D.O. vs D.O.M.P???

[usdomedhopeful]

Hi, I'm just wondering if D.O (Doctor of Osteopathy) and D.O.M.P (Doctor of Osteopathic Manual Practice) are the same thing? I want to contact several D.O.s to ask them if I can shadow them, but when I search online there are only D.O.M.P's (I live in Toronto, Canada). Please help!

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[DrEnderW]

Hi, I'm just wondering if D.O (Doctor of Osteopathy) and D.O.M.P (Doctor of Osteopathic Manual Practice) are the same thing? I want to contact several D.O.s to ask them if I can shadow them, but when I search online there are only D.O.M.P's (I live in Toronto, Canada). Please help!

DO is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine - the medicine part being critical (not a doctor or osteopathy). You would be a fully licensed physician.

I believe DOMP is a Diploma of Osteopathic Manual Practice - that person would not be a physician or recognized as a medical doctor. The would purely do musculoskeletal manipulation.

The two are very different and you should shadow a MD or DO for medical school purposes.

 

[whatever5]

No other country has DOs like the US does. Osteopaths in other countries are not physicians, so just shadow an MD - you'll get a pass for not shadowing a DO since they don't really exist in Canada.

 

[darklabel]

No other country has DOs like the US does. Osteopaths in other countries are not physicians, so just shadow an MD - you'll get a pass for not shadowing a DO since they don't really exist in Canada.

So then why do Canadian applicants bother applying to US DO schools?

 

[DrEnderW]

So then why do Canadian applicants bother applying to US DO schools?

He means physicians with a DO degree that trained in Canada.

Obviously, people can train in the US and move to Canada or go back home. For that reason, there aren't as many DOs available to shadow I am sure. Furthermore, you don't need to shadow a DO to go to a DO school (however, it does help).

 

[NYEMMED]

So then why do Canadian applicants bother applying to US DO schools?

Because a US DO can work as a physician in many/ most countries. Foreign trained DOs are not physicians. US DOs are physicians.

 

[SFU]

So then why do Canadian applicants bother applying to US DO schools?

Because we can't get into Canadian MD schools

Like the other post said, Osteopaths (DOMP) only do the OMM. USDO..well that's obvious.

 

[shezadeh]

Furthermore, you don't need to shadow a DO to go to a DO school (however, it does help).

Don't some schools require DO LORs though?