Future DOctors

Welcome WSU Pre-SOMA! We are so excited for this first-time opportunity to share with WSU a DO centered Pre med club!

In evaluating the pre med programs at WSU Austin Bolton, and Landon Deru (Pres. and Vice Pres. of Pre-SOMA) decided that there was something lacking in the current organization of the pre med emphasis, and that was the perspective of the DO difference.

While many pre med clubs, including AMSA, are an invaluable asset to the preparation process of med school, Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine are notorious for their selective nature in accepting non traditional students. With this in mind it is only natural to have a complimentary but separate club focused on the unique criteria needed to be a competitive applicant to DO granting programs.

Osteopathic medicine has a proud history dating back to the turn of the 20th century. Dr AT Still MD DO, the father of Osteopathy was frustrated with the current practices of medicine in his day, and proposed the first discipline of medicine focused on preventative medicine. His legacy was built on the notion that the human body has the innate ability to heal itself, and as physicians our primary focus should be maintaining that ability. He is quoted as saying:

"My work for over 30 years has been confined to the study of man as a machine designed and produced by the mind of the Architect of the Universe. I hope I have by my study discovered and been able to give to the world some of the Truths of Life and the laws that operate to keep the body in healthy condition."

And so his legacy continues. DOs today are on the forefront of American exceptionalism in the feilds of primary care medicine. Our hope is that Pre-SOMA WSU can help continue the proud tradition, and prepare you as a future physician of osteopathic medicine.