Osteopathic NeuroMusculoskeletal Medicine (+1) Program - Residency

Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (ONMM) “Plus 1 Year”

The Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Year Three entry residency program trains physicians to develop the knowledge and skills through clinical experience to care for patients with musculoskeletal complaints. In line with the Sponsoring Institution’s mission, the program seeks to develop clinically skillful, compassionate, and culturally competent providers from diverse backgrounds who are prepared to become leaders in the communities they serve. 

Our Osteopathic NeuroMusculoskeletal Medicine (+1) program is designed for osteopathic physician graduates from any residency specialty who would like to enhance their expertise in musculoskeletal disease and health. This additional year of training assists residents in perfecting their osteopathic manipulative skills with the goal to better serve their patients, as well as offer a consultative role in ambulatory and hospital settings.

ONMM residents engage in extensive clinic time, applying OMM to a variety of patients with both acute and chronic disease. Learn more about the ONMM+1 program.

Is This Program Right for Me?

This program provides resident physicians extensive clinic time to diagnosis, assess, treat and manage patients in all settings, including ambulatory and acute care. These skills will be attained through supervised clinical experiences, didactic education, and clinical rotations. Residents will be mentored on interpersonal skills, leadership, systems-based practice and practice-based improvement for an osteopathic physician.

About

The Virtua Health (ONMM) "Plus 1 Year" Residency Program with Rowan-Virtua SOM offers integrated learning and patient care in a variety of settings throughout Southern and Northern New Jersey. Residents are exposed to a diverse rotation of specialty areas and have the freedom to attend additional conferences and presentations to suit their medical interests.

Rotations and Hospital Affiliations

Residents in this program train at Rowan-Virtua SOM Ambulatory Clinics, Rothman Orthopaedics, Modern Pain and Spine, Morristown Medical Center and through continuity clinics with NMM/OMM board-certified physicians. Residents have the unique opportunity to treat a combination of rural, suburban and urban populations that are diverse in age, cultures and economic standing.

Morristown Medical Center (AHS), located in Morristown NJ, offers ONMM Inpatient Consultation Service with NMM/OMM board-certified attendings. Morristown Medical Center is one of seven hospital campuses that comprises Atlantic Health Systems New Jersey. It has 735 licensed beds with approximately 42,814 admissions a year and 93,367 ER visits a year. Morristown Medical Center’s Luciano Family Trauma and Acute Care Center is verified as a level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and designated a level II by the state of New Jersey. Morristown Medical Center has the Goyeh Children's Hospital located on campus with 65 beds. There are also laboratory and medical imaging services available at this campus.

Rowan-Virtua SOM Department of Osteosciences & NeuroMusculoskeletal Institute offers an ambulatory residency training site in Stratford and Sewell. These sites offer full-scope ambulatory care for patients with pain disorders, including psychiatry, pain management, osteopathic manipulative medicine, headache center, substance use, and psychology. Residents will complete their PM&R and continuity clinic hours at these locations.

Rothman Orthopaedics offers an ambulatory residency training site in Marlton and Washington Township. These sites offer full-scope orthopedic specialties, as well as sports medicine. Residents will complete their orthopedic and sport medicine rotation at these locations.

Modern Pain & Spine offers an ambulatory residency training site in Deptford. The site offers full-scope innovative pain management, acute and chronic pain control with ambulatory surgery. Residents will complete their pain management rotation at this location.

Because of the breadth of resources at  Rowan-Virtua SOM, we are often able to tailor residency to an individual’s preference. Elective rotations include, but are not limited to:

• Substance Use/Psychiatry
• OB/Gyn
• Internal Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Family Medicine
• Academic Medicine
• OMT with Medical Acupuncture

Below are sample rotations. Unless noted, all rotations are one month.

PGY-4

• Inpatient ONMM Consultation Service - two months
• PM&R
• Pain Management
• Outpatient NMM/OMM
• Rheumatology
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Sports Medicine
• 4-Electives

Conferences and Didactics

The program offers countless opportunities to increase knowledge and improve skills throughout your residency. Residents play an active role in presentations and attend Rowan-Virtua SOM Grand Rounds, and conferences, as well as additional opportunities that suit individual medical interests. A variety of topics are covered throughout the year at multiple programs including:

• ONMM and PM&R Didactics
• Hospital-hosted conferences
• Grand Rounds

Topics offered throughout the year include, but are not limited to: osteopathic manipulative medicine, pediatrics, women's health, geriatrics, psychiatry, evidence-based medicine and practice management.

Didactics include:

• Current Guidelines
• Guest Lectures
• Assigned Book readings (Philosophy of Osteopathy, A.T. Still; Life in Motion: The Osteopathic Vision of Rollin E. Becker, DO; and Teaching in the Science of Osteopathy, W.G. Sutherland)
• Anatomy Readings (Anatomy Trains and Gray's Anatomy)
• Journal Club
• OMT Topics/Skills
• Board Review
• Billing/Coding/Documentation
• Anatomy Lab

OMT Topics/Skills Assessment

• Inpatient and outpatient osteopathic exam overview
• Cranial manipulation
• Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of the cervical spine
• Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of the thoracic spine and rib cage
• Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of the lumbar spine
• Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of the sacrum
• Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of the upper extremity
• Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment of the lower extremity
• OMM in orthopedics
• OMM in pain management

• OMM in cardiopulmonary disease
• OMM in ENT disorders
• OMM in GI
• OMM in surgery
• OMM in pediatrics
• OMM in OB/Gyn
• OMM in lymphatics/immune system
• OMM in geriatric patients
• OMM in psychiatry

Guest Lecture Topics

• Sports Medicine
• PM&R
• Pain Management
• Substance abuse
• Rheumatology

• Orthopedics
• Psychology contributes of pain
• Pediatrics
• Pregnancy
• Musculoskeletal injections