D.O. in EM

[eppiesquiggles]

Hello all!
I hope you don't mind my posting this here, I just figured I'd get a better idea from the ones with experience...I am currently in an osteopathic med school, and have great interest in emergency med. Could any of you DOs in the EM world tell me a little about how it was applying to the osteopathic vs allopathic residency programs? Would you say there is a barrier at all for DOs seeking a position in an allopathic program? I am looking to stay as close as possible to Texas, are there specific residency programs in the region that are DO friendly?
Thanks for taking the time to read and/or answer!

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[lattimer13]

Hello all!
I hope you don't mind my posting this here, I just figured I'd get a better idea from the ones with experience...I am currently in an osteopathic med school, and have great interest in emergency med. Could any of you DOs in the EM world tell me a little about how it was applying to the osteopathic vs allopathic residency programs? Would you say there is a barrier at all for DOs seeking a position in an allopathic program? I am looking to stay as close as possible to Texas, are there specific residency programs in the region that are DO friendly?
Thanks for taking the time to read and/or answer!

Maricopa County's EM program in Phoenix has a PD who is a DO and I know they are DO friendly. Check out the link below.

http://www.rtis.com/nat/com/mmced/webpage/Program/edprog.htm

 

[Sessamoid]

Hello all!
I hope you don't mind my posting this here, I just figured I'd get a better idea from the ones with experience...I am currently in an osteopathic med school, and have great interest in emergency med. Could any of you DOs in the EM world tell me a little about how it was applying to the osteopathic vs allopathic residency programs? Would you say there is a barrier at all for DOs seeking a position in an allopathic program? I am looking to stay as close as possible to Texas, are there specific residency programs in the region that are DO friendly?
Thanks for taking the time to read and/or answer!

I can't think of any of the Texas programs that are hostile to DOs, and I know them (and some of their PDs) pretty well. Do a search too. This question has been asked ad nauseaum.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Hello all!
I hope you don't mind my posting this here, I just figured I'd get a better idea from the ones with experience...I am currently in an osteopathic med school, and have great interest in emergency med. Could any of you DOs in the EM world tell me a little about how it was applying to the osteopathic vs allopathic residency programs? Would you say there is a barrier at all for DOs seeking a position in an allopathic program? I am looking to stay as close as possible to Texas, are there specific residency programs in the region that are DO friendly?
Thanks for taking the time to read and/or answer!

For Texas, Scott & White has taken the highest percentage of DOs, but all of the residencies have DOs in their programs. All of the EM residencies in Oklahoma are osteopathic only, so consider those as well.

 

[Quimby2]

Check out EMRAMATCH.ORG and look at the stats for how many DO's were accepted to the program in the alst 5 years. El Paso and Scott-White I know offer interviews to DO's.

 

[DrQuinn]

Hello all!
I hope you don't mind my posting this here, I just figured I'd get a better idea from the ones with experience...I am currently in an osteopathic med school, and have great interest in emergency med. Could any of you DOs in the EM world tell me a little about how it was applying to the osteopathic vs allopathic residency programs? Would you say there is a barrier at all for DOs seeking a position in an allopathic program? I am looking to stay as close as possible to Texas, are there specific residency programs in the region that are DO friendly?
Thanks for taking the time to read and/or answer!

There's a lot of good information here on SDN...

also, someone wrote a GREEEEEEEEAT article on DOs in Allopathic Emergency Medicine Residencies (Current Opinions).

Find it here:
http://www.aaemrsa.org/resources/osteopaths/index.php?topic=opinions

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[wook]

There's a lot of good information here on SDN...

also, someone wrote a GREEEEEEEEAT article on DOs in Allopathic Emergency Medicine Residencies (Current Opinions).

Find it here:
http://www.aaemrsa.org/resources/osteopaths/index.php?topic=opinions

Q

Dang, what a great article. Who is this masked Quinn dude??!!

Wook

 

[eppiesquiggles]

Thanks guys, for the info. That was a great article

 

[DrQuinn]

Thanks guys, for the info. That was a great article

No no no no no....is a great article.

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[eppiesquiggles]

I know, I realized right as I clicked on "submit reply," was hoping you wouldn't notice... IS the GREATEST article!