American Osteopathic Association
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Sep 15, 2026
HuangPANELIST
Yeah.
Lola ChamblessGUEST
It's really tough because, and we've published on this a few times, looking at the students without quote unquote home programs and shown that they, you know, absolutely every year have a lower match rate than those that have home programs, even when you control for variables like board scores, AOA, and publication numbers, right? they don't have the same mentorship.
Lola ChamblessGUEST
And the reality of the medical education environment right now is that the number of medical schools is exploding.
Lola ChamblessGUEST
The number of neurosurgery programs is not.
Shikha Patel MuniGUEST
To do that, you know, you're here with an ACFP.
Shikha Patel MuniGUEST
There's definitely opportunities, you know, with an ACFP as well as like AOA.
Shikha Patel MuniGUEST
You can attend DO Day on the Hill.
Shikha Patel MuniGUEST
You can also attend like your local advocacy days within your states and counties.
Megan ThompsonGUEST
So finding other people who care about that, because if you're using those little pockets of time because you're passionate about it, but you're doing it alone, you're probably not making as big of an impact.
Megan ThompsonGUEST
And that's going to be really, I would imagine, discouraging to do that by yourself versus, you know, through...
Megan ThompsonGUEST
ACOFP or AOA or other groups finding that they are, maybe those groups are actually in the community.
Megan ThompsonGUEST
Maybe the people you're partnering with aren't even physicians.
Gregory SmithGUEST
There used to be two accreditation bodies.
Gregory SmithGUEST
One was the American Osteopathic Association, and one was the ACGME.
Sherry GessHOST
Mm-hmm.
Gregory SmithGUEST
And they were competing, and there was a lot of acrimony or- Looking down upon DOs years ago-
Doug HarleyGUEST
Being in medicine for the last 21 years, I've had a lot along the way.
Doug HarleyGUEST
Many that are in the AOA, that are past presidents, many in the ACOFP that are past presidents of the ACOFP, and other organizations, and it's just...
Doug HarleyGUEST
I think the biggest thing is in, you know, even as a preceptor, I think it's that being willing to be a mentor for the next generation.
Doug HarleyGUEST
Because, you know, the thought process was with my mentors is it was educating the next generation because they're going to be the ones taking care of them eventually and a lot of my mentors have been there throughout the process of things and just been amazing individuals that I'm able to talk with, not just about medical care, but about how we look at new bills in the federal and state government, how we think about the practice of medicine, questions about family life, how do we balance everything, all of those things, because It was a different generation in the sense of how we did medicine, how we looked at wellness, all of those different pieces of the puzzle.
Mollie PillmanGUEST
And I spent seven years there, which is longer than I probably would have expected, but just loved it and got to do a lot of different things, wear a lot of hats.
Mollie PillmanGUEST
being at a smaller association than where I was before, at least, and then actually got recruited away to the American Osteopathic Association.
Mollie PillmanGUEST
It was right after COVID.
Mollie PillmanGUEST
They were based in Chicago.
Ryan McBrideGUEST
So the reason I finally stuck in D.C. after a handful of internships and undergrad and grad school was I ended up coming out to D.C., packed up my car to go work for Congressman Joe Heck of Nevada's Third District, who was an emergency physician.
Ryan McBrideGUEST
He was also a D.O. After I left the Hill, I went to go work for the American Osteopathic Association.
Ryan McBrideGUEST
And then after being at the AOA for a few years, there was an opportunity that came up here at ASEP.
Ryan McBrideGUEST
And I'd worked with ASEP for a long time, having been on the Hill.