Live Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses

This page is for live (both virtual and in-person) CME courses. To view our on-demand learning platform courses, visit On-Demand and E-Learning CME.

Course details are subject to change. Contact AAO Event Planner with any questions or to confirm details before travel.

Upcoming Live Events 

Thursday, May 15 through Sunday, May 18, 2025
Introduction to Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: Integrating OMM Into Clinical Practice and Teaching
Course Flyer
Course Directors: Lisa A. DeStefano, DO; Richard G. Schuster, DO
AAO Offices, Indianapolis, IN
26 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated

Introduction to Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

 

Saturday, June 28 through Sunday, June 29, 2025
Fascial Distortion Model Module 1: Ankle, Shoulder, and Knee
Course Flyer
Course Director: Angela Lim, DO
AAO Offices, Indianapolis, IN
20 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated

Fascial Distortion Model Module 1:
Ankle, Shoulder, and Knee

 

Friday, August 22 through Sunday, August 24, 2025
Intermediate Percussion Hammer
Course Flyer
Course Director: Richard W. Koss, DO
University of North Texas Health Science Center–Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
24 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated
Pre-requisite: Basic Percussion Hammer

Intermediate Percussion Hammer

 

AOBNMM Prep Courses

The AAO hosts AOBNMM exam prep courses every year, generally 2-3 weeks prior to the exam date.

The 2025 board exam dates are below, followed by registration dates for the AAO-hosted board prep courses.

  • AOBNMM Practical Exam, October 10, 2025 (accommodations October 12)
  • AOBNMM Written Exam, October 17, 2025
  • AOBNMM Oral Exam, October 27, 2025  

  

Monday, September 8, 2024, 7pm ET / 4pm PT
AOBNMM Cognitive Certification Board Prep
Course Flyer
Course Director: Jonathan Torres, DO, MPA, FACOFP, FAAO
Virtual (Zoom)
3 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated

AOBNMM Cognitive Certification Board Prep
Saturday, September 13th, 2025 at 12pm EST / 9am PDT
AOBNMM Practical Certification Board Prep
Course Flyer
Course Director: K. Emily Redding, DO
2.5 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated
AOBNMM Practical Certification Board Prep

Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT OR Saturday, September 20th, 2025 at 12pm ET / 9am PT
AOBNMM Orals Certification Board Prep
Course Flyer
Course Director: Darren L. Grunwaldt, DO
1.5 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated

AOBNMM Orals Certification Board Prep Sept 18

OR

AOBNMM Orals Certification Board Prep Sept 20

 

Friday, October 10 through Sunday, October 12, 2025
A Manual Approach to the Brain - Part 2
Course Flyer
Course Director: Kenneth J. Lossing, DO
Western University of Health Sciences–College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
22 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated
Pre-requisite: A Manual Approach to the Brain Part 1
This course is a pre-requisite for A Manual Approach to the Brain - Part 3 at Pre-Convocation 2026 in Colorado Springs, CO with Kenneth J. Lossing, DO and featured speaker Jean-Pierre Barral, DO (UK)

A Manual Approach to the Brain - Part 2

 


 

Friday, November 7 (8am) through Sunday, November 9 (12pm), 2025
Muscle Energy (M.E.T.): The Way Fred Mitchell, Sr., DO, FAAO Taught and Utilized It Course
Course flyer
Course Director: Edward G. Stiles, DO, FAAODist
Location: OU-HCOM campus, Dublin, OH

The course will stress the basic principles Fred Sr. utilized when he developed both his MET tutorial's curriculum and the techniques he utilized in his practice. During the course, we will discuss the principles for each area, demonstrate the MET technique options  and practice the techniques involving the following areas,  Lumbar, Sacrum, Innominates and Lower Extremities. Mitchell Sr. “fine-tuned” his techniques to each patient’s uniqueness but unfortunately, he never publishes that material. We will also discuss Mitchell’s unique OPP clinical problem-solving strategies.

CME Credit: 20 credits of AOA Category 1-A CME anticipated

Dates

  • Friday, November 7, 2025, 8:00 am–5:00 pm
  • Saturday, November 8, 2025, 8:00 am–5:00 pm       
  • Sunday November 9, 2025, 8:00 am–12:00 pm

Meal Information: Morning coffee/tea provided each day. Lunch provided Friday and Saturday (gluten-free and vegan options available).

