DO letter to MD schools?

[medschool92]

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I am going to apply to MD schools and was planning on having a physician write me a letter or recommendation. Would it be alright for a DO doctor to write me a letter for MD schools or would or would it be better for an MD doctor to write me a letter?

 

[235788]

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it's fine. It just shows schools you're applying both MD and DO.

 

[Mehd School]

It just shows schools you're applying both MD and DO.

How so?

They don't speak a different language or something. I'm applying to DO schools with an MD letter. I just don't see how shadowing a DO means you're an aspiring osteopathic physician as opposed to allopathic. 😕

 

[235788]

How so?

They don't speak a different language or something. I'm applying to DO schools with an MD letter. I just don't see how shadowing a DO means you're an aspiring osteopathic physician as opposed to allopathic. 😕

Make sure the DO school's you're applying to dont require it written specifically by a DO.

its pretty obvious... use your head --Adcoms aren't dumb. Being a average applicant and including a letter from a DO is a tell-tale sign of applying both. Can that hurt you? Maybe, maybe not.

 

[Mehd School]

Make sure the DO school's you're applying to dont require it written specifically by a DO.

its pretty obvious... use your head --Adcoms aren't dumb. Being a average applicant and including a letter from a DO is a tell-tale sign of applying both. Can that hurt you? Maybe, maybe not.

I've done my homework, thanks. 👍

And I still have to disagree with your statement. They're not dumb, but that's a skewed inference to make, especially if you're in an area with a dense DO population. The very first physician I shadowed was a DO, and I was more than gung ho on allopathic at the time. It was still a clinical shadowing experience just the same. Hell, I've had friends shadow NP's and report the shadowing hours. I don't remember them mentioning being asked anything in interviews about NP programs.

 

[weezynation]

I shadowed a DO with the intention of only applying to allopathic schools. I could've shadowed an MD first but the DO is the chief of a very interesting specialty, so I chose DO.

 

[QuesoAndFromage]

My only LOR from a physician was a DO, and I only applied MD. Had no problems, never mentioned to her I was applying MD-- just that I was applying to medical school. I don't think adcoms really care, a doctor is a doctor

 

[Ironmandoc]

I've done my homework, thanks. 👍

And I still have to disagree with your statement. They're not dumb, but that's a skewed inference to make, especially if you're in an area with a dense DO population. The very first physician I shadowed was a DO, and I was more than gung ho on allopathic at the time. It was still a clinical shadowing experience just the same. Hell, I've had friends shadow NP's and report the shadowing hours. I don't remember them mentioning being asked anything in interviews about NP programs.

When the letter is signed John Smith, DO not John Smith, MD the ADCOMs are fairly certain you are applying MD and DO. No one is saying that shadowing a DO is not good or equal experience to shadowing an MD. Don't get so defensive. The point was about the letter. Based on the OP's question, the allopathic adcoms will be clued in that the OP is probably applying MD and DO. Whether or not this is the case, or whether it is a positive or negative thing, no one really knows. However, appearances are everything.

 

[Mehd School]

When the letter is signed John Smith, DO not John Smith, MD the ADCOMs are fairly certain you are applying MD and DO. No one is saying that shadowing a DO is not good or equal experience to shadowing an MD. Don't get so defensive. The point was about the letter. Based on the OP's question, the allopathic adcoms will be clued in that the OP is probably applying MD and DO. Whether or not this is the case, or whether it is a positive or negative thing, no one really knows. However, appearances are everything.

Not getting defensive, just stating that I feel that they would view the LOR coming from a physician regardless of the trailing initials; just in not so few of words. I doubt the adcoms care enough to dissect it past that. My post was completely absent of anything regarding degree equality. But who cares what I think? The times I've spoken with adcoms were pertaining to totally different topics than those stated in this thread.