US Council on Osteopathic Manual Practice Education

The mission of US Council on Osteopathic Manual Practice Education is to promote excellence and assure quality and integrity in Osteopathic Manual Practice Education in United States of America.

Accredited programs and institutions are periodically reviewed for re-accreditation to ensure quality standards are maintained. Moreover, standards are continuously improved through comments from osteopathic manual practitioners, educators and other communities of interest. If there are complaints or problems that need to be addressed, the program or institution must resolve these quickly. Programs that fail to meet requirements will require additional reporting and/or site visits to determine continued compliance. If programs fail to correct noncompliance issues within the established timelines set by UCOMPE, adverse actions will be applied, which include, withdrawal or revocation of accreditation.

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The UCOMPE functions independently and autonomously in matters of developing and approving accreditation standards, making accreditation decisions on educational programs and developing and approving procedures that are used in the accreditation process. Accreditation in higher education involves an internal review/self-study by an education program followed by an external review/peer-assessment process that ensures improvement of academic quality and public accountability. As a part of the peer-review process, students at educational programs have an opportunity to comment and are often interviewed by evaluation team members to ensure an accurate picture of the student academic experience.

Accreditation organizations review and evaluate an institution or program, and provide “a stamp of approval” that standards of quality are being met. UCOMPE ascribes to a Code of Good Practice established by the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors.

The US Council on Osteopathic Manual Practice Education (UCOMPE) is the only national accrediting agency for osteopathic manual practice education (OMP) programs in the States. UCOMPE employs a rigorous, collaborative peer review accreditation process to evaluate the quality of OMP education programs.