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I'm a third year pharmacy student looking to apply to a DO program in '09. I eventually want to become an anesthesiologist after going to DO school. Will it be extremely difficult for me to find a anesthesiology residency as a DO (compared to an MD)?
 
Megboo was being sarcastic... she knows DOs can do any type of practice.
 
Yes, I was being facetious.

There was a big discussion about new people taking some time to look through threads and FAQs before posting the same questions over and over.

I think you knew the answer to your question, OP, but giving you the benefit of the doubt for posterity, I threw in the gas forum link.
 
My gf's uncle is a D.O. Anesthesiologist in Cody, Wyoming and I've talked to him quite a bit about his choices as I'd like to be a anesthesiologist also and he said its all board scores and LOR's. My plan is to go to OSU-COM whos training hospital offers a DO only anesthesiology program.
 
llama9861 said:
I'm a third year pharmacy student looking to apply to a DO program in '09. I eventually want to become an anesthesiologist after going to DO school. Will it be extremely difficult for me to find a anesthesiology residency as a DO (compared to an MD)?
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No not possible... stick with pharmacy if you want any respect in your career! DO's are second class citizens and rarely go into public never mind anesthesiology!:laugh:
 
actually, there are very many people from my class that matched MD anesthesia (univ of iowa, mt. sinai, northwestern, etc). and I've run across a few DO anesthesia residents here at Mayo. I'd say that if you are a qualified applicant then you will have no problem matching at MD anesthesia.
 
TexasTriathlete said:
It is impossible. A DO's idea of anesthesia is weed.
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you know, if a freshman undergrad/pre-med wanders to this forum for some information, he/she would probably think you were being serious and forget the whole DO idea.
 
A freshman? If anything, that would solidify their decision to apply DO
 
I guess it would be as difficult as an MD getting in to anesthesiology residency.


you know, if a freshman undergrad/pre-med wanders to this forum for some information, he/she would probably think you were being serious and forget the whole DO idea.
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lol
 
Someone would have to have **** for brains to take that seriously. They wouldn't get in anywhere anyway.
 
Its not just you, its all the sarcasm that stems from people who choose to apply to DO and have answered similar questions again and again for so many times that their tolerance level goes down.
 
Saregamapadanis said:
Its not just you, its all the sarcasm that stems from people who choose to apply to DO and have answered similar questions again and again for so many times that their tolerance level goes down.
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It just seems that a sarcastic response is what these people want. What is so hard to understand about MD=DO meaning that a DO can do any medical specialty that an MD can. Do a little research and it will become clear that nobody has to justify or confirm their specialty choices on SDN.
 
llama9861 said:
I'm a third year pharmacy student looking to apply to a DO program in '09. I eventually want to become an anesthesiologist after going to DO school. Will it be extremely difficult for me to find a anesthesiology residency as a DO (compared to an MD)?
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I feel like I should make a quick public service announcement here to help clarify to the OP why everyone in here makes DO quips ... before the thread becomes us talking about the healing, acupuncture powers of DO ninjas.

I'd say about once every ... ehhh 3-4 days someone joins the forums and makes a thread asking what DOs can and cannot do. Example:

'Can DOs become surgeons' 'Can I become a DO cardiologist' 'I want to be x speciality ... can I do this with a DO'

The answer to all these questions is ... YES.

In the US, DOs are able to practice in any field of medicine, and do so throughout the country. Not only can they apply to MD residencies, but the AOA (American Osteopathic Association) has it's own set of residencies that only DOs can apply to ... including gas!!!

check out this link: http://opportunities.osteopathic.org and you can see all the anes residencies that the AOA offers.

So ... in conclusion, sorry if we seem to laugh off your question, it's just because it is asked a lot!! Good luck.
 
PatriotsForever said:
It just seems that a sarcastic response is what these people want. What is so hard to understand about MD=DO meaning that a DO can do any medical specialty that an MD can. Do a little research and it will become clear that nobody has to justify or confirm their specialty choices on SDN.
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I understand the temptation to use sarcasm in the matter, but as a regular visitor to SDN, who has learned something about different schools and interviews at the schools by coming here, I don't think it would be too much to ask that people give straightforward answers or not at all, when it comes to guiding those who are just starting out on the long road to DO. Yes?
 
Phlame217 said:
My gf's uncle is a D.O. Anesthesiologist in Cody, Wyoming and I've talked to him quite a bit about his choices as I'd like to be a anesthesiologist also and he said its all board scores and LOR's. My plan is to go to OSU-COM whos training hospital offers a DO only anesthesiology program.
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You are really thinking way ahead of yourself, but since you are I will tell you to be very wary of DO only anesthesia programs. ACGME is the gold standard.
 
care to give any reasoning/more info arch?
 
Saregamapadanis said:
Its not just you, its all the sarcasm that stems from people who choose to apply to DO and have answered similar questions again and again for so many times that their tolerance level goes down.
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No Contest... tell Fred Thompson to throw the book at me.
 
I decided to create an official thread dedicated to such questions about DOs rather than have 5012 threads pretty much with the same theme.

And I promise to play nice 😀
 
Megboo, I've seen you post about 5012 'things' before. Does that # have significance that I don't quite seem to get?
 
t-funk said:
Megboo, I've seen you post about 5012 'things' before. Does that # have significance that I don't quite seem to get?
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Dang! You are perspective! 🙂

Once upon a time I was a camp counselor for a few summers in college and I pretty much lived in the Southern Illinois woods from May-August. It was an ongoing joke with my campers - I had them pick a number at the beginning (5012) and I used that in my authoritative speeches to make them feel I was not lecturing them like a parent.

For example, I would say "I've told you guys 5012 times to keep your bunks clean or the raccoons will eat your food!" The 5012 and a smile helped make it a little more bearable.

Anyway, brief hx of 5012. 5012 just stuck from the get-go and I let my new incoming campers know it was my favorite "number".
 
Cool! Good to know I'm not crazy!
 
sexyman said:
care to give any reasoning/more info arch?
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Not much is known about these programs since they are so few in number and train such few residents. Generally speaking (from what I have heard) they really only prepare you for small community hospitals without really sick patients. I doubt the didactics are very good and I bet the teaching is not that great. With a good ACGME program you have to meet certain minimums (that most people easily exceed), have regular didactics and see many, many sick patients. Most importantly, you get the gold stamp of ABA certification which is your ticket to a job. In competitive markets there is no way an employer is going to hire you from a small unknown osteopathic program when they have people lining up from ACGME programs that are known to them - and they may already have hired someone in the past who did their residency at the same place you did.
 
megboo said:
Dang! You are perspective! 🙂

Once upon a time I was a camp counselor for a few summers in college and I pretty much lived in the Southern Illinois woods from May-August. It was an ongoing joke with my campers - I had them pick a number at the beginning (5012) and I used that in my authoritative speeches to make them feel I was not lecturing them like a parent.
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What camp were you a counselor at megboo?
 
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