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DMU interview this friday
Started by PatDO12
I will be there, but on the other side of the table 
**evil laugh**
Just try to relax & have fun. I think you will find that it is fairly relaxed.
**evil laugh**Just try to relax & have fun. I think you will find that it is fairly relaxed.
I'll see you there!!! GOOD LUCK!
I will be there, but on the other side of the table
Just try to relax & have fun. I think you will find that it is fairly relaxed.
ME 2!!!
lol. love the whole student interviewer thang!!
OP...you should be fine. Good luck!!
jbone,
Are you 'observing' or did you already do that?? I have a first year with me the last 2 or 3 times now (not that it's a bad thing). Actually it probably will be pretty great for me (if I have another student) since we have 2 exams this week & I'm averaging 4 hours sleep q night now...that and stupid Kaplan diagnostic exam....damn med school blows 🙁
Are you 'observing' or did you already do that?? I have a first year with me the last 2 or 3 times now (not that it's a bad thing). Actually it probably will be pretty great for me (if I have another student) since we have 2 exams this week & I'm averaging 4 hours sleep q night now...that and stupid Kaplan diagnostic exam....damn med school blows 🙁
I will be there, but on the other side of the table
Just try to relax & have fun. I think you will find that it is fairly relaxed.
so when will they look at my file for dmu??? 😉
Just wondering if anyone has been accepted at DMU without a D.O. LOR. I really really really want an interview/acceptance here and just wondering if not having a D.O. LOR will count me out. thanks for any help..
I had an MD lor
I never had an DO LOR. Never shadowed one either but I did have an excellent LOR from an MD that I spent a ridiculous amount of time around.
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I got a fast-track interview invite.
It means that they invite you before you submit the secondary.
After they got my primary, they told me to submit the secondary and the next day I got a fast-track invite.
Mine is Feb. 16th, so they told me to submit the secondary at least a week before the interview, and I did submit it yesterday but didn't send LOR yet.
Hope this helps🙂
It means that they invite you before you submit the secondary.
After they got my primary, they told me to submit the secondary and the next day I got a fast-track invite.
Mine is Feb. 16th, so they told me to submit the secondary at least a week before the interview, and I did submit it yesterday but didn't send LOR yet.
Hope this helps🙂
Fastrack is only based on gpa and mcat. I has my fastrack interview last week, and, according to this thread, I'll hear back next week.
So I had my interview and the school was impressive, but I felt like I was chewed out in the interview. Anyone else have this experience and still get accepted? 3 of my 4 interviewers seemed really laid back, but it seemed like the 4th didn't like me. He didn't feel as if I could cut it at the school because I have not taken as many science classes as other incoming students.
You had 4 interviewers? I only had 3....a faculty, a student, and a health care provider
This time of year they have student 'observers' who are learning what it is like to interview so that when the M2's get too busy they can take over. I say 'observer' b/c they usually ask questions, but do not fill out an eval.
I went into my interview feeling very comfortable and confident that I would be accepted, but I had the same experience as you. One out of the four interviewers really seemed to take a dislike to me or at least to what I was talking about. At one point he even interrupted me and said the equivalent to "Let's talk about something more relevant". I was answering a question that another interviewer had asked me! Even the other people in the room were kind of taken back, but...
I was accepted, and I am now a first year student at DMU. I have actually had the professor already and did very well in his class. In fact, he was one of my favorite teachers first semester. I guess the moral of the story is that 45 minutes is not enough time to tell whether or not someone liked you. Or to understand the rationale behind their questions.
I know it will be impossible, but try to not worry about it, because right now: it is out of your hands.
good luck to you.
I didn't include a DO LOR for my apps and was accepted at DMU. I was never asked about it but if I had been my answer would have gone like this: I feel like I want to provide myself with the best LORs possible and not get a DO's rec. b/c it is recommended. The MD that I had write me a letter knows me better as a person than any DO I shadowed due to the amount of time that I spent with the MD. He is the head of the intensive care unit in St. Cloud MN and I shadowed him probably 6-7 times with a good amount sitting around with him just talking. He actually spent the time to get to know me. I COULD have had a DO write me a letter but felt that the MD would be able to give a more rounded, honest response.
Also, I never got asked the "why osteopathy" question in my interviews; which confused me since this is clearly the question I spent the most time formulating the answer to. The other questions I got asked though were definitely much more fun to answer than "Why DO" however, so I'm not complaining.
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Sometimes we don't really come out & ask "why osteopathy" b/c it gets very tiring, at times, to listen to pre-meds blow smoke & have 8/10 (or more) give the same cookie-cutter answer. I made one post about it before, but now that we are talking about it, I will digress for a moment;
DO's are NOT holistic. Naturopaths, Homeopaths, Accupuncturists ARE holistic. If you do not believe me, read the dictionary. Holistic practice is a practice based firmly outside mainstream science. DO's would not have full prescribing & practice rights if they followed holistic medicine.
