You've got to be ****ting me. Nobody cares about this **** except for idiot pre-meds, particularly the ones on this site.
From my experience, that's not really true. I have seen many DO's (certainly not all) carrying a chip on their shoulders about being DO's. It's always brought up whenever I've worked with them on the floors in medical school. Funny thing is, it often motivates them to be the hardest working students and physicians in the hospital.
I know there's no difference between MDs and DOs for all practical intents and purposes. But there's far more DOs who wish the letters after their names were MD than there are MDs who wish they were DOs.
Unfortunately you are partially correct, although I wouldn't say 'most' DOs. Take a look at the "DO-Degree change" thread. 2,274 views and only 250 people voted they wish they could have the MD initials after their name. It's mostly a bunch of pre-meds and first year students who couldn't get into an allopathic school and are more concerned with others' perception of them rather than saving lives.
You would get attacked for that statement not because of its accuracy but because you make a broad sweeping generalization. By doing this, you lose all credibility and pretty much make yourself out to appear uneducated. Now, if you had said, "many of the DO's I am acquainted with wish to change degrees..." this would be acceptable. Phrase your statements correctly in the future if you do not wish to be flamed. By the way, I am, apparently, one of the "minority" who do not wish to change their degree.
I highly doubt that the number of views correlates to a belief... I may look at a page and follow its progress without actually commenting on it. Does that mean I believe what is written there? Maybe but, most likely, I am just amused by the content. Any thread with MD and Do in the subject line generally leads to an amusing conversation; it is nothing like watching pre-meds arguing over the state of the degree.
You are saying two different things here. Nobody disputes that there are probably some DO's out there who wish they could be MD's. But to say "to be an MD is the dream of most DO's" is unfounded generalism. Typical SDN behavior from the uninformed.
Duh of course it's the dream. All osteopaths want to be real doctors ... it's what they think about while going to town in the shower in the morning. I'm an MD ... oh that's right baby, MD. The system is real. It's awesome.
Unfortunately, there's no way you can prove I'm wrong! (Similarly, there's no way I can prove you right).
Why don't you use the "similar posts" feature on SDN before posting this? Expect to see this one get closed.
I didn't mean for this to turn into a DO vs MD thread, I suppose naively. I am fully aware of people's feelings on the issue of do Osteopathic Physicians want to be MDs, do MDs resent not having the same manual medicine ability. Its the same old premed crap that no one cares about once they get into the field of medicine.
Why? Did you read what the email said about it?
They're not recommending it. It's just a part of the daily news update.
HAHAHAHAH .... hilarious/too true.
