Mountain State Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions, Inc., is a consortium of accredited hospitals and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine which exists to:

1. Enhance the integrity of the osteopathic profession by promoting collaboration among hospitals, colleges of osteopathic medicine, and physicians.
   
   
2. Provide quality education and training for osteopathic students, interns and residents so they might better serve the nation's health care needs.
   
   
3. Promote innovation, creativity and excellence in undergraduate and graduate medical education in the member hospitals.
   
   
4. Support the development of osteopathic primary care physicians and specialists who, recognizing the interdependence of the body's systems and the ability of the body to heal itself, are committed to providing holistic health care.
   
   
5. Provide well-trained interns and residents to improve patient care in under-served and rural areas.
   
   
6. Foster research in areas such as basic medical sciences; clinical medicine, including osteopathic principles and practices; the social, economic, environmental and ecological issues and aspects of human interaction; and public health policy.
   
   
7. Develop community-based faculty to teach and administer training programs through faculty appointments and faculty development programs in a collegial, academic environment.
   
   
8. Promote the development of an infrastructure that results in preparing appropriate numbers of osteopathic physicians who are educators, researchers and administrators to continue to expand and enhance the osteopathic contribution to the nation's health care system.