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DO letter?
Started by NigerianMD/DO
Most schools, yes. Many require a DO letter. Look a the the individual school's admissions requirements.
Yes, see the FAQ.
Also make notice that not having shadowed a DO will do you no favors and make plenty of ADCOMs doubt your interest in DO.
Also make notice that not having shadowed a DO will do you no favors and make plenty of ADCOMs doubt your interest in DO.
I have a DO letter but I don't really think the physician really talked about OMM. She just wrote a normal letter talking about our experiences and what she thinks about me. Is that okay?
Its fine, OMM or not, this is something you can express on your secondaries....in how you were able to discuss elements of OMM and how its a viable option for a certain patient. Im getting mine from a Urologist (DO), and he's told me he doesnt practice OMM much anymore, if anything he will recommend kegal exercises for urinary incontinence....but thats about it...
I have DO shadowing experience, but no letter. (DO I shadowed last summer said she would write one, but since attempting to get in touch with her in April she has yet to reply . Would this hurt me at all in the application process? Would adcoms ask me why she didn't writer a letter?
Do you have a DO letter? Some schools are okay without it, but some require it (like LECOM).
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No I don't have a DO letter
Since everyone else is derailing this train, I might as well loot it while I can.
I have a DO letter, but it is very bad. The FM I shadowed has been practicing forever and he basically wrote 3 sentences about me. The whole letter is less than a paragraph. I have an MD letter that is much better, should I just roll with the MD letter and send in the DO one if I have to?
I have a DO letter, but it is very bad. The FM I shadowed has been practicing forever and he basically wrote 3 sentences about me. The whole letter is less than a paragraph. I have an MD letter that is much better, should I just roll with the MD letter and send in the DO one if I have to?
I had the same problem. He said "Yankees527 shadowed me in my office. I found him to have the capacity to be an excellent physician"
The end. Then he ended up bailing on letting me shadow him.m
So I went out and found another one, one who does OMM and is writing a letter! I say keep looking
Haha i was still able to shadow, but i think he just wasn't up to date with LOR guidelines. I could get another letter from a DO, but Idk if I'll have it in time.
It should really be considered +10000000 when you have do shadowing because there are SO MUCH less of them. Should show kudos for 1. actually finding a do
2. Finding one willing to let you shadow
