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I hope deeply that this post doesn't set off any sort of flame war. I just want to voice some questions/to hear if you guys share some concerns.
Where do you guys see yourselves practicing, in terms of the MD/DO thing? I mean do you guys want the ability to practice anywhere, to join groups anywhere? Or do you see yourselves seeking out other DO's to work with?
Do you guys think it's harder to find a group if you come out of a DO residency? Does a DO residency significantly limit job possibilities? Will we be forced into MD residencies if we want to work outside the east and the midwest? Does the statement that "DO's can find the same jobs as MD's" presuppose that the DO has done an allopathic residency?
I hope the answer to all these questions is no, because I like what non-trad applicants, the philosophy, and OMM (which, it should be noted, is increasingly being researched at the bigger DO schools--check out the JAOA) bring to patient care. (By the way, I don't think generalizations about MD/DO residencies are fair. I've heard good and bad things about both of them. And my intuition is that generalizations about them are far less illuminating than individual reports about them by med students who have passed through.)
I bet that there is some discrimination among MD medical groups, discrimination which, of course, increases as you go up the specialty hierarchy. I mean can a DO urologist or neurosurgeon, from a DO residency, just send job apps out to NYC and DC as well as the rural south?
And by the same logic, is it true that primary care is the place where there is the least amount of discrimination and the most partnering across degree lines.
I hope all this is true only in such a limited sense as to have no practical effect on us. But is that the case?
Just wanted some opinions. Again, I write this as someone who really likes the DO schools I've seen.
Please don't make this an MD/DO thread, or even one about DO distinctiveness. I'm really talking about our jobs plans and the question of whether we'll face obstacles.
Thx.
Where do you guys see yourselves practicing, in terms of the MD/DO thing? I mean do you guys want the ability to practice anywhere, to join groups anywhere? Or do you see yourselves seeking out other DO's to work with?
Do you guys think it's harder to find a group if you come out of a DO residency? Does a DO residency significantly limit job possibilities? Will we be forced into MD residencies if we want to work outside the east and the midwest? Does the statement that "DO's can find the same jobs as MD's" presuppose that the DO has done an allopathic residency?
I hope the answer to all these questions is no, because I like what non-trad applicants, the philosophy, and OMM (which, it should be noted, is increasingly being researched at the bigger DO schools--check out the JAOA) bring to patient care. (By the way, I don't think generalizations about MD/DO residencies are fair. I've heard good and bad things about both of them. And my intuition is that generalizations about them are far less illuminating than individual reports about them by med students who have passed through.)
I bet that there is some discrimination among MD medical groups, discrimination which, of course, increases as you go up the specialty hierarchy. I mean can a DO urologist or neurosurgeon, from a DO residency, just send job apps out to NYC and DC as well as the rural south?
And by the same logic, is it true that primary care is the place where there is the least amount of discrimination and the most partnering across degree lines.
I hope all this is true only in such a limited sense as to have no practical effect on us. But is that the case?
Just wanted some opinions. Again, I write this as someone who really likes the DO schools I've seen.
Please don't make this an MD/DO thread, or even one about DO distinctiveness. I'm really talking about our jobs plans and the question of whether we'll face obstacles.
Thx.
