DOs on Capital Hill - impressive

[JoeUSA]

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http://thedo.osteopathic.org/2016/07/do-appointments-to-federal-committees-quadruple-in-2016/

 

[Dustbowl12]

I personally am never impressed by these things. Who else but physicians are best suited for these types of positions? DO or MD doesn't make a difference. We all must accept the difference is historical and almost obsolete now

 

[OrdinaryDO]

I personally am never impressed by these things. Who else but physicians are best suited for these types of positions? DO or MD doesn't make a difference. We all must accept the difference is historical and almost obsolete now

The difference between MD and DO isn't what is being highlighted with these such events. The AOA does this every year, and every year the turnout is pretty great. The osteopathic profession is still a new and constantly evolving practice that people are starting to notice every day. I think this is an amazing opportunity to give the nation a glimpse into what a DO is. I say this, because, in my state which is HEAVILY staffed with DOs people still ask what DOs are, are they physicians? Can they do surgery? And the list goes on.

I'm not a hardcore "Push the DO agenda on the American people" kind of person. But, this is still pretty cool.

 

[FlatIsJustice]

You'd think schools would pick some students who were just a bit more eloquent...

 

[TheaterOfTheme]

You'd think schools would pick some students who were just a bit more eloquent...

Good for them to try. But definitely not high quality or convincing. They will hopefully improve.

 

[JW2020]

Good for them to try. But definitely not high quality or convincing. They will hopefully improve.

A student from my school went to this and started asking people if they knew what OMM was. Then in front of everyone, he began talking about "Occupational Manipulative Medicine".

 

[TheaterOfTheme]

A student from my school went to this and started asking people if they knew what OMM was. Then in front of everyone, he began talking about "Occupational Manipulative Medicine".

As a joke?

 

[JW2020]

As a joke?

Nope. He was all geared up and excited to educate others on his career choice, and couldn't remember what OMM stood for.

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

LOl at the Touro video. I'm soo happy my school doesn't take DO day seriously

 

[NoTownPreMed]

LOl at the Touro video. I'm soo happy my school doesn't take DO seriously

Lol I find it hilarious as well. Ironically, one of them in the video is a resident at the hospital I'm employed at.

 

[StrongIslandDoc]

I did not know that the DO philosophy centers on a "holistic approach" to patient care. Interestingly, there is an upsweeping trend in medicine today, called the "interdisciplinary approach", which seems to address all of the needs of a patient, as it can involved not only internists and specialists, but mental health professionals and social workers. With that in mind, could someone please educate me on what makes a DO, or rather, the practice of osteopathic medicine, distinct from that of us dime-a-dozen MD practitioners?

I'll just be here, amidst the crickets in the background.

 

[cbrons]

Meanwhile the nurse practitioners slowly but surely are creeping up and blurring the lines between real physicians and "doctor" nurses.

How about instead of these nausea inducing, meaningless DO promotion, they instead campaign to remove the word "Provider" from official hospital vocab, or fight to limit dangerous non-physician encroachment into virtually every single specialty of medicine?

But why would do those things when theyre too busy opening new diploma mills in various unknown rural dives all around the country.

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[AlteredScale]

Meanwhile the nurse practitioners slowly but surely are creeping up and blurring the lines between real physicians and "doctor" nurses.

How about instead of these nausea inducing, meaningless DO promotion, they instead campaign to remove the word "Provider" from official hospital vocab, or fight to limit dangerous non-physician encroachment into virtually every single specialty of medicine?

But why would do those things when theyre too busy opening new diploma mills in various unknown rural dives all around the country.

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The physician shortage is real and the AOA will be the hero to save the day with their 300 student class satellite campus.