**Steps off soap box** I did not have a DO letter when I applied either for pretty much the same reason as CTrain. Why should we require a DO letter & make an issue out of the initials behind the physicians name? Just my opinion...back to Goljan for me.
DO's are NOT holistic. Naturopaths, Homeopaths, Accupuncturists ARE holistic. If you do not believe me, read the dictionary. Holistic practice is a practice based firmly outside mainstream science. DO's would not have full prescribing & practice rights if they followed holistic medicine.
**Steps off soap box** I did not have a DO letter when I applied either for pretty much the same reason as CTrain. Why should we require a DO letter & make an issue out of the initials behind the physicians name? Just my opinion...back to Goljan for me.
With all due respect, Krazy, I do not think that you are correct.
wikipedia.com said:
All of the articles about osteopathic medicine have said something along the lines of 'allopathic medicine focuses on individual parts and symptoms.'
PCOM.edu claims that "Osteopathic medicine is a comprehensive approach to health care. Its essence lies in examining and treating the whole person, not just the symptoms." Seems pretty congruent with the definition of holistic. Perhaps you're just assigning the word holistic a negative meaning without due cause.
The AACOM website states: "D.O.s are trained to look at the whole person from their first days of medical school, which means they see each person as more than just a collection of body parts that may become injured or diseased. This holistic approach to patient care means that osteopathic medical students learn how to integrate the patient into the health care process as a partner."
Whether this is just a marketing line is a separate issue. Research clearly shows that osteopathic medicine IS commonly referred to as holistic. I am aware that, in practice, there is very little difference between DOs and MDs, but I don't think that you should be frustrated with people for calling osteopathic medicine "holistic". Holistic clearly does not equate with alternative medicine, which is what I think your predisposition leans you toward.
It is interesting to see the different definitions when you look them up on the internet. Either way...I do get slightly frustrated with applicants when they very often do use holistic meaning alternative medicine, but thanks for correcting me (I shall now loosen up a bit when I, inevitably, hear that on Friday).
Then there's the problem when they use it to mean that DO's look at the whole body. It's actually kind of funny when interviewees don't look closely at who their interviewers are b/c we have quite a few MD's that interview. There are some funny conversations that go on about that when the MD feels like they were just dumped on b/c since they have an MD, they obviously aren't as patient focused as we are.
Then there's the problem when they use it to mean that DO's look at the whole body. It's actually kind of funny when interviewees don't look closely at who their interviewers are b/c we have quite a few MD's that interview. There are some funny conversations that go on about that when the MD feels like they were just dumped on b/c since they have an MD, they obviously aren't as patient focused as we are.
I will have to agree with drmax on this one. One aspect that drew me to osteopathic medicine was the holistic approach. After interviewing 100s of applicants, are the admissions committee/interviewers that naive to think that each applicant is going to have some new and profound response to their questions?
Just read back over that post... didn't mean to be rude if that's the way I came across. It was early 😉
I'm going to also have to go with Dr. Max on this one. I think in general the American public's view of "holistic" is a little off. I am currently studying acupuncture and Oriental Medicine although I have already been accepted into med school next year. A lot of my oriental medicine professors hate the idea of being referred to as "holistic" because to a lot of people this drums up ideas of a witch doctor or voodoo. One of my professors recently went on a rant about how he wished they would change the word holistic to "wholistic", as in taking into account all facets that make up an individual. This idea encompasses treating the whole person as outlined in bold above. Looking at factors such as lifestyle and the relationship between structure and function fit into this category.
Anyone have an interview next Friday, the 16th of Feb? I'll be there! 🙂
I interviewed here...very relaxed. Got an acceptance a couple weeks later.
Of all the interviews I've been at, liked it the best.
Interviewed at:
DMU
LECOM
Kirksville
Debusk
DMU was the best interview by far. However, I got into MSU COM without an interview and will be going there I think (unless I get into Case)
GL
Of all the interviews I've been at, liked it the best.
Interviewed at:
DMU
LECOM
Kirksville
Debusk
DMU was the best interview by far. However, I got into MSU COM without an interview and will be going there I think (unless I get into Case)
GL
little confused on how you can get in somewhere without interviewing. Is this common? Is MSU COM totally stats driven or what? It seems with osteopathic medicine that how you conduct yourself during the interview and the opportunity for the adcom to evaluate you as a person is incredibly important.
Never heard of that either...you can get an acceptance without an interview?...maybe you have some great connections with the school?
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I believe I've seen the acceptance letter for this before. It basically says that for in-state applicants with high stats that interviewing is frivolous. Anyone else seen this?
