AOA vs. ABIM: Describing the growth of osteopathic medicine

The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) recently filed a federal lawsuit against the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) over its strict policy that effectively bars osteopathic physicians from serving as directors of internal medicine training programs. To explain why this is so important, in this clip AOA President Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, discusses how osteopathic medicine has taken off and is a growing part of the U.S. health care system.

Medical Economics: Today we’re going to talk about a pending court case that the association has gotten involved in. But I wanted to preface that with context...