Collection.5  This small electronic collection includes seven key titles from the publisher Wolters Kluwer Health’s Lippin-cott Williams and Wilkins imprint, as well as several hundred clinical videos showing the specialized techniques of OMM.  Of the seven texts included, it is useful to acquire the fol-lowing four titles in print as well for long-term access or as reserve copies.  Each is valuable not only as a core reference for teaching and clinical practice, but also as a review resource for osteopathic medical students preparing for the COMLEX-USA.The American Osteopathic Association’s Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine, edited by Anthony G. Chila, is in its third edition and widely used as an introductory and continuing reference text for students studying osteopathic medicine.6  The book includes a broad overview of osteopathic history, philosophy, and practice, and should be part of any collection focused on osteopathic medicine.  Contributors are promi-nent and well-known osteopathic medical prac-titioners and faculty, with chapters that focus on manual therapy and aspects of osteopathic practice as applied to other areas of medicine.Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Fam-ily Medicine, currently in its second edition, was sponsored by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and edited by Kenneth E. Nelson and Thomas Glonek.7  It focuses on aspects of osteopathic practice in family medicine and includes chapters focused on specific patient populations and clini-cal conditions.  It is designed for second and third-year stu-dents doing a family medicine clinical rotation, as well as to support residents and practi-tioners.  As a large percentage of osteopathic medical students intend to go into family and primary practice, this is a key reference.The very comprehensive third edition of The Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques, au-thored by Alexander S. Nicholas and Evan A. Nicholas, is one of very few monographs showing high-quality diagrams and images for osteopathic manipulative techniques, making it a vital part of a collection supporting manipula-tive therapy.8  Acquiring it as part of the LWW Health Library gives shared access to its digital images and videos, which is a distinct benefit.Greenman’s Principles of Manual Medicine is one of the most common textbooks used for manipulative medicine and will be a familiar name to any osteopathic medical faculty.9 The most recent fifth edition was heavily updated and greatly expanded by author Lisa A. DeStefano.  Developed originally by Dr. Philip Greenman to use in continuing medical education courses at Michigan State Universi-ty, it has become a core reference for students and practitioners in OMM and other forms of manual therapy practiced by physical thera-pists, chiropractors, and massage therapists. It includes a large number of photographs and diagrams not otherwise available and is widely adopted and well respected, making it essential to library collections supporting this subject and related allied health fields.While the above are key, they are not the only important texts.  There are a number of other books about foundational concepts or specialized techniques that may be valuable to a particular collection.  However, it is neces-sary to pay careful attention to a publication’s country of origin or audience, as the path of practice for osteopathic medicine diverged between the United States and elsewhere.  Out-side of the U.S., osteopathic practice focuses entirely on manipulative medicine or therapy. Foreign-trained osteopathic practitioners are osteopaths rather than osteopathic physicians, and do not practice medicine.10  Osteopathic physicians or D.O.s educated in the United States are licensed to practice medicine in many countries outside of it, but the reverse is not true. 49Against the Grain / September 2018 <http://www.against-the-grain.com>   Bookloverfrom page 47As such, books authored about osteopathic practices in Europe or Canada are more useful as additional references rather than core texts, though there are great similarities when it comes to methods of manipulative medicine. Selectors should also be aware that while many osteo-pathic medical books may be available digitally, it remains common for titles to be available only in print formats. For librarians building collections for new osteopathic medical schools, focusing on eBooks only would omit useful print resources.  Fortunately, the following rec-ommended texts are available as eBooks.  Osteopathic Techniques: The Learner’s Guide, written by Sharon Gustowski, Maria Gentry, and Ryan Seals, focuses on detailed instruction and illustration of osteopathic manipulative techniques, with extensive review questions for each.11  Though this book has a European publisher, its authors and audience are American.  This book, unlike others cited here, is in its first edition, but it has already been positively reviewed by osteopathic medical faculty and Doody’s Book Reviews.  Edited by Hollis King, Wilfrid Jänig, and Michael Patterson, The Science and Clinical Application of Manual Therapy is one of the few books to focus entirely on evidence supporting osteopathic manipulative therapy in areas beyond musculoskeletal therapy, and is of interest to any collection supporting faculty.12  Manipulation of the Spine, Thorax and Pelvis, written by the Australian osteopathic researchers Peter Gibbons and Philip Tehan, is a well-respected volume focused on manual therapy of the spine.13  Practitioners of many different fields of manual therapy value it, including osteopaths and osteopathic physicians, physical therapists, chiropractors, etc.  Like many of Elsevier’s clinical texts, it includes a number of videos available either online or via DVD.  