I hate negative comments!

[Justin]

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Over the years I have spent hours looking through the forums, just like all of you out there, for answers to my many questions. For the most part, I have found people who are extremely knowledgeable, encouraging, and helpful. But then there are those individuals that love to spit out venom, wether it be at a specific school or osteopathic physicians in general. Many times I have said to myself that I will not return to SDN due to the negativity and the horrible feeling it gives you for the rest of the day. But, like an addict, I come back for more. Now please don't give me that crap about having tough skin, you have no idea what tough skin I have and all I have been through. All I am saying is this, like your mother told you, if you have nothing nice to say than don't say anything at all. Be respectful, less egotistical, and show concern for others. We are all brothers and sisters of the same profession.....medicine.

 

[rickmyster78]

here here, but I have had a relatively more positive experience here on SDN compared to my experience over at TPR (TPR posts really screwed me up two years ago when I didn't make it to any med schools). Most of the DO vs. MD debates were coming from premeds and others, not from med students, residendents and practicing physicians (both DO and MD). There have been many threads whose authors pleaded for the MD vs DO debates to stop. I think a lot of the members got too sick of it and never came back or never posted (there are probably over 10,000 registered members on SDN, yet not all of them post messages anymore). However, I still think that SDN and its links single handedly provided me me the most valuable interview information days prior to my interview. Moreover, I believe that the vast majority of SDN members have been very mature, insightful and respectful to one another.

Rickey

 

[jean]

TPR? What does that stand for?

 

[pags]

This is a forum, a place where student folk, like ourselves, can vent, educate, and persuade others about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Although, in most cases, medical school and medicine are wonderful areas to be involved with, there are issues that are discouraging, unfair, and totally ludicrous that need to be addressed so that others can be aware. Many of us are under some amount of stress, which may, unconsciously so, tend to move posts to a more negative slant. Most of us are aware of this and can adjust. However, strikes of a personal nature are not necessary and unwanted. The most important issue on here, by far, is being honest. Honest accounts of experiences and stories will allow readers to fairly digest the information inorder to correctly relate to their current state of mind. This can be the most valuable aspect of this forum. Personally, I try to have a "tell it like it is" approach to my posts, minus the bias and emotion. (I did post that there were "boobs" on one of my interviews. Maybe some unecessary opinion there, but they WERE boobs.) Others may view it negative, others positive, but that's the way I see it. Keep typing peeps.

 

[The Falconer]

Is this the same pags that made an off-colored comment..albeit seemingly in a joking manner...in reply to another topic?? Seriously though...sometimes we are our own worse enemies. We joke about the whole 2.0 = D.O. even when we know thats not the case. If we do get to become D.O.s we will just have to do our best to educate others. The AOA is starting education campaigns in magazines etc., we will just have to carry on the tradition. As I stated in another thread it seems that we pre-meds are the only people preoccupied with the M.D. vs D.O. thing. Just a thought-do we have feeling of inferiority??? The bottom line to me is that D.O.s make excellent, caring physicians! My opinion.

 

[pags]

Dear Falconer:

Pags incogneto, I guess. I would never say 2.0 = D.O., more like 3.40.. Just kidding. Hey, I got a 7 on my verbal. I can make a joke about a 9 verbal, but that's besides the point.

As for feeling inferior, I think I compare well with most other medical students coming from an osteopathic school, and that goes with most of my immediate friends at NYCOM as well. I think the quality of education I received was quite good, actually. And yes, we should DO our best to educate the public about our choosen profession. When it comes to full equality with MD's, the real world can play a few tricks on us, and I'm currently dealing with that issue.

 

[KyGrlDr2B]

I just want to tell you guys this: my brother in law is a 30 yr old physical therapist. He has interaction with a lot of doctors, MD and DO. He told me that overall he has thought more of the DO physicians. Just think of that the next time someone says something ******ED about how stupid people are DOs. Though that didn't sway me to apply to DO schools, it was still important for me to hear a MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL tell me from FIRSTHAND experience that they are no dummies. Besides, its only the ones with low self esteem on the pre-allopathic board who say that. 😉 😉

 

[The Falconer]

Yo pags..I wasn't calling you inferior...I was trying to state that maybe we, possibly osteopathic types, have some strange feeling of inferiority sometimes that we shouldn't have. I wonder if that feeling gets in the way of rationalization at times.

 

[pags]

I wasn't taking it personally. I know SUNY med school students who put themselves down when compared to some private NYC schools. So, it's all relative.