MD OMFS - The Future?

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When I said they see you as just a dentist, I was implying that they do not understand the scope of practice of OMFS and think that all your work is in the oral cavity and that you still perform restorative work, endos, make dentures...ect

Integrating all programs would not better the profession. Obtaining an MD by taking your USMLE's and doing your clerkships in OBGYN, psych and so on has nothing to do with OMFS. Obviously omfsapplicant is somehow and unfortunately fixated on an MD.

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obtaining the md makes you a better doctor. How can you argue against more education? In addition, going through medical school allows you to educate your class mates and act as an ambassador for the profession. The oral cavity is in fact connected to the rest of the body, your pts will be pregnant and crazy. Ky2007 why so opposed to the md? what are your bias?
 
omfsapplicant said:
obtaining the md makes you a better doctor. How can you argue against more education? In addition, going through medical school allows you to educate your class mates and act as an ambassador for the profession. The oral cavity is in fact connected to the rest of the body, your pts will be pregnant and crazy. Ky2007 why so opposed to the md? what are your bias?
My arguement is that a M.D. does not make you a better surgeon, not that education is bad. For instance, after completing a OMS residency I could go back to undergraduate and and finish my minor in chemistry. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but it sure as hell won't make me a better surgeon. I'm not against oms getting M.D.'s but I'm am against someone who has an M.D. or is going to get one thinking that somehow they are better than someone without one. I may end up going to a 6 year program myself, I don't know. What I do know is that the OMS I shadowed has a M.D. and his partner does not. Guess what. In the real world they both do exactly the same thing. He said that if he had to do it all over again he would go to a four year program.
 
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your are missing the point, a minor in chemistry has nothing to do with pt care. It is not the same thing.
 
omfsapplicant,

This discussion has reached the end for me. We treat pregnant patients as well as patients with schizoaffective disorder and various psychological disorders. You learn how to handle this patients whether your in a 4 or 6yr program. Just because you have an MD does not mean you are going to manage any of this patients. It there is a question in regards to a patient's condition you will refer to their specialist whether its their cardiologist, nephrologist, primary physician...ect. Have you ever heard the phrase "You lose it if you don't use it." If you talk to any specialist years down the road they'll tell you they don't recall a thing about some clerkship they did in medical school that has nothing to do with their current scope of practice. Your education is what you put into it.
 
see you later usc2003, have fun chucking teeth and good luck consulting everything. Anyone wanting to go into academics should go through an integrated program.
 
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