Osteopathic medicine getting absorbed into the ACGME, like Homeopathy did. No more degrees in Homeopathic Medicine. MDs taking osteopathic component of joint residency is encouraging to me that absorption might not happen.
could you please illuminate the absoption of homeopathy into the MD degree? I have never heard this part of medical history.
probably has something to do with Hanhmann College of Medicine, which was a homeopathic school, but eventually became MD. It eventually merged with Women's College of PA to form Drexel.
Thanks. But the New York school of homeopathy has been open since 1900 , So Im still confused how homeopathy as a whole got swallowed up by ACGME.
Homeopathy was considered a mainstream medical field, along with allopathic and osteopathic., until Flexner Report I belive. After Hahneman merged, acgme would not allow them to issue a homeopathic degree. Now Homeopathy is considered a fringe practice group like Naturopathy. If AOA merges, will there still be an DO degree? Hope this explains my post a little better.
This. This and more this.
Ahhh, the True Believers at it again. At least the California story is interesting.
Seriously, the June 22nd date was noted as very likely to be on the test. >.< At least the Flexner report was in there.
Better to think of it as character building!
my penance for being a ******* during my youth is being older than my classmates. Better to pay your dues now rather than to not be a physician at all.
I see this A LOT on this site and my school doesn’t make us do this. I’ve never had a history question on AT Still’s life and I go to a pretty hardcore omm school.
And the weird thing is, our school is marketed as not being a hardcore OMM school.
Ha and maybe that’s the difference bc our omm exams are stupid hard. Seriously.
Our last one was a 79 and the one before that was a 72. It’s pure madness. And those might be skewed higher bc we attract some “true believers.”
OMM only gets worse
First woman DO, California incident, year DOs and MDs were same in military. Random history questions, weee
Haha yeah honestly...but whatever, I studied for literally one day and did fine so I'm satisfied
I'm fine with Histo, the embryo kicked my ass last time
Haha, I go to Joplin, @fldoctorgirl goes to KC.
LOL I know I low-key think about this whenever I see you.
Omit KCOM.
Why not go MD? Then you won't need to worry about OMM.
Consider OMM and the AT Still hagiography factoids to be tuition, then.
I really hope you get in an MD program. If you go into an DO program trying to avoid OMM you will be full of regret. Unfortunately, you have to take OMM as part of the curriculum, whether that is 2 hours a week or 4, it will take up your time. I don't believe in a program that puts "minimal emphasis " on OMM. If they is, you will make up for it somehow. You still need to do well on COMLEX for residency, and sometimes OMM can make or break your score. Plus, if you go to a school that is not pass/fail, your resentment towards OMM might catch up. You don't want to be getting Cs in a class that you hate or don't care about. As much as folks on SDN say that grades don't matter, ask them if they are willing to bet their residency on it. I am going to guess not. And, you know that DO title? That's not going away. There are some residency progs that will want you bec of your OMM "knowledge". Hope its good enough. I've mostly seen this in some primary care fields but hopefully your COMLEX/USMLE score will be good enough to match you in a specialty so you avoid all that. IDK, my attitude is embrace it enough to do well but don't hate. And if you are already tryin to avoid then this might not be a good fit for you. Good luck with your apps!
You said it better than I could.
I legit think to myself, "should I go chat with her? Or will EVERYONE figure out our identities if I do?"
Haha! You can definitely come say hi if you see me
