Originally Posted by Hockeyfan23

I do agree that the end the letters after your name don't matter, it's what you do with them. However like the OP i am also struggling with DPM vs DO. I have done my research via google so I am not trying to ask annoying questions. I just wanted a little insight. The other day I talked to my friend who is currently in DO school. I was telling him what I think my options are (DO vs DPM vs SMP). I told him how I really want to get into ortho surgery and I would probably have a better chance getting into that type of surgery by going DPM. He agreed with me. However the one thing he told me is that he went into DO school wanting ortho surgery and now he wants neuro surgery. He said the one thing about pod school is that it cuts out ur options and you wont be able to changeur specialty half way through. My question I guess is, for those of you who decided on getting the DPM over DO/MD, how did you know you wouldn't change your mind once u were in pod school?