DO shadowing

[same21]

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[MN premed]

I hope so, because I did the exact same thing! I would think that it would still be okay, because if you're like me then you talked to them about the DO education and philosophy, etc.

 

[rddoms]

I got my DO letter from an ENT/Facial plastics guy, and they let me in.

 

[DrMom]

Hello, I have some DO shadowing, however the DO that I shadowed works as an anesthesiologist. Will it still benefit me that I shadowed this D.O even though he doesnt really practice osteopathy and basically works as an MD?

I'm not sure what you mean by "practicing osteopathy." DOs and MDs at work look the same with the exception of the OMM specialists or the very few FM/peds docs that do some OMM in their practices.

In shadowing, schools hope that you get some kind of view of what it is like to practice medicine today. In shadowing DOs, they hope that the DO will have some sort of discussion with you about the DO philosophy, which, quite honestly, is no different than how the vast majority of MDs practice as well.

 

[123165]

I'm not sure what you mean by "practicing osteopathy." DOs and MDs at work look the same with the exception of the OMM specialists or the very few FM/peds docs that do some OMM in their practices.

In shadowing, schools hope that you get some kind of view of what it is like to practice medicine today. In shadowing DOs, they hope that the DO will have some sort of discussion with you about the DO philosophy, which, quite honestly, is no different than how the vast majority of MDs practice as well.

So glad you said it.

 

[DrMom]

You do want to know the tenants of Osteopathic medicine if you're applying to DO schools, but you'll see that they're not anything shocking or unrelated to modern medical thinking. Now go back 100 years and they were innovative. The MD world has moved towards the DO tenants.

•· The body is a unit
•· Structure and function are interrelated
•· The body is self regulating
•· Treatment is based on the first three tenants

 

[Elmnt]

For in depth look into osteopathy read "The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America" by Norman Gevitz. Dr. Mom's insight is right on, especially when she pointed out that the tenants of osteopathic medicine is what defines osteopathy and not the simple fact that they have OMT as a therapeutic tool.

Question for Dr. Mom: After reading the mentioned book and researching osteopathy it seems (to me at least) that since osteopathy has struggled in the past to develop a strong public image, it has been forced to clearly articulate these tenants to separate itself from MD's. My question is: Does the MD side of medicine have a clearly identifiable set of beliefs that separates itself from DO's?

 

[DrMom]

There is not a central "philosophy" of allopathic medicine.