Can any current DOs help me?

[yayfuturedoctor]

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Are there any DOs (medical student or even practicing physician) out there on SDN that had the opportunity to go to an MD school but chose DO over said program???

If so, would you mind sharing some of the reasons for that decision? Thank you so so much.

 

[TUVIX]

 

[yayfuturedoctor]

Super helpful thanks!!!!

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Super helpful thanks!!!!

You asked for it.

 

[Shotapp]

This question has been beaten to death...if you're an adult, use the search bar to find your answer.

 

[Goro]

I can tell you that I've had a number of my students turn down MD accepts for my school. For most it was that we offered something the other schools couldn't.
Location also helps.

Being on this side of the Mississippi River, we get a fair share of students from CA. They want to stay loser to home than, say, Rush, Wake or Drexel.

Are there any DOs (medical student or even practicing physician) out there on SDN that had the opportunity to go to an MD school but chose DO over said program???

If so, would you mind sharing some of the reasons for that decision? Thank you so so much.

 

[TUVIX]

I can tell you that I've had a number of my students turn down MD accepts for my school. For most it was that we offered something the other schools couldn't.
Location also helps.

Being on this side of the Mississippi River, we get a fair share of students from CA. They want to stay loser to home than, say, Rush, Wake or Drexel.

Wait wait wait.... hold on a second. You're telling me that there are people out there that make independent decisions that are based on their own needs and desires and not on what an internet forum thinks? I don't believe you @Goro . I simply just don't believe you.

 

[IslandStyle808]

Wait wait wait.... hold on a second. You're telling me that there are people out there that make independent decisions that are based on their own needs and desires and not on what an internet forum thinks? I don't believe you @Goro . I simply just don't believe you.

You know when I use that "I can't believe its not butter" spray on my popcorn, I really have a hard time believing its not butter. It's just that good.

 

[Rekt]

I can tell you that I've had a number of my students turn down MD accepts for my school. For most it was that we offered something the other schools couldn't.
Location also helps.

Being on this side of the Mississippi River, we get a fair share of students from CA. They want to stay loser to home than, say, Rush, Wake or Drexel.

Well I hope you tell those students they're idiots.

 

[DantheManimal]

You asked for it.

I always wonder where the phrase "beating a dead horse" came from. Am I to presume that there was a time where it would be entirely unproductive to beat a dead horse rather than the traditional practice of beating live horses?

 

[Promethean]

I agree that this is a question that has been asked many times before. I rather like some of my own answers, so I did you a solid and used the search function to find my favorite.

From http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/why-do-you-honestly-want-to-be-a-do.1134037/#post-16446439 :

1) Don't see that it needs justification other than my reasons for wanting to be a physician. DOs are doctors. I want to be a doctor. Ergo...
2) OMM may be useful as an opiate sparing measure in addressing painful musculoskeletal conditions.
3) Factors related to the cost, convenience, and quality of the school I will be attending, which is a DO granting institution
4) Having worked with a small army of DOs, never met one yet that I didn't like. Subject to change, of course.
5) DO schools seem more accepting of nontrads.

Grade replacement didn't help me, so that wasn't a factor, and my stats were plenty competitive for a number of MD schools that would have been geographically tolerable. I started down the road of applying to both MD and DO, ultimately deciding to complete only the AACOMAS apps, mostly because I felt pretty confident that I would find a seat at LECOM or PCOM. Since acceptance to either of those would have satisfied me, there was no need to waste resources on applications and interviews elsewhere, just to chase after a different set of post-name initials.

 

[Promethean]

I always wonder where the phrase "beating a dead horse" came from. Am I to presume that there was a time where it would be entirely unproductive to beat a dead horse rather than the traditional practice of beating live horses?

Precisely. If you apply a small noxious stimulus to a live horse, it will generally react by increasing its speed. Generally only a very small stimulus is needed, more a nudge than a beating.

A dead horse doesn't go faster if you nudge it. Or kick it, whip it, crop it, or even beat it.

The image it is meant to convey is of a fool who fails to notice that the horse isn't running because of its unfortunate lack of vitality, and assumes that the fault must be in the adequacy of the stimulus being applied. It isn't an endorsement of beating live horses... which may produce short term results, but will likely get you justifiably bitten, kicked or thrown.

 

[Goro]

They're quite happy, thank you. Not everyone wants to be an "ologist."

Well I hope you tell those students they're idiots.

 

[deleted731525]

Dont do it. I say this as somebody who might go to a DO school. No matter what specialty you end up wanting you will have more options for residencies in terms of location and desirability of the program as a US MD.

 

[ortnakas]

They're quite happy, thank you. Not everyone wants to be an "ologist."

Precisely.

DOs are able to be specialists but become PCPs more often then their MD counterparts, not that there's anything wrong with that to quote Seinfeld.

At the end of the day, if you think you would regret not being a physician more than not being an "ologist," take the DO acceptance. If you're only interested in specialties and would regret being a DO more than you'd regret not being a doctor at all, hold out for MD.

 

[j4pac]

Dont do it. I say this as somebody who might go to a DO school. No matter what specialty you end up wanting you will have more options for residencies in terms of location and desirability of the program as a US MD.

Unless you want OMT as part of your clinical practice. Then I would say that DO is a better route.

 

[deleted731525]

Unless you want OMT as part of your clinical practice. Then I would say that DO is a better route.

True, that is the one situation where it may make sense. Even then I believe MDs can take OMM classes after they graduate, right?

 

[j4pac]

True, that is the one situation where it may make sense. Even then I believe MDs can take OMM classes after they graduate, right?

If you want OMT to be apart of your clinical practice...you are going to want to do more than a weekend workshop. The training in DO schools is infinitely superior.

 

[DO2015CA]

Precisely.

DOs are able to be specialists but become PCPs more often then their MD counterparts, not that there's anything wrong with that to quote Seinfeld.

At the end of the day, if you think you would regret not being a physician more than not being an "ologist," take the DO acceptance. If you're only interested in specialties and would regret being a DO more than you'd regret not being a doctor at all, hold out for MD.

Speaking of Seinfeld, I was watching an old episode the other day and Kramer gives a shout out, "because I don't like my wallet. My osteopath says it's bad for my spine. It throws my hips off kilter."

I always knew there was a reason I liked Kramer

 

[IslandStyle808]

If you want OMT to be apart of your clinical practice...you are going to want to do more than a weekend workshop. The training in DO schools is infinitely superior.

What about those residencies with osteopathic recognition?

 

[Medschoolornah]

Speaking of Seinfeld, I was watching an old episode the other day and Kramer gives a shout out, "because I don't like my wallet. My osteopath says it's bad for my spine. It throws my hips off kilter."

I always knew there was a reason I liked Kramer

Larry David makes fun of osteopaths in curb too.