Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

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As you embark on a new journey to further your medical or professional education, set your sights high. Our students embrace their potential, with the goal of positively influencing the world of healthcare. At PCOM, we empower our students to succeed.

Students at PCOM go beyond just diagnosing problems—they work to solve those problems. You'll have an impact on individuals as you care for them, as well as making an impact on the world around them.

Just as we teach our students to see the whole human, we see the whole student. So when we review an application for admission, we look beyond your transcripts to discover who you really are, and the professional you can soon become.

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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration

A Tale of Two Prescriptions

12/6/2022 Nicholas S. Imperato , Vidya Eswaran, MD
Opioid overdose deaths continue to trend upward. Multiple efforts have attempted to address this epidemic, including naloxone access. Is anything making an impact on drug use disorder deaths?
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Pediatric EM , Infectious Disease , Wilderness Medicine

Tick Bites: An Often-Missed Cause of Pediatric Paralysis

2/4/2021 Megan Hoffer, DO , Anne Basil , Aaran Drake, MD, FACEP
The presentation of motor weakness in children is often alarming, difficult to characterize, and involves a large differential of uncommon pathologies. Tick paralysis is a rare but important cause of
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Administration & Operations , Admin Ops Literature Review , EMS

The Impact of Prehospital Imaging Modalities: Literature and Strategies Review

12/17/2020 Davis Cho , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Vineet Kumar Sharma, MD, MS
Prehospital imaging modalities have the potential to change the way we deliver prehospital care. However, the cost effectiveness of equipping EMS with portable imaging modalities has yet to be seen.
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Opinion-Editorial , Medical Students

When the 'Steaks' Are High

12/15/2018 Joseph Schreiner
A critical patient, a lack of ready resources, a panicked crowd pleading for help - it was all there, in the middle of an Outback Steakhouse, when Dr. Joe's love of medicine was put to the test.
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Trauma

Targeted Therapy Through Thromboelastography in Trauma (Now that's a Tongue Twister!)

12/1/2016 Harsha Musunuru, DO , Daniel Hake, MSIV , Anne Newbold, DO
Targeted Therapy Through Thromboelastography in Trauma (Now that's a Tongue Twister!) By measuring the clotting ability of a patient's whole blood sample in real time, the TEG is able to provide a mo