MD verse settling for the DO

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Will patients still respect us if they don't see the words MD. I guess that is the only reason why some people go carib.
 
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Is it true that DO students have to learn chiropractic medicine as well.
 
If you get a DO, can you also set up a chiropractic medicine practice on the side?
 
I am not a comedian............I am a 3.87 premed student
 
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craigferguson said:
If you get a DO, can you also set up a chiropractic medicine practice on the side?
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Wait..I thought DOs were like nurses and stuff?
Don't they like assist real doctors like in surgery and things like that??

Can they really do like chiropractic medicine too? 😱
 
KindofBlue said:
Wait..I thought DOs were like nurses and stuff?
Don't they like assist real doctors like in surgery and things like that??

Can they really do like chiropractic medicine too? 😱
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Yeah bro, they are like "doctors assistants" sometimes they can see patients on their own (with a supervising physician) but that's only if they go to school for 50 more years.
 
KindofBlue said:
Wait..I thought DOs were like nurses and stuff?
Don't they like assist real doctors like in surgery and things like that??

Can they really do like chiropractic medicine too? 😱
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I think one day they might take away accreditation for DOs. Hopefully they don't.
 
craigferguson said:
I think one day they might take away accreditation for DOs. Hopefully they don't.
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DO schools are not accredited by the LCME, so it is entirely possible that DOs may no longer have the same practicing rights in the future as MDs (for example they may only be allowed to do OMM and nothing else), especially if some of the newer DO schools provide a lackluster education. DOs won't be allowed in the doctor's lounge at hospitals or the doctor's parking lot, and they'll be called "osteopaths" instead of physicians.
 
Dubaifan490 said:
DO schools are not accredited by the LCME, so it is entirely possible that DOs may no longer have the same practicing rights in the future as MDs (for example they may only be allowed to do OMM and nothing else), especially if some of the newer DO schools provide a lackluster education. DOs won't be allowed in the doctor's lounge at hospitals or the doctor's parking lot, and they'll be called "osteopaths" instead of physicians.
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craigferguson said:
I think one day they might take away accreditation for DOs. Hopefully they don't.
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Dubaifan490 said:
DO schools are not accredited by the LCME, so it is entirely possible that DOs may no longer have the same practicing rights in the future as MDs (for example they may only be allowed to do OMM and nothing else), especially if some of the newer DO schools provide a lackluster education. DOs won't be allowed in the doctor's lounge at hospitals or the doctor's parking lot, and they'll be called "osteopaths" instead of physicians.
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I'm lol'ing quite heartily over here. Nobody (that has a shred of intelligence anyway) gives a s*** who you are on the wards.
 
craigferguson said:
Will patients still respect us if they don't see the words MD. I guess that is the only reason why some people go carib.
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Most people who go Carrib have already washed out of both the MD and DO path. Honestly, your average patient has NO idea of the difference between a DO and an MD, all they see is the Dr. in front of your name. It wasn't until I started down this path that I realized that two of the doctors I've seen in the past (one a GP, one an ortho surgeon) were DOs, and it's likely there are one or two others that were. If I had to make a guess, I'd estimate 10% or less of non-medical personnel are even aware there is a difference.
 
NightGod said:
Most people who go Carrib have already washed out of both the MD and DO path. Honestly, your average patient has NO idea of the difference between a DO and an MD, all they see is the Dr. in front of your name. It wasn't until I started down this path that I realized that two of the doctors I've seen in the past (one a GP, one an ortho surgeon) were DOs, and it's likely there are one or two others that were. If I had to make a guess, I'd estimate 10% or less of non-medical personnel are even aware there is a difference.
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I call BS...everyone knows DOs can only be low rate PCPs in rural locations.
 
The difference between MDs and DOs in the professional world is in the technical definition only.
 
cweave16 said:
I'm lol'ing quite heartily over here. Nobody (that has a shred of intelligence anyway) gives a s*** who you are on the wards.
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I need to improve my sarcasm :scared:

Note: I was Dubaifan490
 
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NightGod said:
Most people who go Carrib have already washed out of both the MD and DO path. Honestly, your average patient has NO idea of the difference between a DO and an MD, all they see is the Dr. in front of your name. It wasn't until I started down this path that I realized that two of the doctors I've seen in the past (one a GP, one an ortho surgeon) were DOs, and it's likely there are one or two others that were. If I had to make a guess, I'd estimate 10% or less of non-medical personnel are even aware there is a difference.
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Not necessarily. That would be the right thing to do, but lot of Caribbean students are unaware of the DO option or are unwilling to wait another year before applying. I know of a girl with a 3.8 and 29 MCAT who chose to go to Ross instead of waiting another year. And this was just a year or two ago that she started med school. I honestly would make 100 facepalms at her decision, but it is what some people decide.

(and this is a serious post)

For proof that this isn't just anecdotal, check out SGU's average GPA/MCAT, and compare it to DO schools.
 
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Dubaifan490 said:
Not necessarily. That would be the right thing to do, but lot of Caribbean students are unaware of the DO option or are unwilling to wait another year before applying. I know of a girl with a 3.8 and 29 MCAT who chose to go to Ross instead of waiting another year. And this was just a year or two ago that she started med school. I honestly would make 100 facepalms at her decision, but it is what some people decide.

(and this is a serious post)

For proof that this isn't just anecdotal, check out SGU's average GPA/MCAT, and compare it to DO schools.
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Or a lot of Caribs think that a DO is a doctor of olternative medicine.
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If it wasn't obvious enough, I'm making a jab at Caribs not knowing what a DO is and at the prejudice DO students get when people think the degree is somehow lower than an MD.
 
I for one completely agree that MD and DO are both licensed and able physicians. But do you see how there is always such a ****storm in every thread when it comes to DO and MD, I hope in the future people have less inclination to be biased without learning the facts
 
Dubaifan490 said:
Not necessarily. That would be the right thing to do, but lot of Caribbean students are unaware of the DO option or are unwilling to wait another year before applying. I know of a girl with a 3.8 and 29 MCAT who chose to go to Ross instead of waiting another year. And this was just a year or two ago that she started med school. I honestly would make 100 facepalms at her decision, but it is what some people decide.

(and this is a serious post)

For proof that this isn't just anecdotal, check out SGU's average GPA/MCAT, and compare it to DO schools.
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To be fair, I did say *most* people 😉 But to also be fair, I don't know any real numbers, I'm just applying logic to the situation, which I realize likely has no place in the world of humans making decisions.
 
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