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It really bugs me that there are two separate medical school exams EVEN WITH the merge of AOA and ACGME residencies. The majority of DO students take the USMLE and I guarantee the majority will continue to take this exam because PD’s will continue to hold a bias between the exams. We all understand that it’s just a money grab because there are much more efficient ways to test both MD and DO students.
This is how the testing should occur: there should be a standardized exam between both MD and DO students to eliminate all bias and prevent DO students from taking two separate exams. This exam could be the USMLE. Now we understand that DO students must be tested on OMM which is why the test DO students should be called the USMLE-O (for osteopathic distinction.) The overall grading would be the same for both MD and DO students while there would be a separate grade for the added content for DO students l. This could be in letter format (how the MCAT used to be scored). So a DO student could score a 245-G. Thoughts on this? But the better question is how do we make it happen...
This is how the testing should occur: there should be a standardized exam between both MD and DO students to eliminate all bias and prevent DO students from taking two separate exams. This exam could be the USMLE. Now we understand that DO students must be tested on OMM which is why the test DO students should be called the USMLE-O (for osteopathic distinction.) The overall grading would be the same for both MD and DO students while there would be a separate grade for the added content for DO students l. This could be in letter format (how the MCAT used to be scored). So a DO student could score a 245-G. Thoughts on this? But the better question is how do we make it happen...