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who is 'you'? It's not like anyone here is opening up a DO school.
Define 'lower tier' MD school. This would seem rather subjective to me.
If you guys wnat to keep DO discrimination at a minimum, then you need to wise the **** up and stop building dozens of new DO programs.
I mean seriously WTF is that going to do, other than worsen the current physician glut and FORCE residency slots to discriminate against you guys?
Keeping the # of med schools constant with a low proportion being DO programs means that DO folks can basically pass as equivalents tso MDs and get lost in the crowd.
Dozens of new MD and DO programs = huge oversupply which will inevitably lead to degree discrimination. Its the same reason why Harvard Law grads can work wherever they want but third tier trash schools can barely get their grads a job.
You want to see real DO discrimination, keep up this nonsense with building new DO programs every year. Trust me you guys will not like hte outcome of an oversupplied market because DOs will inevitably get the short end of the stick. Hell, even the lower tier MD programs will start to have problems.
If you guys wnat to keep DO discrimination at a minimum, then you need to wise the **** up and stop building dozens of new DO programs.
24/ 3.3 is below the average. I consider it non trad.
hey megboo, i hope that hand is not where i think it is.
It's not non-traditional if someone right out of undergrad has those stats.
I think you might be confused as to what schools consider non-traditional.
Non-trad: applying to medical school after significant time off from an undergraduate degree or older student returning to undergraduate degree. Many consider 25 the lower-end of the non-trad age spectrum. Most time off includes career-changers, stay-at-home parents, those who never went to college right out of HS and are now going back, etc. I had no intention of insulting the older applicants that have average or above average scores.
You can visit the non-trad forum here on SDN and get a feel for what non-trad means.
thats funny, i looked up "non trad" in the dictionary and i couldnt seem to find it? When i said not trad i used it in a context of someone that does not fit the statistics of an average applicant regardless of whether they are 22 or 32
The real MacGyver could build a fully-functional DO school out of a bed sheet, an old wheelchair, and a bike chain.
The real MacGyver could build a fully-functional DO school out of a bed sheet, an old wheelchair, and a bike chain.
and gum

If you guys wnat to keep DO discrimination at a minimum, then you need to wise the **** up and stop building dozens of new DO programs.
I mean seriously WTF is that going to do, other than worsen the current physician glut and FORCE residency slots to discriminate against you guys?
Keeping the # of med schools constant with a low proportion being DO programs means that DO folks can basically pass as equivalents tso MDs and get lost in the crowd.
Dozens of new MD and DO programs = huge oversupply which will inevitably lead to degree discrimination. Its the same reason why Harvard Law grads can work wherever they want but third tier trash schools can barely get their grads a job.
You want to see real DO discrimination, keep up this nonsense with building new DO programs every year. Trust me you guys will not like hte outcome of an oversupplied market because DOs will inevitably get the short end of the stick. Hell, even the lower tier MD programs will start to have problems.
You guys know that residency slots are fixed right? More schools = more competition for residency = DO discrimination. Its as simple as that.
Megboo
hmm There's something eye catching to that avatar of yours
BTW
More schools = more competition for residency = FMG/IMG discrimination
Have you seen how the GME cake is divided? FMG/IMGs take like 16K GME spots per year while DOs only take about 2K allopathic GME spots.
I don't think the logic here works. So we have to stay being the small minority in order to not be discriminated against?? Harvard law grads can work where they want because it's Harvard and the history of the school, not just because there are less Harvard grads out there. And even so that plays more of a role getting a law job as they will care about where you went to school, as opposed to getting into a residency and later finding a job as a physician.
Besides the topic of the for-profit school (not getting into that here), have some more DO schools is ultimately going to get more DOs out in the field and help raise the awareness of the degree.
You guys still dont get it. The only reason Harvard Law grads have such a leg up over other grads is because there are about a billion law schools around.
