Any DO/PhD's here?

[Necr0sis713]

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I'm highly considering doing the dual degree with a PhD route for DO. I freakin love biomedical sciences, and I would love to be an 'expert' in the subject.

What kind of research do you guys do? Are your options limited because you're DO and not MD? Like are you limited to more musculo-skeletal (not sure if that's a real term) type research projects?

 

[AlteredScale]

I can move this thread to the research scientist sub forum. You may research a better response there 🙂


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[QofQuimica]

I'm highly considering doing the dual degree with a PhD route for DO. I freakin love biomedical sciences, and I would love to be an 'expert' in the subject.

What kind of research do you guys do? Are your options limited because you're DO and not MD? Like are you limited to more musculo-skeletal (not sure if that's a real term) type research projects?

I'm not a DO/PhD, but I can answer your question: no, your research options are not limited by having a DO rather than an MD. The purpose of going to medical school (MD or DO) is to teach you clinical skills, not research skills. It's in grad school where you pick up the research skills, and you don't need any kind of medical degree at all to get a PhD. The main reason why you don't see many DO/PhDs is because most DO programs are clinically focused, not because DO/PhDs can't do the same kind of research that MD/PhDs do.

 

[Neuronix]

.The main reason why you don't see many DO/PhDs is because most DO programs are clinically focused, not because DO/PhDs can't do the same kind of research that MD/PhDs do.

To expound on that, there are very few DO/PhD programs. They are small programs. Last time I checked, no DO/PhD programs advertised full funding (tuition and stipend for all years in the program). Thus, there are just very few DO/PhDs out there.

 

[QofQuimica]

To expound on that, there are very few DO/PhD programs. They are small programs. Last time I checked, no DO/PhD programs advertised full funding (tuition and stipend for all years in the program). Thus, there are just very few DO/PhDs out there.

Yeah, most of the DO/PhDs I've run across are people like me (i.e., PhD-to-DO, not grads of combined programs).