Better to be a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic medicine) or a MD for me?
Hi, my name is Arthur and i was wondering which path would suit me better. In dignified school i always did well within my bio/chem/physics courses (got an A in all of them) but I'm also really interested in psychology and physical psychotherapy. From what I've learned DO's learn OMT (Osteopathic manipulative treatment). I really like that they enjoy a more hands on approach and work more closely with their patients. I need to donate that currently I'm enrolled for the fall semester at San Francisco state university. What my current path right in a minute is pre-nursing but i have really started thinking more about the medical field. My friend would other tell me i should go into physical stuff in drug, "evowidatwizt (12:01:13 AM):lol i'm telling u, u need to go into physical stuff surrounded by medicine haha ". Earlier in my life i be hit by a car when i was 9..and i suffered a hemorrhage and fractured my tibia in several places, i even lost some nerves surrounded by my upper foot. This experience made me want to help others, but i don't necessarily want to be a surgeon. I'm more interested in primary care. So i would similar to to ask, would the DO route or the MD route be better? i know the DO route is easier but that's not what I'm asking for. There's a lot more i could say but maybe bad answer questions if they come up. Thanks for taking the time to read this, and i hope there will be some good responses.
Answers:
Some physicians recently discussed the issue on this thread which you may find of interest:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;… Source(s): RN
The DO route is a little easier to get into, but it isn't any easier to get through. They are held to like standards as MDs and have to learn all like material plus OMM.
If you don't have any preference of one over the other, apply to both and pick your academy based on its merits.
I'm an OT within a hospital where there are MD's and DO's. The DO's don't have much opportunity to do their "mitt on" type stuff in a hospital setting. They're treating all the medical problems just approaching the MD's are. In y experience, DO's incorporate other-than standard western medical philosophy into their practice. I think it's a more holistic, well rounded approach.
If you are looking at primary care, I would recommend DO. About 1/2 of DO students will dance into a primary care field. You will hear arguments about whether a DO or MD route is easier-they both hold to be board certified etc so I think the opinion on that depends more on where you are within the country/world. If you are looking at primary care not in the US, MD might be better. The DO program is recognized within about 50 countries and the number is growing, but MD is recognized worldwide. OMT does have a more hands-on approach, but most DO's do not practice OMT after residency (because they don't hold on to up on it-especially when working with MDs during rotations and residencies) so they are very similar to MDs. Of course, there will still be differences a moment ago because of how you are taught to look at everything. Source(s): Student at a DO medical school, but was also standard into a MD school and picked DO after comparing the schools and programs-I am looking at family practice.
From what I become conscious after speaking with people who have gone down both roads, near is no difference in the ease of program, so I would definately not let that factor into my edict. Both programs will be rigorous, challenging and very time consuming.
I have hear it both ways, where some people feel that DOs hold a broader knowledge base than do MDs, and again vice versa.
I honestly think that it will simply boil down to what you think is the best fit for you. When the time comes, I would reccomend applying to schools for the MD program as well as school with the DO program. Then, I would evaluate those schools, thier programs as well as the professors and other staff and what hospital/medical group they are associated next to. The way I see it, your undergraduate work is going to be pretty much the same either track, so just continue on with your BS or BA and after when the time comes and you start visiting these schools and interviewing with those on the admission board, you will probably get a gut instinct...and I always say to follow your gut instinct because it will serve you all right about 97% of the time.
Also, I do agree with a lot of the above. Especially on the point made just about how DOs can pretty much just get steamrolled into conforming to the same style as the MDs. It is hurt to say, but with private practices dwindeling in numbers every morning and large corporations comming in and taking over hospitals, GP clinics, etc. medicine is becomming a short time ago like many other businesses these days-all about the profit margins and what the hospital looks resembling on paper. So with that being said, even if you be to go the DO route, you may end up being frustrated rather often, as you would most likely just be forced to conform and that would be that. Hell, even abundant MDs are frustrated because they do not feel like they can practice the kind of pills that they had intentions to.
Either way you go, honest luck to you. Oh and I might reccommend taking some time in the summer, or durring some school breaks to shadow both a DO and an MD and see how their days play out and also get some unpredictability to talk with each one on one. That may supply you some great insight. Source(s): Toxicologist
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Answers:
Some physicians recently discussed the issue on this thread which you may find of interest:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;… Source(s): RN
The DO route is a little easier to get into, but it isn't any easier to get through. They are held to like standards as MDs and have to learn all like material plus OMM.
If you don't have any preference of one over the other, apply to both and pick your academy based on its merits.
I'm an OT within a hospital where there are MD's and DO's. The DO's don't have much opportunity to do their "mitt on" type stuff in a hospital setting. They're treating all the medical problems just approaching the MD's are. In y experience, DO's incorporate other-than standard western medical philosophy into their practice. I think it's a more holistic, well rounded approach.
If you are looking at primary care, I would recommend DO. About 1/2 of DO students will dance into a primary care field. You will hear arguments about whether a DO or MD route is easier-they both hold to be board certified etc so I think the opinion on that depends more on where you are within the country/world. If you are looking at primary care not in the US, MD might be better. The DO program is recognized within about 50 countries and the number is growing, but MD is recognized worldwide. OMT does have a more hands-on approach, but most DO's do not practice OMT after residency (because they don't hold on to up on it-especially when working with MDs during rotations and residencies) so they are very similar to MDs. Of course, there will still be differences a moment ago because of how you are taught to look at everything. Source(s): Student at a DO medical school, but was also standard into a MD school and picked DO after comparing the schools and programs-I am looking at family practice.
From what I become conscious after speaking with people who have gone down both roads, near is no difference in the ease of program, so I would definately not let that factor into my edict. Both programs will be rigorous, challenging and very time consuming.
I have hear it both ways, where some people feel that DOs hold a broader knowledge base than do MDs, and again vice versa.
I honestly think that it will simply boil down to what you think is the best fit for you. When the time comes, I would reccomend applying to schools for the MD program as well as school with the DO program. Then, I would evaluate those schools, thier programs as well as the professors and other staff and what hospital/medical group they are associated next to. The way I see it, your undergraduate work is going to be pretty much the same either track, so just continue on with your BS or BA and after when the time comes and you start visiting these schools and interviewing with those on the admission board, you will probably get a gut instinct...and I always say to follow your gut instinct because it will serve you all right about 97% of the time.
Also, I do agree with a lot of the above. Especially on the point made just about how DOs can pretty much just get steamrolled into conforming to the same style as the MDs. It is hurt to say, but with private practices dwindeling in numbers every morning and large corporations comming in and taking over hospitals, GP clinics, etc. medicine is becomming a short time ago like many other businesses these days-all about the profit margins and what the hospital looks resembling on paper. So with that being said, even if you be to go the DO route, you may end up being frustrated rather often, as you would most likely just be forced to conform and that would be that. Hell, even abundant MDs are frustrated because they do not feel like they can practice the kind of pills that they had intentions to.
Either way you go, honest luck to you. Oh and I might reccommend taking some time in the summer, or durring some school breaks to shadow both a DO and an MD and see how their days play out and also get some unpredictability to talk with each one on one. That may supply you some great insight. Source(s): Toxicologist
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