If you cut the # of law schools by 75%, then the chasm between HLS and other grads is wiped out overnight and you would have a similar situation to medicine where Harvard Med grads are not all that different from STateU grads in terms of career opps. The current state of affairs is that a grad from StateU has about the same opportunity to get into neurosurgery as a Harvard grad. That will change if we (both MD and DOs) keep building new med schools.
You guys know that residency slots are fixed right? More schools = more competition for residency = DO discrimination. Its as simple as that.
So go ahead and keep pumping out DO schools. You'll be very sorry in the long term. I wonder what Touros match list is goin to look like in 10 years, they will probably be forced to put 90% of their match into primary care because they wont be competitive for the specialty residency programs.
I'm not sure why people are bashing you. You are 98% correct in your thinking. Most DO students are AGAINST new schools opening left and right with branch campuses all over the place. That alone isn't a tragically terrible thing, but the killer is the fact that no new osteopathic residencies are opening with these schools.
Your thinking is flawed in that everyone wants to go into a specialty residency.
... but the killer is the fact that no new osteopathic residencies are opening with these schools...
First of all, let it be known that I am not trying to prove a point on a MD vs. DO war. I am just giving some true accounts in regards to the DO degree in order to hopefully encourage someone out there to pursue a DO degree who might be holding back due to some of the negative things being said about DOs on SDN.
The other day my mother went to an optometrist and the optometrist asked her if she had kids in school. My mom said yes and that her son (me) was accepted to medical school and was going to be a DO. Immediately the optometrist said "I think thats fantastic, I go to DO physicians for a number of reasons, and I encourage my family to make an appointment with one whenever they need a doctor. I have a lot of respect for the DO physician. "
Also the other day a family friend who is an MD working in the academic side of medicine knew I was pre-med and asked how I was doing in my medical pursuit. Once again my mother told her that I was accepted to KCUMB, and the MD said "wow, thats a great school. " Finally my mom said that I got an interview at an MD program and turned it down because I was happy with my acceptances and that I felt I would (my personal feelings) be a better physician by getting a DO degree. The MD responded by saying "good for him! I absolutely believe in that."
Just some true accounts on the positives for DO that I have heard "in the real world"
First of all, let it be known that I am not trying to prove a point on a MD vs. DO war. I am just giving some true accounts in regards to the DO degree in order to hopefully encourage someone out there to pursue a DO degree who might be holding back due to some of the negative things being said about DOs on SDN.
The other day my mother went to an optometrist and the optometrist asked her if she had kids in school. My mom said yes and that her son (me) was accepted to medical school and was going to be a DO. Immediately the optometrist said "I think thats fantastic, I go to DO physicians for a number of reasons, and I encourage my family to make an appointment with one whenever they need a doctor. I have a lot of respect for the DO physician. "
Also the other day a family friend who is an MD working in the academic side of medicine knew I was pre-med and asked how I was doing in my medical pursuit. Once again my mother told her that I was accepted to KCUMB, and the MD said "wow, thats a great school. " Finally my mom said that I got an interview at an MD program and turned it down because I was happy with my acceptances and that I felt I would (my personal feelings) be a better physician by getting a DO degree. The MD responded by saying "good for him! I absolutely believe in that."
Just some true accounts on the positives for DO that I have heard "in the real world"
If you're an intelligent physician who makes patient care a priority and commands respect with your clinical and/or surgical skill, you'll get it no matter what.
First of all, let it be known that I am not trying to prove a point on a MD vs. DO war. I am just giving some true accounts in regards to the DO degree in order to hopefully encourage someone out there to pursue a DO degree who might be holding back due to some of the negative things being said about DOs on SDN.