Muscle Energy (M.E.T.)

 

CANCELLATION POLICY

The American Academy of Osteopathy reserves the right to cancel an educational program if an insufficient number of physicians register. Sufficient registrations must be received 30 days prior to the opening of the course. If you are considering registering for a course less than 30 days prior to the opening, contact the Academy office before making travel plans. In the event of course cancellation due to lack of registrations, all registration money will be refunded.

Cancellations from participants received in writing and signed 30 or more days before the course opening may receive an 80 percent refund of their registration fee.

For cancellations received in writing less than 30 days before the course opening, registrants may transfer 80 percent of their registration fee to another course to be held within the next 12 months.

Registrants who fail to appear for an AAO program can transfer up to 50 percent of their registration fee to another AAO educational program to be held within the next 12 months if a written and signed explanation is received at the AAO office within 10 days of the scheduled course. All other cancellations will receive no refund or transfer of registration fees.


 

AAO Course Policies

The American Academy of Osteopathy strives to be a pre-eminent, worldwide source of education on osteopathic medicine, specifically the basic osteopathic principles, palpatory diagnosis and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) that comprise traditional osteopathy.

We firmly believe that osteopathic manipulative medicine should be a first-line approach to treating patients with a variety of complaints, and to that end, the Academy leaders develop and teach manipulative skills to physicians in a variety of ways, so they, in turn, may better serve their patients.

Each March, the AAO’s hosts its annual Convocation, a full four days of lectures and hands-on workshops to refresh osteopathic principles and skills. In addition, we partner with other specialty colleges each fall at the American Osteopathic Association's annual OMED, and we host various one- to four-day hands-on workshops throughout the year.

The AAO’s Education Committee works hard to provide opportunities for physicians in all stages of their careers, and more opportunities are added regularly throughout the year. See also the list of upcoming CME opportunities from friends of the Academy.

AAO Tuition Assistance through OCAF

Do you need tuition assistance to attend an AAO live CME course? Contact Osteopathic Cranial Academy Foundation (OCAF) at https://osteopathiccaf.org/ or click the image below.

 

AAO Continues to Provide Highest CME Standard

The Academy is an AOA Category 1-A CME sponsor. We continue to ensure our speakers and courses are properly credentialed to count as the general Category 1-A CME as required by the AOA and make sure that CME is reported as such to the AOA to be added to your CME cycle reports.

You know that we are the specialty college that represents and advocates for neuromusculoskeletal medicine/osteopathic manipulative medicine (NMM/OMM). In addition to the requirements of the AOA, our educational offerings will meet the high standards for NMM/OMM specialty-specific credit.

The CME offered by our Academy will count for both Category 1-A CME for your AOA requirements and for NMM specialty-specific credits that you may need to provide for other purposes such as state licensing requirements and insurance, and for your own desire to continue learning and growing in your chosen specialty.

Thank you for your continued support of the AAO.

Who May Attend AAO Educational Programs

The primary educational objectives for AAO is to provide programs aimed to improve understanding of philosophy and diagnostic/manipulative skills for AAO members, DOs who are not AAO members, individuals who are licensed for the unlimited scope and practice of medicine, and for those in programs leading to such license.

Another educational objective of the AAO is to provide programs aimed to improve understanding of manual techniques for licensed health care professionals within their respective scopes of practice. Enrollment in a class or classes is not a substitute for completion of education and training in a college of osteopathic medicine and, simply taking a course or courses in manual techniques does not provide the necessary training and skills to practice osteopathic manipulative treatment, and/or osteopathic manipulative medicine.

The AAO invests its resources primarily into educational programming marketed to physicians who are licensed for the unlimited scope and practice of medicine. Nevertheless, the AAO also recognizes the need to educate the general public and other members of the health care team in the principles and practices of manual techniques. The AAO acknowledges that manual techniques are not solely the domain of any one health care profession and that osteopathic physicians may be called upon to train other members of the health care team in manual techniques.

When instructing allied health professionals in the use of manual techniques, the osteopathic physician must distinguish the techniques being taught from osteopathic manipulative treatment. Manual techniques must be within the scope of practice of the attendee. Non-physicians who receive education in manual techniques from osteopathic physicians are not to promote themselves as “osteopaths,” an “osteopathic practitioners,” or as having received “osteopathic training.”