The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association (POMA) realizes that our community is involved in direct patient care and the impact of the COVID-19 on the profession is of the utmost concern.

We will be posting updates the second and fourth Wednesday of month with news pertaining to COVID-19.

Recommendations for People with COVID-19 and Close Contacts

The CDC has several resources available for people who are symptomatic, caring for someone, or recovering from COVID-19:

• If you are sick, contact your healthcare provider to determine if you are eligible for COVID-19 treatment.
• Quarantine and Isolation Calculator
• Recommendations for People with COVID-19
• Recommendations for COVID-19 Close Contacts
• Use and Care of Face Masks

Facts on Vax
Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy with your patients

Facts on Vax is a partnership of osteopathic organizations committed to lowering the rates of COVID-19 through prevention, of which POMA is a member.  We are collaborating in partnership to prepare osteopathic physicians to discuss the importance of COVID-19 prevention, including vaccinations with patients.  Learn more today!

Become a COVID-19 Vaccine Provider

POMA is working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) to spread the word that YOU can become a COVID-19 vaccine provider.

Click here for a message from Pennsylvania's Acting Physician General, Denise Johnson, MD to POMA members regarding this important initiative.

How to Make PPE with a 3D Printer: Unity Mask - P100 Respirator Mask

Thanks in part to a grant from the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association Foundation and the American Osteopathic Information Association, POMA Resident Members, Steve Martin, DO, and James R. Latronica, DO, residents at the Clarion Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Clarion, Pennsylvania, have designed a P100 respirator mask, called the Unity, and a guide to make it using a 3D printer.