骨科学士学位和骨病医学博士学位的合并课程为七年制或八年制。七年制课程是一个组合课程，学生将在任何本科专业中都按照规定的三年制课程学习。在Kiran C. Patel整骨医学学院成功完成医学教育的第一年，学生将获得学士学位。这两个课程的学生将在Kiran C. Patel整骨医学学院成功完成学习后，将获得骨病医学博士学位。
Nova Southeastern University's Dual Admission program in Osteopathic Medicine can prepare you to be a capable, confident, patient-centered doctor. Dual Admission allows you to save a spot in NSU's prestigious Doctor of Osteopathic program while you earn your bachelor's degree, so you can prepare for your future from your first day as an undergraduate student.<br>With a focus on educating compassionate healers, our osteopathic medicine program could be the first step on your journey to joining one of the fastest-growing health professions in the country. It combines cutting-edge technology and scientific discovery with compassionate care and humanism, creating doctors who put their patients first.<br>In the eight-year program (4 plus 4), students will complete any undergraduate major and be awarded a bachelor's degree before starting their medical education. Students in both programs will receive the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree after completion of the program.