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Hi everyone,
So it looks as though I've managed to offend quite a large number of you, and I'm sorry if my question came off as rude. The question I had was completely legit. The majority of people I'm in close contact with in the medical field are MDs and a few RNs... I haven't heard about osteopathic medicine until relatively recently, but the more I find out about it, the more I feel like it's something I'd really like to pursue and learn more about. For the most part, I've heard a lot of great things about osteopathic medicine, but I've actually run into a lot of people who don't really know much about it (both from patients and from people who are in the medical field), and so I was a bit concerned.
I wanted to pursue my medical education at an osteopathic school because I really felt it catered towards primary care and gearing its students to not only understand the technicalities of medicine, but also towards really developing and understanding of a patient as an individual and not just a list of symptoms. The DOs I've heard speak about their practices and their own beliefs about medicine really inspired me to look into it because it seemed really similar to how I wanted to practice medicine. Not that any other way is better than the other, but I guess I just felt my beliefs and goals were more suited towards osteopathic medicine. Many of the DOs I've attended lectures from are in private practice, though, and I wasn't quite so sure if that was the route I wanted to pursue, so I felt I would ask other people who are in the situation of attending school or are in residency right now to see what their opinions might be.
It looks like I've got a lot to learn about the whole thing, but from what I have gathered from talking to people and doing research on the field, I feel it's something I'd really like to take on. I'm trying to find a DO who I can shadow for a while, so that I can get a better perspective on things, and that I'll understand more about it while I'm working in a hospital rather than just collecting information from various places. At any rate, thank you for the information anyone offered in the last post, and I'm really very sorry for offending anyone.
So it looks as though I've managed to offend quite a large number of you, and I'm sorry if my question came off as rude. The question I had was completely legit. The majority of people I'm in close contact with in the medical field are MDs and a few RNs... I haven't heard about osteopathic medicine until relatively recently, but the more I find out about it, the more I feel like it's something I'd really like to pursue and learn more about. For the most part, I've heard a lot of great things about osteopathic medicine, but I've actually run into a lot of people who don't really know much about it (both from patients and from people who are in the medical field), and so I was a bit concerned.
I wanted to pursue my medical education at an osteopathic school because I really felt it catered towards primary care and gearing its students to not only understand the technicalities of medicine, but also towards really developing and understanding of a patient as an individual and not just a list of symptoms. The DOs I've heard speak about their practices and their own beliefs about medicine really inspired me to look into it because it seemed really similar to how I wanted to practice medicine. Not that any other way is better than the other, but I guess I just felt my beliefs and goals were more suited towards osteopathic medicine. Many of the DOs I've attended lectures from are in private practice, though, and I wasn't quite so sure if that was the route I wanted to pursue, so I felt I would ask other people who are in the situation of attending school or are in residency right now to see what their opinions might be.
It looks like I've got a lot to learn about the whole thing, but from what I have gathered from talking to people and doing research on the field, I feel it's something I'd really like to take on. I'm trying to find a DO who I can shadow for a while, so that I can get a better perspective on things, and that I'll understand more about it while I'm working in a hospital rather than just collecting information from various places. At any rate, thank you for the information anyone offered in the last post, and I'm really very sorry for offending anyone.