Availability of epidemiology residencies and opportunities to DO

[HeronsBeak]

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Hi all,

Are there residencies in infectious diseases and epidemiology for DO students? How do DOs fare when applying for jobs in the WHO or CDC?

Thank you!

 

[ct2012]

To answer the first part of your question, I'm pretty sure infectious disease is a subspecialty of internal medicine so going into that as a DO wouldn't be an issue. Also I interviewed at VCOM and a good number of ther students did infectious diseases after their internal medicine residencies according to this book they gave us.

 

[Moosepig]

To answer the first part of your question, I'm pretty sure infectious disease is a subspecialty of internal medicine so going into that as a DO wouldn't be an issue. Also I interviewed at VCOM and a good number of ther students did infectious diseases after their internal medicine residencies according to this book they gave us.

ID is in fact a subspeciality of IM.

 

[cliquesh]

ID is in fact a subspeciality of IM.

Infectious disease is an easy field to get into; don't worry about it. Pathology followed by a microbiology fellowship is also easy to do as a DO.