Osteopathic Recognition

The Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency in Mankato, Minnesota, is accredited through the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and has obtained Osteopathic Recognition. We have a rich culture of teaching osteopathic principles and practices as well as providing clinical experience for incorporating osteopathic principles and practice (OPP), including osteopathic manual treatment (OMT), into daily family medicine practice.

Osteopathic-designated education

All of our D.O. residents participate in our formal osteopathic-designated curriculum.  Other residents have the opportunity to participate in osteopathic-focused education throughout their training and, if desired, can enroll in our formal osteopathic-designated curriculum as well (see appointment policy below).

Residents receive training in a variety of settings:

• Ambulatory family medicine clinic - longitudinal
• Inpatient family medicine - longitudinal
• OMT specialty clinic (1:1 training) - longitudinal
• Physical medicine and spine rotation
• Palliative medicine rotation
• Surgery rotation
• Mankato Marathon  - Osteopathic finish line
• Home visits
• Additional rotations as per supervising physician and resident elective

Didactic training throughout residency includes:

• Local OMT workshops/procedures labs
• Bimonthly didactics/case series
• Yearly Fascial Distortion Model module, taught by Osteopathic Faculty member Todd Capistrant, D.O.
• Osteopathic journal club
• Yearly Mayo Clinic Osteopathic Research and Education Conference

We offer opportunities for teaching and scholarly activity within our osteopathic-designated education and have a variety of resources including OMT tables, patient teaching aids, journal memberships, and more. 

Osteopathic Recognition Appointment Policy

All residents who have graduated from an American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) accredited college of osteopathic medicine will be enrolled in the osteopathic track of the program.

Residents that have not graduated from an American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) accredited college of osteopathic medicine will have the opportunity to participate in osteopathic-focused education throughout their residency.  To enroll in the designated osteopathic education, the following requirements must be met:

• Complete a minimum of 120 hours of instruction in osteopathic philosophy and techniques in manipulative medicine before beginning residency.  At least a portion of those hours should be formally accredited instruction (AOA, AACOM, ACOFP)
• Write a personal statement explaining their interest in osteopathic designated education
• Obtain a letter of recommendation from an osteopathic physician who actively performs OMT in their practice
• Successful completion of an interview with a member of the osteopathic faculty
• Successful completion of a written exam covering OPP
• Successful completion of the program’s OMT competency performance evaluation
• Obtain a recommendation from the local program director to participate in the osteopathic designated education