Osteopathic Recognition (OR) is a designation conferred by the ACGME’s Osteopathic Principles Committee upon ACGME-accredited programs that demonstrate the commitment to teaching and assessing Osteopathic Principles and Practice at the graduate medical education (GME) level.
Residency Programs: We have several resources for regional residency programs interested in Osteopathic Recognition including: ACGME site visit preparation, scholarly activity resources, quarterly osteopathic webinars, sample forms, etc.
Students: When searching for residency programs to attend, osteopathic students wishing to continue their osteopathic training in residency should consider ACGME Osteopathic Recognized programs. These are the residency programs in the WWAMI PNW region that have obtained Osteopathic Recognition:
Alaska
Alaska Family Medicine Residency (Anchorage)
Idaho
Montana
Family Medicine Residency of Western Montana (Missoula & Kalispell)
Montana Family Medicine Residency (Billings)
Washington
Central Washington Family Medicine (Yakima and Ellensburg)
Community Health Care of Tacoma (Tacoma)
East Pierce Family Medicine (Puyallup)
HealthPoint Family Medicine Residency, The Wright Center (Auburn)
Puyallup Tribal Health Family Medicine Residency (Puyallup)
Providence St. Peter Hospital Family Medicine Residency (Olympia)
Skagit Regional Health Family Medicine Residency (Mt. Vernon)
Sollus NW Family Medicine Residency (Grandview)
Tacoma Family Medicine (Tacoma)