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i HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A DO PROGRAM. ALSO SGU. WHICH SHOULD I CHOOSE AND WHY?
Originally posted by Catherine:
•...there are two more DO schools opening. •••
Where?
Originally posted by Catherine:
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(1) Even though residency positions run at about 110% of students there is talk of reducing this. Also, there are two more DO schools opening. These factors will make it even tougher to get back into the US.
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Actually this is incorrect. Currently there are approximately residency spots comprising 150% of allopathic student spots. There has been talk of reducing this to 110% for YEARS (as long as I can remember and I started thinking about medical school 10 years ago). Some residency programs HAVE closed, but others have increased or started up.
While I don't disagree that it can be difficult to obtain a residency position, please don't mislead others with information that is simply anecdotal at this point in time.
Originally posted by mpp:
•I would go to the DO school. I find it funny that Justin and Purifyer think that because you are considering both MD and DO school that somehow you "despise" the DO education or you think that DO is "second-rate". Being a foreign medical graduate will immediately narrow down your choices of residency and the pool in which you may compete. And although completing an MD at SGU and passing USMLE will show your medical competence, some people may question your education. You will figure out whether you like or dislike the OMM aspect of DO once you have studied it. Good luck whichever you decide...•••
Ok... mpp, I will welcome you to the realm of [my] reasoning. It is not that he is considering MD or DO. It is that he is considering living in the middle of f***ing nowhere, high-ish fees, and a doubtful future for the MD, over living at mum's house in the US.
Because of the ammount of difficulty and uncertainty involved in becomming an MD at SGU, over the relative cheaper price and living in the US of a DO, and the fact he seems to consider both an equal option, obviously lead to the assumption that he considers DO to be less than an MD.
Justin - Some don't apply to MD, I think most do. As long as those rejected from MD school apply and get accepted into DO, I think many will consider DO as being second rate. I know it's a bigotted way to think... but I do think it's ingrained.
Originally posted by DO-2-BE:
•i HAVE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH SOME EXCELLENT RESIDENTS FROM SGU AND ROSS. PLUS, THE CAMPUS OF SGU IS REALLY NICE. i REALLY THINK MOST PEOPLE FROM SGU GET DECENT RESIDENCIES.•••
They key is MOST from SGU get decent residencies (and who can give a percentage on that to include the people who failed out of SGU or who failed to obtain residency until 1-2 years out of school or who sign contracts with the hospital instead of going into the match) while all from DO schools get decent residencies somewhere. if you want to take the chance and be the study machine at SGU and kick everyone else's @ss to ensure that you will get a residency at US somewhere, then go ahead and leave the country.