Such activities serve to enhance medical training for the student while fostering positive community involvement. The Atlas Club is the oldest national osteopathic fraternal organization. Atlas members are dedicated to improving osteopathic education and have initiated numberous programs, such as the Distinguished Lecturer Programs, Golden Key Award, tutorial sessions, continuing education for nurses, and informal seminars for visiting lecturers. In addition, numerous social events are sponsored each year by the club. It also acts as a liaison between students and faculty by its involvement in student government.
Membership is open to all students and is based upon academic standing and service.
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians Student Chapter is an affiliate of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the largest college of the American Osteopathic Association. The founders felt that progress and advancement of the general practitioner were basic and essential for the health care needs of a community and they were committed to the concept of excellence in education. Its objective is the further study of osteopathy as a philosophy, a science and an art. Its purpose is to recognize and encourage scholarship, friendship, cultural interests, and osteopathic progress. The students read articles from medical literature and present brief presentatiions on the research information to their peers.