Program
Helping Kansans understand osteopathic medicine.
From a third-grade classroom to a pre-med advising office, KOF supports outreach that grows informed patients and future physicians.
Classroom
Pre-med
DO
What we fund
Plain-language explainers
What a DO is, what OMT is, and how it differs from MD care.
Learn moreSchool & classroom visits
DOs talking to K–12 students about medicine as a calling.
Learn morePre-med outreach
Connecting undergraduates with the osteopathic path.
Learn moreOMT education materials
Resources for patients and educators on osteopathic manipulative treatment.
Learn moreRural awareness
Programs aimed at the towns where primary-care DOs are most needed.
Learn moreWhy it matters
Better-informed patients
Patients become better partners in their own care.
Higher adherence
Earlier discovery
Students discover the DO path sooner — sometimes before high school ends.
K–12 reach
Rural workforce
Rural Kansas keeps its primary-care workforce.
Frontier counties
Less confusion
Misconceptions about osteopathic medicine fade.
Statewide
Bring osteopathic education to your community.
Request a classroom visit or fund the next outreach across Kansas.