Category Archives: Network Updates

Our “Let’s Talk About OMM Research!” Series Times are Changing!

Per feedback from our members, our “Let’s Talk About OMM Research!” Series is changing to the third Thursday of the month at 1PM to 2 PM US Central Time starting April 2024. The months that will have Episodes follows the schedule below:

Winter Series

1) Educational Webinar – Friday, January 19th @ 12 PM

2) Journal Club – Friday, February 16th @ 12 PM

March – Annual Meeting

Wednesday March 6th @ 8 AM – 12 PM

In Colorado Springs at the Broadmoor

ZOOM Attendance Available

Registration – https://redcap.link/2024AnnualMeeting

Spring Series

3) Educational Webinar – Thursday, April 18th @ 1 PM

4) Journal Club – Thursday, May 16th @ 1 PM

Fall Series

5) Network Update – Thursday, September 19th @ 1 PM

6) Educational Webinar – Thursday, October 17th @ 1 PM

7) Journal Club – Thursday, November 21st @ 1 PM

Episode #37 – Let’s Talk About OMM Research! – Network Update

Let’s Talk About OMM Research Series! | EPISODE 37
Discussant: Brian Degenhardt, DO

October 27, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Virtual

Course Description
Sessions will include presentations of the latest scientific evidence regarding osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and topics related to OMM research and practice within the field. Sessions are designed to encourage discussion about evidence and topics presented.

Episode #34 – Let’s Talk About OMM Research! – Network Update

Let’s Talk About OMM Research Series! | EPISODE 34
Discussant: Brian Degenhardt, DO

July 21, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Virtual

Course Description
Sessions will include presentations of the latest scientific evidence regarding osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and topics related to OMM research and practice within the field. Sessions are designed to encourage discussion about evidence and topics presented.

Episode #31 – Let’s Talk About OMM Research! – Network Update

Let’s Talk About OMM Research Series! | EPISODE 31
Discussant: Brian Degenhardt, DO

April 21, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Virtual

Course Description
Sessions will include presentations of the latest scientific evidence regarding osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and topics related to OMM research and practice within the field. Sessions are designed to encourage discussion about evidence and topics presented.

Episode #28 – Let’s Talk About OMM Research! – Network Update

Let’s Talk About OMM Research Series! | EPISODE 28
Discussant: Jane Johnson

January 20, 2023 | 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CST)
Virtual

Course Description
Sessions will include presentations of the latest scientific evidence regarding osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) and topics related to OMM research and practice within the field. Sessions are designed to encourage discussion about evidence and topics presented.

Announcing the “Let’s Talk About OMM Research!” Inaugural Episode

Join us for our inaugural episode of DO-Touch.NET’s new monthly webinar series, Let’s Talk About OMM Research!, on October 16, 2020, at 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)!

Episode 1 of Let’s Talk About OMM Research! includes updates on DO-Touch.NET’s activities and plans for the future from the Director, Brian Degenhardt, and Associate Director, Jane Johnson, and from the Regional Directors for Germany, Marina Fuhrmann, and Brazil, André Chediek. Also, we’d like to hear ideas from our members for DO-Touch.NET. What should we be doing together as a network of clinicians engaged in the assessment of the clinical usefulness of osteopathic manipulative medicine? What are your ideas on ways to fulfill our mission to evaluate and advance the practice of osteopathic manipulative medicine?

Register now to attend “Let’s Talk About OMM Research!” Episode 1.

For those who can’t catch the live stream, the discussions will be recorded and posted in the DO‑Touch.NET website Members Area. Additionally, we are implementing discussion forums so all of our DO‑Touch.NET members can participate in the discussions even if they’re not available during the live stream.

Join the discussion and help DO‑Touch.NET advance the practice of osteopathic manipulative medicine!

What’s New at DO‑Touch.NET?
Let’s Talk About OMM Research!

DO‑Touch.NET announces our “Let’s Talk About OMM Research!” series, monthly live streamed discussions about topics relevant to osteopathic manipulative medicine research!

  • Updates from the DO‑Touch.NET Director and Associate Director along with membership discussions about network activities and goals.
  • Educational webinars related to the research being pursued by DO‑Touch.NET.
  • Research journal club where a volunteer member of DO‑Touch.NET will lead a discussion about a recently published journal article related to OMM research.

Live streamed discussions: 3rd Friday of each month at 10:00 am Central Time (Kirksville, Missouri, United States)
(Click here to determine what time that is in your timezone.)

For those who can’t catch the live stream, the discussions will be recorded and posted in the DO‑Touch.NET website Members Area. Additionally, we are implementing discussion forums so all of our DO‑Touch.NET members can participate in the discussions even if they’re not available during the live stream.

Watch the DO‑Touch.NET website, Twitter, and Facebook for more information about our first “Let’s Talk About OMM Research!” discussion, coming on October 16.

From The Director: 2020 Vision

The power of osteopathy has always been best illustrated by the success individual patients report from receiving manipulative care. The ability to touch, identify real problems that may or may not be perceived by the patient, and to provide relief from or cure of those problems has allowed osteopathy to flourish throughout the 20th century into a global healthcare approach. Science, a process of observation to increase understanding, has developed technologies that significantly improve humans’ ability to make observations. Humanity now has the capacity and opportunity of not only seeing the individual patient at specific moments and extrapolating the effect of care over time, but to observe large numbers of people over extended periods of time to increase understanding of dysfunctions/pathologies and treatment outcomes. In the past decade, DO-Touch.NET has grown from a vision of promoting OMM research to a global practice-based research network, finding ways to help patients and clinicians better understand the impact of osteopathy. As DO-Touch.NET begins its second decade, it has a new 2020 vision to help the osteopathic manipulative medicine community incorporate and sustain technologies in their offices to improve their ability to observe conditions over time,
empower patients to actively contribute to a deeper understanding of their condition and how interventions promote their progression to health. Based on this process, evidence and not just anecdote will demonstrate the true power of osteopathy. This is our 2020 vision, purpose, and passion.