license in PA

[bustbones26]

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Hey, have a question for all of you interns in PA. I would like to get a license in the state of PA. Now you need to take some type of osteopathic test to do so. Any info on where I can schedule this test?

My program is actually in washington state and is military, so my program is of little help to me. In their eyes, I just need to get license in some state by the end of my internship year. But, if I want PA, I have to take this supposed test. Any ideas on how I do this?

 

[DOtobe]

Here's the URL for the OMT exam people...

OMT exam website

It's funny that this group also administers exams for "geologist" and "funeral director." 🙄

I took the exam in November in Erie, and it was really easy. Dr. Evans and Dr. Balmer were two of the examiners, so it felt like I was taking a LECOM practical.

 

[community]

I don't understand. Do you need to take this exam to be liscenced to practice OMT in the state of PA or do you need to take this exam to practice in PA as a DO period? I am just curious since i am considering residency programs in PA.

Thanks for the info!!!!

community

 

[ShrubbyDoc]

I have a question along the same lines as community...

I'm looking into neurology allo progs in PA but I am not from PA so don't intend to practice in this state after i finish resdiency... BUT here's my question... Do I need to have a dually approved (AOA/AMA) internship to get a temprorary license in PA during my residency or can I go ahead and do an allopathic internship and still get a temporary licence in teh state.... ANY input would be much appreciated b/c our SFmatch is comming up in 3 wks.

Thanks,
Shrubby

 

[DOtobe]

You have to take the OMT exam in order to be licensed as a DO in PA.

And shrubby, as long as you don't plan on staying in PA, I'd say you can just do the allopathic internship.

 

[community]

Isn't it stupid that we have the same education (+more) of the MDs and can complete the same residency in the state of PA (allo residency) and that we can't practice in the state of PA. I guess PA will be losing an outstanding OBGYN!!!! As if the state doesn't already have enough of a shortage!!!

community 🙂

 

[bustbones26]

The people that have decided that DO's in PA must take this OMT exam are the people in charge of the osteopathic board of medicine and surgery. As it was well pointed out in the osteopathic forum by some article posted, DO's are governed by a different body in each state than MD's. This is who decides what we can and cannot do, and who we have to answer to when we screw up, as a certain doc did in the article posted.

So really, its DO's that make us take this test, not the state of PA.

 

[community]

I don't completely understand what you mean but I would like to. In the state of NJ (in addition to 45 other states) a DO is licensed to practice medicine by the individual state medical board. If you read the guidelines for licensure in many of these states, passing either the three steps of the COMLEX or the three steps of the USMLE is sufficient for a medical license.

What do you mean when you say DOs are the reason one cannot gain licensure in PA if they have done an allopathic residency (in whatever specialty?)

 

[QuantumMechanic]

I don't completely understand what you mean but I would like to. In the state of NJ (in addition to 45 other states) a DO is licensed to practice medicine by the individual state medical board. If you read the guidelines for licensure in many of these states, passing either the three steps of the COMLEX or the three steps of the USMLE is sufficient for a medical license.

What do you mean when you say DOs are the reason one cannot gain licensure in PA if they have done an allopathic residency (in whatever specialty?)

Because their license is granted by the state osteopathic medical board not the state medical board, thus MDs license MDs and DOs license DOs. Due to the osteopathic double standard of equal rights but with separate organizations, you have problems like this.

Another reason for me to only look at md schools

 

[community]

Because their license is granted by the state osteopathic medical board not the state medical board, thus MDs license MDs and DOs license DOs. Due to the osteopathic double standard of equal rights but with separate organizations, you have problems like this.

Another reason for me to only look at md schools

That is not entirely true though. The state that I live in has one medical board for the licensing of DOs and MDs; not separate. Actually the majority of states in the US have one board for the licensing of DOs and MDs:

http://www.fsmb.org/directory_smb.html