A couple of facts. D.O.'s score an average of 5 points lower on the MCAT than their counterpart M.D.'s, which equates to an ass kicking. They have a 3.4 average GPA, and spend a great deal of their medical training doing body manipulation. Further, when a D.O. wants to enter a specialty, they must take the M.D. boards. It is simply a collecting pool of people who could not get admitted to an allopathic program. Further, almost every D.O. applied to M.D. programs and didn't get in.
@ucdh10 "When a D.O. wants to enter a specialty, they must take the M.D. boards" This is simply not true. There are D.O. specialty programs that use D.O. boards (COMLEX), and there are D.O.'s in M.D. specialty programs who never took the M.D. (USMLE).
@ucdh10 You're right, MD schools wouldn't give me a chance, I'm a DO and I scored 720 on the COMLEX. How did you do on the USMLE? I love the fact that I'm smarter and better prepared than my MD counterparts.
because drin, the requirements for DO medical schools are comparably lower than MD schools so more people will lean towards it. If what you are saying is what is the point of becoming a DO if you dont really learn anything different then the that is the answer- because its an easier path to become a doctor and you will still have all the necessary education. Thus having said this, i believe the DO field will continue to grow.
Personally I think D.O schools should just become M.D. schools. The U.S. needs more medical schools. Every year boatloads of Americans have to go leave the country to train and some of them have the scores in get into D.O. school but don't want different letters behind their name.
In the U.S. they are the same thing. The only difference is that D.O's get a little extra training in manipulaton. Some people look at D.O's as below M.D.'s because D.O. school are easier to get into, yet they are just as rigorous.
DOs and MDs are essentially the same physician, they both study the same amount of time. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between DOs and MDs. Your GP could be either one and you would not know.
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Just make sure that when you go to a DO that they work on your back and other body parts no matter what you have wrong with you. If a DO says they practice medicine but don't manipulate all their patients then walk away. I would call they an jerk to their face. Most DOs just want to write scrips and get you in and out. If a DO does not crack your back or rub you muscles and stuff they are no good.
Your wrong!U.S trained DOs are full practice physicians in many, many other countries. US trained DOs and MDs are trained equally, are eligible for the same hospital residencies. US trained DOs can take the same licensing exams as MDs, and can practice in every single subspecialty as an MD. Non US trained DOs are osteopaths not physicians, and practice only manipulation.
A couple of facts. D.O.'s score an average of 5 points lower on the MCAT than their counterpart M.D.'s, which equates to an ass kicking. They have a 3.4 average GPA, and spend a great deal of their medical training doing body manipulation. Further, when a D.O. wants to enter a specialty, they must take the M.D. boards. It is simply a collecting pool of people who could not get admitted to an allopathic program. Further, almost every D.O. applied to M.D. programs and didn't get in.
ucdh10 1 year ago
@ucdh10 "When a D.O. wants to enter a specialty, they must take the M.D. boards" This is simply not true. There are D.O. specialty programs that use D.O. boards (COMLEX), and there are D.O.'s in M.D. specialty programs who never took the M.D. (USMLE).
esdtenis 1 year ago
@ucdh10 You're right, MD schools wouldn't give me a chance, I'm a DO and I scored 720 on the COMLEX. How did you do on the USMLE? I love the fact that I'm smarter and better prepared than my MD counterparts.
m015094 10 months ago
I had a question mark in my forehead but know it's gone! thank you!
Nadianva 1 year ago
because drin, the requirements for DO medical schools are comparably lower than MD schools so more people will lean towards it. If what you are saying is what is the point of becoming a DO if you dont really learn anything different then the that is the answer- because its an easier path to become a doctor and you will still have all the necessary education. Thus having said this, i believe the DO field will continue to grow.
arthur2647 2 years ago
Personally I think D.O schools should just become M.D. schools. The U.S. needs more medical schools. Every year boatloads of Americans have to go leave the country to train and some of them have the scores in get into D.O. school but don't want different letters behind their name.
Orlan54 2 years ago
In the U.S. they are the same thing. The only difference is that D.O's get a little extra training in manipulaton. Some people look at D.O's as below M.D.'s because D.O. school are easier to get into, yet they are just as rigorous.
Orlan54 2 years ago
There was also a DO named Ethan Allen... Are these names for real?
j2z3chen 2 years ago
DOs and MDs are essentially the same physician, they both study the same amount of time. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between DOs and MDs. Your GP could be either one and you would not know.
thesloc 3 years ago 2
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Just make sure that when you go to a DO that they work on your back and other body parts no matter what you have wrong with you. If a DO says they practice medicine but don't manipulate all their patients then walk away. I would call they an jerk to their face. Most DOs just want to write scrips and get you in and out. If a DO does not crack your back or rub you muscles and stuff they are no good.
chilkatman 4 years ago
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DO in states are loosing their touches.
junRMT 4 years ago
In Europe, U.S. trained D.O.s are full physicians
medhacker 4 years ago
Your wrong!U.S trained DOs are full practice physicians in many, many other countries. US trained DOs and MDs are trained equally, are eligible for the same hospital residencies. US trained DOs can take the same licensing exams as MDs, and can practice in every single subspecialty as an MD. Non US trained DOs are osteopaths not physicians, and practice only manipulation.
nab1dolac 4 years ago 10