sentences:  This is to avoid confusion with osteopathic physicians who are medical doctors trained and certified to practice in the branch of scientific medicine called osteopathic medicine.The American Osteopathic Association and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine recommend using the terms "osteopathic physician" (U.S.-trained only) and "osteopathic medicine" in reference to osteopathic medicine as practiced in the United States.Osteopathic physicians earn the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.