Purpose for SOSA
The SOSA is established to provide a means for ACOS student members to participate in the activities
and governance of the ACOS The purpose of this organization is to represent and educate future
osteopathic surgeons through local chapters of SOSA This includes:
- Stressing the understanding of osteopathic principles in relationship to disease in the practice of
surgery;
- Helping to promote education in the field of surgery, including gowning and gloving, scrubbing, sterile
technique, suturing and tying techniques, operating room behavior, instrumentation, universal precautions, osteopathic manipulative management of the surgical patient, pre and post-operative management of surgical patients, and surgical documentation; and
- Providing a forum for discussion amongst students and surgeons.
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