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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 one or more AOA-accredited hospitals, and may include other hospitals and ambulatory healthcare facilities. The OPTI structure was established to assure the highest quality of osteopathic medical education, to facilitate changes in graduate medical education curricula, to promote partnerships and collaboration between academic medicine and community healthcare facilities, to more effectively utilize healthcare resources, and to meet the new demands of managed care systems. The Mountain State OPTIMountain State Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions, Inc.(MSOPTI) or Mountain State OPTI was accredited by the American Osteopathic Association in June, 1999. The consortium is comprised of a central member, the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and its partner hospitals. See Affiliated Hospitals for a list and locations of the MSOPTI partners.
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