Choosing DO with DO acceptance!

[Dr Sum Day]

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Originally posted by ramsestiger
Isn't it annoying that ER has a PA star, but it never mentions DOs? Isn't it annoying that when you say osteopathic medical school, people look at you with a WTF look? Isn't it annoying that DO schools are considered to be back-ups by an overwhelmingly large percentage of pre-meds???

It's not like osteopathic medicine popped up last night, and it's not like there aren't any avenues like pop-culture art to improve the image and awareness.
I guess self-contratulatory counters work for some while others hope for and expect more. I want DOs to say in their Al Pacino voices, "We're coming out, guns blazing!"

I say YES to all your questions. 🙂

Shouldn't there be a "Apply to DO only" rule? 😛

 

[Buster Douglas]

Originally posted by ramsestiger
Isn't it annoying that ER has a PA star, but it never mentions DOs? Isn't it annoying that when you say osteopathic medical school, people look at you with a WTF look? Isn't it annoying that DO schools are considered to be back-ups by an overwhelmingly large percentage of pre-meds???

Maybe a little bit... but what does it really matter in the end?

 

[Fenrezz]

I've seen a lot of these posts about ER not featuring an osteopathic physician. Personally, it doesn't bother me. In my opinion, for osteopathic medicine to become more known, it has to do it the hard way, by showing the public that they are capable physicians, one patient at a time. The fact that the field has been growing over the last 30 years or so tells me that's exactly what is happening.

One of the good things about medicine is that word of mouth packs a hell of a punch. If you're a great physician, people will come to you, DO or MD it doesn't matter. It's a slow process but it's tried and true.

It would be nice to have a DO on ER for some recognition, but it's not all that important, in my opinion. Let's face it, when has ER ever cared about being all that realistic? I don't remember seeing any volunteers on the show but we know that most ER's have 'em. ER is more concerned with dramatic love triangles than breaking new ground.

As far as this academic performance nonsense, from what I've been told by several physicians (you know, the guys with real world experience) that they personally witnessed bottom-of-the-class students become outstanding physicians. Some ranked on the bottom make great doctors, some on the top do as well. Obviously there must not be any magic formula to predict the future success of any one student. In my own case, when I see a doctor, I'm concerned with how much experience he or she has, and with how much respect they treat me. That they were able to perform well on a standardized biochemistry test 20 years couldn't mean any less to me.

In a side note, it's nice to see that this thread hasn't turned into an all out flame war. That says a lot about the kinds of people who contribute to this forum, and maybe a little about the kinds of people going to osteopathic schools.

 

[DD214_DOC]

One of my primary reasons for choosing osteopathy was my belief that DO applicants and students tend to be less neurotic than their MD counterparts. I have heard nothing but positive remarks about the students and faculty of DO schools: how friendly and personable they are.

For me, I'm more DO than MD.

 

[raspberry swirl]

i realize that many of you, although not all, are soon-to-be MSI's. I am also an MSI, but i've already been in class for a week. and i have just realized why you mostly only see pre-meds and almost-MSIs on these types of threads-- once you start class, you realize that med school is med school and all this arguing about people's perceptions of DOs is a total waste of time because regardless of whether someone goes MD or DO, its frickin hard! and if you want my opinion, DO is harder! anatomy is worse, plus we have all these systems classes, and you realize it doesn't matter because everyone is working their rear ends off as hard as they can to pass. it doesn't matter if you're a DO or a MD student-- we're all struggling to do the best we can. so don't worry about it! and besides, how do you know someone on ER isn't supposed to be an osteopath? its not like all the actors have MD emblazoned on their forehead. i'm pretty sure we all look similar on the outside anyway . . .

 

[kpax18]

Originally posted by raspberry swirl
and i have just realized why you mostly only see pre-meds and almost-MSIs on these types of threads-- once you start class, you realize that med school is med school and all this arguing about people's perceptions of DOs is a total waste of time

And also, once school starts there's really no time to always post on SDN 😉

 

[raspberry swirl]

well yeah, that too. thats sort of what i meant.

 

[ramsestiger]

Originally posted by raspberry swirl
and besides, how do you know someone on ER isn't supposed to be an osteopath? its not like all the actors have MD emblazoned on their forehead. i'm pretty sure we all look similar on the outside anyway . . . [/color]

Actually, they do have an MD emblazoned on their coats after the names... it's not very difficult to spot at all. It's all moot, anyway. I have my first medical school class tomorrow morning at 8!

 

[DOtobe]

Good luck on your first day of class! 😀

 

[muonwhiz]

It was interesting to hear the DO is harder or easier arguement again. One would think that DO is harder because students have to carry all the same subjects as allopathics with the addition of OMM on top of it all. Some DO schools also have an underdog mentality and will push their students harder (and cut them alot less breaks) than allopaths. Lots of students entering their residencies are proving the quality of their education and breaking down barriers for other osteopathic students to follow. I think the best way to leave it is that some of the DO schools present more of a challenge to their students than similar allopathic schools. The converse is also true in other situations. But people in graduate level schools are pretty much expected to take charge of their own educational opportunities, so med school will be what each individual makes it to be. Good luck to all!

 

[pboothe]

This thread is really annoying me because its distracting from my more important threads that I posted like Medical Issues and how to start a practice.....go there leave this one alone

 

[raspberry swirl]

good one-- you just bumped this one up and your other thread down 😉