LECOM with DO letter

[umean2tellme]

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Anyone get in to LECOM (either) without a DO letter? Just curious as I don't believe I'll have one anytime soon.

 

[a817]

i think they require it

 

[Rangermatt77]

To a DO. I cold- called an ER and asked to speak to a DO. I shadowed him for 6 shifts and he and an associate who is high up in osteopathic politics both wrote me letters. I think all DO schools require that you have a LOR from a DO. In interview you will prob be asked about OMM so know at least a little about it. Good luck!

 

[a817]

To a DO. I cold- called an ER and asked to speak to a DO. I shadowed him for 6 shifts and he and an associate who is high up in osteopathic politics both wrote me letters. I think all DO schools require that you have a LOR from a DO. In interview you will prob be asked about OMM so know at least a little about it. Good luck!

I would say the opposite. Most DO schools dont. Alot of them recommend it. But only a handful of them require them

 

[umean2tellme]

I know about osteopathic medicine. I did a project on it last semester and interviewed 2 (one was a student who did a fellowship in OMM think he was in the end of his 4th year or something) and I've seen OMM done couple of times. guess I gotta keep on trying till some DO takes pity on me. For the applications i have already submitted (KCOM and UNECOM) should I get a DO letter soon do i just send it or do i need to send some letter from me saying that i shadowed him after i submitted? both apps ask about involvement with osteopaths and i didn't put any shadowing stuff b/c i hadn't officially shadowed a DO.

 

[Rangermatt77]

I would say the opposite. Most DO schools dont. Alot of them recommend it. But only a handful of them require them

I applied to 10 of the 19 and they all did. Maybe one or two does not but I'd be surprised. I think Osteopaths want this fairly easy to comply with step to remain. Seriously if you can't find a physician who will write you a letter you are not trying.

Regards,
matt

 

[umean2tellme]

I AM trying 🙁

 

[a817]

I applied to 10 of the 19 and they all did. Maybe one or two does not but I'd be surprised. I think Osteopaths want this fairly easy to comply with step to remain. Seriously if you can't find a physician who will write you a letter you are not trying.

Regards,
matt

I guess it depends on the schools.

I would suggest the OP to apply to the schools that i mentioned below which dont require it, until he/she gets a rec. An MD letter is okay for Touro NY. Not sure about the other two touro's.

I probably got lucky and didnt apply to the ones that, but i did get one later on in app process


From my experience

NYCOM, UMDNJ, PCOM, DMU, KCUMB, CCOM, AZCOM didnt require the letter

LECOM, LMU, WVSOM did

Touro (MD or DO letter)

 

[engineeredout]

Seriously if you can't find a physician who will write you a letter you are not trying.

Not always as easy as you think dude, I'm having a lot of trouble too.

 

[MossPoh]

To a DO. I cold- called an ER and asked to speak to a DO. I shadowed him for 6 shifts and he and an associate who is high up in osteopathic politics both wrote me letters. I think all DO schools require that you have a LOR from a DO. In interview you will prob be asked about OMM so know at least a little about it. Good luck!

I shadowed 5 DOs and OMM didn't come up once. I don't care about the requirement, but it really is pretty arbitrary. The only difference I noticed was that the DOs ragged each other about what school they went to.

 

[DrA]

You may get an interview before you submit the letter, but you would need to submit one before your interview date.

 

[ThisIsYourLife]

^^at lecom if they like you they will give you an interview even if you have an incomplete file... they just wont make a decision on your file until it is complete...

 

[anon y mous]

I shadowed 5 DOs and OMM didn't come up once. I don't care about the requirement, but it really is pretty arbitrary. The only difference I noticed was that the DOs ragged each other about what school they went to.

I shadowed a few DOs and there was not one single bit of difference between anything DOs did compared to MDs.

 

[Rangermatt77]

I shadowed a few DOs and there was not one single bit of difference between anything DOs did compared to MDs.

The difference in my experience is not what they do but how they act. My sample size is maybe the 10 MD's and 7 DO's I have really worked with as a paramedic. The DO's were all real people who took the whole patient and made a decision. The MD's (save one who I adopted as my second father) were cold analytical nerds.. Sorry I think medicine requires people skills and communication and empathy are huge. The DO's a I personally know exemplify this and I want to emulate it.
matt