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Assuming your MCAT is 507 or higher then you are competitive for all DO schools. Include TCOM, UIWSOM. Post your new MCAT score here when available in June.
Any osteo schools.
Assuming your GPA is a allopathic school killer? I still feel as if you could get in somewhere MD with such a high MCAT score.
Good luck.
Assuming your GPA is a allopathic school killer? I still feel as if you could get in somewhere MD with such a high MCAT score.
Good luck.
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Your biggest weakness for a DO school is no DO shadowing. You need to find a DO and start doing that ASAP. DO schools take this very seriously.
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Proper point - no DO shadowing/letters will make for an issue at half the schools
I never understand the emphasis on DO shadowing if the point the DO schools make is that DO = MD. I shadowed an IM doc who was no different than the MD FM doc I shadowed.
If they really want you to understand what a DO is, they should have you shadow an OMM doc, not just a DO doc.
If they really want you to understand what a DO is, they should have you shadow an OMM doc, not just a DO doc.
I think DO shadowing is in theory supposed to equal OMM shadowing... obvi not the case. But honestly, OMM or not, DO docs def approach thier patients in slightly different manner than MD (obviously a generalization).
Not in my experience. This is what they tell us, but I have yet to see it outside of my school's own clinic. Then again, I didn't do an AOA residency.
No. No they do not
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Wow great point
So they DO approach their patients differently? I don't think so.
Absolutely false and this is exactly what admissions will tell you at DO schools. Did you know that MDs are capable of compassion and holistic care?
It's different training - bottom line.
Apart from OMM in DO schools and probably more research-related activities in MD schools, no, it isn't. Biochem, phys, anatomy, pharm, path, micro, physical exams, compassion, etc. work the same way regardless of your degree. My understanding is you "learn how to be a doctor" much more so in residency (and less so but still prominently in clinical rotations) where education is often completely indistinguishable.
No, you have an extra class. The remainder of your 200ish credits and soon-to-be ACGME residency beg to differ. Just admit that you don't know everything. Being wrong isn't bad, but arguing when you are, indubitably is.
When did I say I knew everything? Stop assuming something about those that you disagree with.
In my experience I def saw a partial difference in how the 4 DO's went about thier day vs the 3 MD's I shadowed.
'My experience' being the operative phrase in that sentence.
Your prior statements were more black and white- "bottom line" different training and "DO docs def approach thier patients in slightly different manner than MD (obviously a generalization)" are much stronger statements, and should be called out, as they are untrue.
MD and DO training is synonymous. Exactly the same training. DOs have to take OMM, which is the only difference. This whole DOs have better bedside manner and have a different approach to treating patients is BS DO propaganda that pre-meds use to get into DO school and DO admissions use to maintain their "identity". Ive seen crappy MDs and crappy DOs and vice versa. Your bedside manner and compassion comes down to you not your degree
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Once upon a time, it was true that DOs were the humanists and “didn’t just treat the symptoms”.
However, the year is 2019 and allopathic schools have been teaching to that ideology as well for a very long time.
However, the year is 2019 and allopathic schools have been teaching to that ideology as well for a very long time.
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