Here is my take on this. With the additional training that we have in OMM and all the time it takes to study and practice the art, how does one find the time to prepare to study for the USMLE?
For me, it is no small surprise that DO students do not fair as well on the USMLE step 1 as our fellow allopaths. First, we study and train for the COMLEX, and second, there is a minimum of 3 hours/wk devoted to OMM. Now if you want to pass that course, then you add to that the study time and practice time, then include the time devoted to the insanity that happens when studying for the OMM written and the practical exams. This leaves little time to study subjects emphasized by the USMLE.
I think if we could convert that OMM time into USMLE subject preparation, then I would predict that most normal DO students would do just fine on the USMLE but then we would loose our unique art. You DO students who take the USMLE and do well, I just think youre a super-hero. Just how do you people do it inquiring minds want to know.