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Dr. George Tompkins has been in Family Medical Practice since
1990 graduating from OSU College of Medicine. He owned a successful
Christian family practice in Tulsa. In 1996 Dr. Tompkins accepted
a opportune position in the medical field and moved to Van Buren.
In 2004, he felt the Lord prompt him to begin a Christian family
practice in Van Buren. Spirit Med was birthed at 28th Street and
Oaklane in Van Buren. Dr. Tompkins relocated to Van Buren permanently
and extended his facility in the building currently known as Spirit
Med Family Practice Clinic at 400 Fayetteville Road.
Dr. Tompkins has made Van Buren his home. His passion is to be
the best physician and person he can be. His hobbies include reading,
restoring antiques, horses, and motorcycle riding. He is a member
of a non-denominational church in the area.
What
is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
If you're like most people, you've been going to a physician ever
since you were born and perhaps were not aware whether you were
seeing a D.O. (osteopathic physician) or an M.D. (allopathic physician).
You may not even be aware that there are two types of complete physicians
in the United States.
The fact is that both D.O.s and M.D.s are fully qualified physicians
licensed to prescribe medication and perform surgery. Is there any
difference between these two kinds of physicians? Yes. And no.
D.O.s and M.D.s are alike in many ways:
- Both
D.O. and M.D. medical colleges typically have four-year
undergraduate degrees with an emphasis on scientific courses.
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Both D.O.s and M.D.s complete four years of basic medical
education.
- After
medical school, both D.O.s and M.D.s obtain graduate medical
education through such programs as internships and residencies.
This training typically lasts three to six years and prepares
D.O.s and M.D.s to practice a specialty.
- Both
D.O.s and M.D.s can choose to practice in any specialty
area of medicine-such as pediatrics, family practice,
psychiatry, surgery or obstetrics.
- D.O.s
and M.D.s must pass comparable examinations to obtain
state licenses.
- D.O.s
and M.D.s both practice in fully accredited and licensed
health care facilities.
- Together,
D.O.s and M.D.s enhance the state of health care available
in America.
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D.O.s,
however, belong to a separate yet equal branch of American medical
care. It is the ways that D.O.s and M.D.s are different that can
bring an extra dimension to your family's health care.
Osteopathic physicians continue to be on the cutting edge of medicine.
D.O.s are able to combine today's medical technology with their
ears, to listen caringly to their patients; their eyes, to see
their patients as whole persons; and their hands, to diagnose
and treat injury and illness.
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D.O.s
bring something extra to medicine:
Osteopathic medical schools emphasize training students
to be primary care physicians.
D.O.s practice a "whole person" approach to medicine.
Instead of just treating specific symptoms or illnesses,
they regard your body as an integrated whole.
Osteopathic physicians focus on preventive health
care.
D.O.s receive extra training in the musculoskeletal
system-your body's interconnected system of nerves,
muscles and bones that make up two-thirds of your
body mass. This training provides osteopathic physicians
with a better understanding of the ways that an illness
or injury in one part of your body can affect another.
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is incorporated
into the training and practice of osteopathic physicians.
With OMT, osteopathic physicians use their hands to
diagnose illness and injury and to encourage your
body's natural tendency toward good health. By combining
all other available medical options with OMT, D.O.s
offer their patients the most comprehensive care available
in medicine today.
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Board
Certified Family Practice providing
quality health care in a Christian atmosphere
Spirit
Medical Location
400 Fayetteville Rd., Van Buren, Arkansas 72956
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