MDs interviewing DO candidates

[natureboy]

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Will there be MDs interviewing applicants at osteopathic schools? If so, I don't see that being an easy interview if they ask us to talk about the holistic view...

 

[Jpc984]

It is quite possible you will be interviewed by a MD. Just explain it the same way you would to a DO. Don't knock the MDs obviously, but just explain why you are geared towards DO.

 

[BCon902]

Yea out of all of my interviews there were about 6-8 MDs in on the fun, and they were no different from the DOs or PhDs who conducted interviews. What you need to realize is that DOs while incorporating the so-called 'holistic' view rely on the 4 principles and the concept of somatic dysfunction in manipulative treatment. Any physician can be 'holistic' but the basis of osteopathic manipulation depend on somatic dysfunction, and if you say that in your interview you will be accepted immediately.

 

[natureboy]

Yea out of all of my interviews there were about 6-8 MDs in on the fun, and they were no different from the DOs or PhDs who conducted interviews. What you need to realize is that DOs while incorporating the so-called 'holistic' view rely on the 4 principles and the concept of somatic dysfunction in manipulative treatment. Any physician can be 'holistic' but the basis of osteopathic manipulation depend on somatic dysfunction, and if you say that in your interview you will be accepted immediately.

Good point. Hopefully it will be that easy 😉

 

[MaximusD]

Yea out of all of my interviews there were about 6-8 MDs in on the fun, and they were no different from the DOs or PhDs who conducted interviews. What you need to realize is that DOs while incorporating the so-called 'holistic' view rely on the 4 principles and the concept of somatic dysfunction in manipulative treatment. Any physician can be 'holistic' but the basis of osteopathic manipulation depend on somatic dysfunction, and if you say that in your interview you will be accepted immediately.

TART baby, TART

 

[BCon902]

yea that's all that matters

 

[spicedmanna]

TART baby, TART

I know what you've just been studying.

 

[jp104]

I know what you've just been studying.

LOL! I am sad/happy that I do too!

 

[GreenShirt]

Mostly what they're looking for in these interviews is your interpersonal and articulation skills. MD, DO, PhD, nurse, etc. can all asses these qualities. As Dr. Gevitz told us this morning in lecture, you don't have them fooled when you say you love primary care and rural living. Because your interviewers can come from different backgrounds in health care, be careful not to be dismissive of any groups.

 

[Fin-Nor]

i was interviewed by both DO's and MD's.

the MD's are more concerned if you know who AT Still is than the DO's.

 

[madscientist50]

I personally liked STAR, but TART is good too.

And I had a MD, DO, and PhD in my interview, I didn't notice any emphasis on my view of "holistic" medicine, but was asked my personal exposure to osteopathy, and why I thought osteopathy was right for me.

 

[DOcat]

I was interviewed by an MD at TCOM, and he didnt seem very concered at all with A T still?? haha, other than that he just wanted to know why i wanted to study osteopathic instead of allopathic. also making sure i understood what that meant.

 

[Nasem]

I personally liked STAR, but TART is good too.

And I had a MD, DO, and PhD in my interview, I didn't notice any emphasis on my view of "holistic" medicine, but was asked my personal exposure to osteopathy, and why I thought osteopathy was right for me.

what was your answer if you don't mind me asking...

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Look... There isn't some rivalry here. It isn't like you're interviewing for a mascot job, and you're interviewing at both OU (who sucks) and Texas. Medicine is serious business, and nobody is going to want to hear you talk disrespectfully about MDs or DOs. In the end, you're all physicians working together. If you go to an MD school, rest assured that you will work with plenty of DOs, and if you go to a DO school, you will work with a ton of MDs once you're out.

Chances are, you are going to do everything pretty much the same way. Don't be stupid when this topic comes up and try to put down the education of your future colleagues. When you're out in the real world, you will work closely with both MDs and DOs who are smarter than you, and better doctors. Just keep that in mind before you say something that makes you sound ignorant.

 

[spicedmanna]

Will there be MDs interviewing applicants at osteopathic schools? If so, I don't see that being an easy interview if they ask us to talk about the holistic view...

Why does it matter who interviews you? Just answer authentically the questions you are asked and sell yourself (and your interest in the school) well. Don't hand them some party line that you may not even understand, or necessarily stand by. You are more transparent than you think; we all are.

It's not unusual to get interviewed by MDs, PhD, or DO's, or even some combination of the three. I wouldn't worry about it.

Avoid useless buzzwords like "holistic," which mean very little by themselves. You need to demonstrate and tangibly expound on what you are talking about when you say, "holistic." Otherwise it runs the risk of sounding like utter nonsense. All physicians should, and for the most part do, take on a so-called "holistic" point of view in treating patients, anyway. Good doctoring can't and shouldn't take place in a vacuum.

 

[PT2MD]

I had one MD and one DO interview me at TCOM. They even worked in the same department! It was wierd. 😉

 

[skyes]

I had one MD and one DO interview me at TCOM. They even worked in the same department! It was wierd. 😉

Bizarrely, so did I.

Mine were back-to-back and in the same office. I really hope that TCOM wasn't assuming that I would get lost navigating to a second interview and so assigned me in such a manner that I couldn't possibly do so.

 

[Daddydoc]

The interview is more about making sure your a normal person than anything else. If you come across as honest and sincere, most interviewers don't care about your personal stance on many of these points.

 

[Jack Daniel]

Mostly what they're looking for in these interviews is your interpersonal and articulation skills. MD, DO, PhD, nurse, etc. can all asses these qualities. As Dr. Gevitz told us this morning in lecture, you don't have them fooled when you say you love primary care and rural living. Because your interviewers can come from different backgrounds in health care, be careful not to be dismissive of any groups.

Must be great to have Gevitz on faculty. Is he still at Ohio?

 

[Amy B]

AT VCOM we have DOs and MDs on our staff. You sometimes forget which ones are which. They work together well and it is really no big deal.