The Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education (CORE) system is an integrated statewide medical education consortium formed by affiliations between OU-COM and teaching hospitals in Ohio, as well as other colleges of osteopathic medicine nationwide. This infrastructure supports and promotes excellence in the continuum of osteopathic medical education that begins with matriculation at an osteopathic medical school and extends through residency training and beyond into continuing medical education. All CORE partners are linked via real-time videoconferencing and distance learning technology as well as global, interactive, online Internet access.

CORE became the nation’s first accredited Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institution (OPTI) in 1997 and established a model for the osteopathic profession. The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) defines an OPTI as a community-based training consortium comprised of at least one college of osteopathic medicine and one teaching hospital. CORE internship and residency programs accommodate over 450 postdoctoral trainees.

CORE clinical faculty hold group IV faculty status through Ohio University. Physicians applying for a CORE clinical faculty appointment must be actively teaching and mentoring students, interns, or residents on rotations in affiliated teaching hospitals, ambulatory clinical settings, or research labs within the CORE system. An initial three-year appointment with a designated academic rank is made by the respective clinical department at OU-COM based on standard criteria in accordance with the established application process. Requests for reappointments and/or promotions are reviewed at the end of each three-year term.

Central Member

Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Grosvenor Hall, Athens, Ohio 45701
800-841-6626
www.oucom.ohiou.edu/

Affiliated Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
1750 Independence Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-1453
816.283.2000 or 800.234.4847
www.kcumb.edu/

Des Moines University – College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
3200 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50312
515.271.1400
www.dmu.edu/com/

A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
800 West Jefferson Street
Kirksville, Missouri 63501
866.626.2878
www.atsu.edu/kcom/index.htm

Other College Members

Ohio Northern University – Raabe College of Pharmacy
525 S. Main Street, Ada OH 45810-1599
419.772.2275
www.onu.edu/pharmacy/