1. The Year of the Mentor Holding the Key to Our Future Darryl A. Beehler, D.O. 2003-2004 AOA President

2. The Key to the Future  Mentoring future D.O.s  Committing to the osteopathic profession  Partnering with osteopathic affiliates  Improving technological resources

3. Andrew Taylor Still, M.D., D.O. “Let your light so shine before man (and woman) that the world will know you are an osteopathic physician, pure and simple, and that no prouder title can follow a human name.”

4. Mentoring See one, do one, teach one.

5. Commitment  Code of Leadership  Osteopathic Pledge of Commitment

6. Osteopathic Pledge of Commitment I pledge to:  Provide compassionate, quality care to my patients;  Partner with them to promote health;  Display integrity and professionalism throughout my career;  Advance the philosophy, practice and science of osteopathic medicine;  Continue life-long learning;  Support my profession with loyalty in action, word and deed; and  Live each day as an osteopathic physician should be.

7. Partnerships  Osteopathic Medical Education Study  State Mentoring Program  Specialty Membership Challenge  Professional Liability Insurance

8. Campus Participation  www.studentdo.com  www.cosgp.com  Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing  OUCOM Mentoring Program  Policy Puzzle  The D.O. Potential

9. Division of Student, Intern, and Resident Affairs Verna Bronersky, director Morgan Nelson, manager

10. Technology  Opportunities  JAOA and The D.O.  Online Membership Directory

11. The Year of the Mentor Holding the Key to Our Future