The other day my mother went to an optometrist and the optometrist asked her if she had kids in school. My mom said yes and that her son (me) was accepted to medical school and was going to be a DO. Immediately the optometrist said "I think thats fantastic, I go to DO physicians for a number of reasons, and I encourage my family to make an appointment with one whenever they need a doctor. I have a lot of respect for the DO physician. "
Also the other day a family friend who is an MD working in the academic side of medicine knew I was pre-med and asked how I was doing in my medical pursuit. Once again my mother told her that I was accepted to KCUMB, and the MD said "wow, thats a great school. " Finally my mom said that I got an interview at an MD program and turned it down because I was happy with my acceptances and that I felt I would (my personal feelings) be a better physician by getting a DO degree. The MD responded by saying "good for him! I absolutely believe in that."
Just some true accounts on the positives for DO that I have heard "in the real world"
First of all, let it be known that I am not trying to prove a point on a MD vs. DO war. I am just giving some true accounts in regards to the DO degree in order to hopefully encourage someone out there to pursue a DO degree who might be holding back due to some of the negative things being said about DOs on SDN.
The other day my mother went to an optometrist and the optometrist asked her if she had kids in school. My mom said yes and that her son (me) was accepted to medical school and was going to be a DO. Immediately the optometrist said "I think thats fantastic, I go to DO physicians for a number of reasons, and I encourage my family to make an appointment with one whenever they need a doctor. I have a lot of respect for the DO physician. "
Also the other day a family friend who is an MD working in the academic side of medicine knew I was pre-med and asked how I was doing in my medical pursuit. Once again my mother told her that I was accepted to KCUMB, and the MD said "wow, thats a great school. " Finally my mom said that I got an interview at an MD program and turned it down because I was happy with my acceptances and that I felt I would (my personal feelings) be a better physician by getting a DO degree. The MD responded by saying "good for him! I absolutely believe in that."
Just some true accounts on the positives for DO that I have heard "in the real world"
I know great MD's and crappy DO's. Vice versa as well. At the end of the day, it's all about who you are as a person. One of the things I personally like about DO schools is that they say they are more interested in you as a person. Which is the thing I wanted before I started this track. I don't want myself to be defined by my profession, I want my profession to be an extension of who I am. Thus why I believe D.O. is for ME.
No! It's not all about who you are as a person!!! That's only half of it. Having an amazing personality but being a horrible clinician does no service to your patients. A complete physician has a good bedside manner AND an even better clinical mind (or a great pair of hands if you're a surgeon). All the pre-meds out there (especially the pre-DO's) shouldn't lose sight of this.
The DO stigma is just a bunch of garbage. In reality, nobody really gives too much thought to DO or MD, except for a select group of over-hyped pre-meds.
How do you know that? Have you worked as a physician? Have you talked to other physician as a physician? One of my closest friend who works at HOAG hospital in Newport Beach California as a MD told me that his chief MD stated specifically that they'll never hire a DO in his department. Throughout his career he's met several MDs of high positions in hospitals state that. You don't think that'll affect you as a DO if you ever wanted to work at hospitals which had MDs with such opinions, whether it be fair or unfair?
The DO I shadowed stated that there are issues at times because she's a DO.
So, no one really cares, eh?
Like those that have gone before it, this one is turning into MD vs. DO. Hence, its new home.
I'm not so into the MD vs DO, but if you know the history of DO and don't think any discrimination occurs today would be a bit naive
Seriously, the discrimination you face as a DO might be enough to hurt your feelings, but it won't affect your life or your career. You're not going to come home and find a burning cross in your yard.
How do you know that? Have you worked as a physician? Have you talked to other physician as a physician? One of my closest friend who works at HOAG hospital in Newport Beach California as a MD told me that his chief MD stated specifically that they'll never hire a DO in his department. Throughout his career he's met several MDs of high positions in hospitals state that. You don't think that'll affect you as a DO if you ever wanted to work at hospitals which had MDs with such opinions, whether it be fair or unfair?
The DO I shadowed stated that there are issues at times because she's a DO.
So, no one really cares, eh?
The chief of the dept I shadowed as a pre-med told me he doesn't care if the doctor he hires is a DO or MD and the best doctors in his department are DOs. So who is right? Me or you?