Sigh.. yes, I was that guy TRYING to be funny... I was also TRYING to move this thread in a direction other than the opinion-slinging mud fest it has become. There's enough reliable information on AMA and AOA websites to make an informed judgement about osteopathic physicians and chiropractors.
Secondly, how can LSU-Tech make any credible statements whatsoever about osteopathic education when he didn't successfully matriculate into his hometown OSTEOPATHIC school ? I'm glad you would have used our profession as a stepping stone... It seems that PCOM didn't even want you as a doormat. I know of several people currently training at PCOM affiliated surgical and subspecialty residencies. These are highly competitive and sought after post-grad spots. Faculty who serve on the PCOM affiliated programs come from some of the finest medical institutions around and are in no way subordinate to their purely allopathic counterparts. Consider the AECOM EM residency. This is a dually approved training site that boasts a 100% board pass rate. They've recruited none other than Richard Levitan (the airway cam-man himself) to guide their residents through the advanced airway course. The program director is himself an osteopathic board-certified DO who supervises other ivy-leage educated allopaths. Also, PCOM surgical residents do time at CHOP, Jefferson, Temple, and other top-notch institutions.
There are lots of misconceptions about DOs and inaccurate information is spewed forth almost daily. Controversy exists over OMM, post-graduate training opportunities, and prestige. The important thing to remember is that there are currently TWO types of completely licensed physicians in the continental united states. Chiropractors can't prescribe medicine or do surgery and podiatrists can't, generally speaking, treat people for problems above the knee. Those facts, while doing little to dispel some of the popular inaccuracies, are what distinguishes osteopathic physicians from their DC, DPM, and OD counterparts.... no matter what your mama tells you.
Glad for the stepping stone,
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