Course Curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome
  2. 2

    • Terms of Service

    • Acknowledgment of Terms of Service
  3. 3

    • Meet Your Preceptor: Christopher Behringer, DO

    • Meet Your Admissions Mentor: Janet Snoyer

    • Instructions

    • Schedule

    • Syllabus

    • Zoom Meeting Link

    • Suggested Reading and Supplemental Materials

    • FAQs
  4. 4

    • Class 1: Introduction to Osteopathic Medicine - October 1st

    • Class 2: DO Rounds - October 2nd

    • Class 3: Building Your Narrative - October 8th

    • Class 4: DO Rounds - October 9th

    • Class 5: Primary Application Statements and Activities - October 15th

    • Class 6: DO Rounds - October 16th

    • Class 7: Secondary Application Responses - October 22nd

    • Class 8: DO Rounds/Wrap Up - October 23rd
  5. 5

    • Mentoring 1: Building Your Narrative

    • Mentoring 2: Primary Application Statements and Activities

    • Mentoring 3: Secondary Application Responses
  6. 6

    • Replay: Class 1 - Introduction

    • Replay: Class 2 - DO Rounds

    • Replay: Class 3 - Mentoring

    • Replay: Class 4 - DO Rounds

    • Replay: Class 5 - Mentoring

    • Replay: Class 6 - DO Rounds

    • Replay: Class 7 - Mentoring

    • Replay: Class 8 - DO Rounds/Wrap Up
  7. 7

    • Course Evaluation Form

Quick Overview

For more information, please continue further down the page.

  • Eligible Students

    LECOM offers an opportunity to interview for all students who successfully complete the OBP program and meet LECOM's entrance requirements. An interview opportunity must also be accompanied by a recommendation from the class preceptor.

    Students must be within two years of applying and satisfy all other prerequisites listed in the application.

  • Program Dates

    Classes are held twice a week from 1:00 pm to 2:30pm ET each Saturday and Sunday
    October 1st - October 23rd.

  • Application Deadline

    All applications must be submitted by September 29th. You will be notified of your application's status after it has been reviewed

Meet Your Instructors

HEAL and LECOM have worked hard to find the most qualified instructors for the Osteopathic Bridge Program.

Dr. Christopher Behringer, D.O.
 Dr. Behringer is a PGY-3 Family Medicine resident in a rural program in North Carolina. He has a special interest in international medicine, lifestyle management, and Osteopathic Manipulation. He has been mentoring undergraduates on their journey to medical school since he was a second-year medical school student. He also served as a TA in the Osteopathic Manipulation lab and gave regular didactics to pre-health groups at his alma mater: the University of Central Florida. He continues to mentor pre-health undergraduates as well as medical students, and he looks forward to working with more!
Janet Snoyer
 Janet's advising career in Ithaca, New York has involved work as a learning strategies counselor, admissions officer at a university, teacher of college success courses and counselor, committee letter writer for medical school applicants, and chief advisor at an Ivy League university that sends over 250 applicants to medical school each year. She has advised students on every aspect of the medical and dental admissions cycle.