The fourth edition also includes discussions of patient safety, consent issues, practitioner training, and other practice-related concerns.Collections supporting osteopathic medicine should also include titles on the history of its development, as programs acknowledge that the field’s beginnings and early philosophies are important to understanding the current state of osteopathic medicine.14  Osteopathic medicine as a field began when Dr. Andrew Taylor Still developed his theory of osteopathy in the late nineteenth century and in 1892 founded its first school in Kirksville, Missouri, as the American School of Osteopathy, now A.T. Still University.15  The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America by Norman Gevitz is widely considered the most definitive book about the development of the profession and the second edition covers the founder, early development, expansion, struggles for recognition and acceptance, and more.16  Any osteopathic library will also include books written by Dr. Still.  Still produced an autobiography as well as three other volumes about his evolving medical theories.  The two editions of his autobiography contain enough difference that many li-braries will want to include both the 1897 and the revised 1908 editions.17-18  There are many references to Still’s works in other books about osteopathic medicine, making it worthwhile to include either the freely available open source copies or reprint editions in a library collection. The books featured here are important to the study and practice of osteopathic medicine in the United States and belong in a library collection supporting an osteopathic medical school or interested pre-med students.  As gradu-ates of both allopathic and osteopathic medical schools will meet as peers in residency and later medical practice, many will also be of interest to libraries serving related health science disciplines, including allopathic medicine.  Collecting to the Corefrom page 48Endnotes1.  Salsberg, Edward, and Clese Erikson.  “Doctor Of Osteopathic Medicine: A Grow-ing Share of the Physician Workforce,” Health Affairs Blog.  Accessed January 2, 2018.  https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20171023.624111/full/ 2.  “What is Osteopathic Medicine?” American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM).  Accessed January 2, 2018.  http://www.aacom.org/become-a-doc-tor/about-om#aboutom3.  “What is Osteopathic Medicine?”4.  Wu, Patrick, and Jonathan Siu.  A Brief Guide to Osteopathic Medicine: For Stu-dents, By Students.  2nd ed.  Chevy Chase, MD: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, 2015.  http://www.aacom.org/docs/default-source/cib/bgom.pdf 5.  LWW Health Library: Osteopathic Medicine Collection.  Ovid.  http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/13163.jsp6.  Chila, Anthony G., ed.  Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine.  3rd ed.  Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.7.  Nelson, Kenneth E., and Thomas Glonek, eds.  Somatic Dysfunction in Osteopathic Family Medicine.  2nd ed.  Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Heath/ACOFP, 2015.8.  Nicholas, Alexander S., and Evan A. Nicholas.  Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques.  3rd ed.  Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2016.9.  DeStefano, Lisa A.  Greenman’s Principles of Manual Medicine.  5th ed.  Philadel-phia: Wolters Kluwer, 2016.*10.  Gougian, Rachel, and Murray R. Berkowitz.  “Gray Zone: Why a Delayed Accep-tance of Osteopathic Medicine Persists in the International Community.” The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association 114, no. 10 (2014): 754-760.  doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.145.11.  Gustowski, Sharon, Maria Budner-Gentry, and Ryan Seals.  Osteopathic Tech-niques: The Learner’s Guide.  New York: Thieme, 2017.12.  King, Hollis H., Wilfrid Jänig, and Michael M. Patterson.  The Science and Clinical Application of Manual Therapy.  London: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone, 2010.13.  Gibbons, Peter and Philip Tehan.  Manipulation of the Spine, Thorax and Pelvis.  4th ed.  Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2016.14.  Wu, Patrick and Jonathan Siu, A Brief Guide. 15.  “About ATSU. What is Osteopathic Medicine?” A.T. Still University.  Accessed January 2, 2018.  https://www.atsu.edu/about-atsu#Osteopathic-Medicine16.  Gevitz, Norman.  The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America.  2nd ed.  Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.17.  Still, Andrew T.  Autobiography of Andrew T. Still: With a History of the Discovery and Development of the Science of Osteopathy.  Self-published, Kirksville, MO, 1897.18.  Still, Andrew T.  Autobiography of Andrew T. Still: With a History of the Discovery and Development of the Science of Osteopathy.  Rev. ed.  Self-published, Kirksville, MO, 1908.*Editor’s note: An asterisk (*) denotes a title selected for Resources for College Libraries.is not understood, for ‘what’ is to understand and ‘what’ is not to understand, ‘what’ is ‘what’ and ‘is not’ is ‘is not,’ and so is not to understand not wanting to understand or simply not understanding why ‘what’ needs to be understood or whether ‘what’ can be understood, and also it is not understood whether ‘what’ is really not understood or that it simply hasn’t been rendered so that it can be understood or is really under-stood but that there is a pretense not to understand or a refusal to try to understand or is pretending to want to understand yet deliberately not understanding or actually trying unsuccessfully to understand, then so what if it’s not understood and if it’s not understood, then why go to all this trouble of wanting to understand it.”The final punctuation to the series is the translator’s notes written by Mabel Lee. Lee’s professional academic career focused on Chinese intellectual history and liter-ature during her tenure at the University of Sydney.  She met Gao XingJian in 1991 and they began a relationship which culminated in her translation of several of his works, including Soul Mountain.  She relates that Gao himself selected the six stories in this English version published in 2004, as “it is his view that these stories are best able to represent what he is striving to achieve in his fiction.”  All but In an Instant were written in Beijing between 1983 and 1986 and subsequently published in various Chinese literary magazines.The postscript to the literature is Gao’s skill as a painter.  Not only are his paintings exhibited internationally, but he also illustrates the covers for his books.  

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