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What is an OPTI?

The Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution, or OPTI, is a system for structuring and accrediting osteopathic graduate medical education established by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in 1995.

OPTIs are community based healthcare consortia consisting of at least one college of medicine accredited by the AOA and may include other hospitals. The OPTI system, which encompasses more than 150 osteopathic internship programs and more than 500 osteopathic residency programs nationwide, provides postdoctoral training to osteopathic physicians.

The Appalachian OPTIC

Appalachian Osteopathic Post Graduate Training Institute Consortium (A-OPTIC) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association. The consortium is comprised of a central member, the Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Pikeville, Kentucky, and its partner hospitals.

The A-OPTIC partner hospitals offer unique training opportunities for both pre-and postdoctoral trainees. The A-OPTIC enhances the quality of osteopathic medical education, facilitates changes in graduate medical education curricula, promotes partnerships and collaboration between academic medicine and community healthcare facilities, to more effectively utilize healthcare resources.

For more information contact:

Karen Rice Sellers, Medical Education
Highlands Regional Medical Center
P.O. Box 787 - 5000 Ky. Rt. 321
Prestonsburg, Ky. 41653
(606) 886-7600 - telephone
(606) 886-9168 - fax
ksellers@hrmc.org