Poll: My Considerations For Wanting To Become A D.O.

[robinhood]

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not intended as a troll post

 

[Cuthbert]

I wanted to be either, didn't matter which.

 

[dr.z]

I wanted to be either, didn't matter which.

Same here.

 

[eflwon]

as soon as i learned about the DO profession, allopathic schools were no longer an option

 

[jkhamlin]

as soon as i learned about the DO profession, allopathic schools were no longer an option

Same here.

 

[Nate]

You left out a serious option: wanting to do either. I would assume most of the "other" votes, including mine, are in that spirit.

 

[beefballs]

I wanted to be either, didn't matter which.

yeah I just wanna be a doc, doesn't matter where I have to go or what people call me later, I am not wrapped around the axle either way

 

[medicine1]

Where I grew up, I knew nothing of DOs. I always felt like there was something missing with the allopathic doctors I saw while growing up. Most were very mean, rude, cras, and always unhappy. I did not learn of the Osteopathic profession until I finished my undergraduate studies. I met an Osteopathic Ob/Gyn doctor, from Utah, at a social gathering in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He asked me what medical schools I had applied to, and what my grades and MCAT scores were. He told me not to limit myself to only applying to allopathic schools. From then on I discoved Osteopthic medicine.
I realized that everything in my life had led me towords Osteopthic Medicine. I was angry that I was so blind and naive about the Osteopathic profession. As a matter of fact, I just wrote a letter to the president of the pre-med club at UNM for not having any information, regarding Osteopathy, on their website.
I, unfortunately grew up not knowing any DOs. If I had know about the Osteopathic profession earlier, I would have full heartily applied to only osteopthic medical schools from the get go.

 

[jkhamlin]

I always felt like there was something missing with the allopathic doctors I saw while growing up. Most were very mean, rude, cras, and always unhappy.

Whoa, watch it there. My experience with adcoms is that they love to misinterpret your meaning and throw it back at you. If you say something like this to them, don't be surprised if you get "So why would you even want to be a doctor if this is what you think of them?" Also, some of the flamers on these boards will jump on you for it, too.

 

[Nate]

I hope that I am not considered a flamer but I am tired of reading bashing posts about MDs on this forum. People can be "very mean, rude, cras, and always unhappy" and that has nothing to do with their title. Every time someone involved in our profession lets out a snippy remark about other physicians they make our profession look bad. There is wisdom in old saying, if you can't say something nice, STFU.

 

[medicine1]

I am speaking the truth. Touch, OMM, OMT, etc. is missing from the allopathic profession. I find touch, OMM/OMT, holistic approach to be an essential part of medicine.
And by the way, I can state what ever I want about allopathic doctors. What I say It is true, and from my own personal experience. Most of the MDs I knew, growing up, were rude, grumpy, and down right mean.

 

[Nate]

Perception is reality.

Touch and OMM has nothing to do with the attitude people will have when treating other people. You may learn someday not to generalize.

 

[medicine1]

Look Nate there is more than one thing going on here.
And yes, I will generalize. Allopathic doctors don't use OMM.

 

[Nate]

Look Nate there is more than one thing going on here.
And yes, I will generalize. Allopathic doctors don't use OMM.

Some do, there are OMM courses for allopathic physicians 🙂

 

[jkhamlin]

I am speaking the truth. Touch, OMM, OMT, etc. is missing from the allopathic profession. I find touch, OMM/OMT, holistic approach to be an essential part of medicine.
And by the way, I can state what ever I want about allopathic doctors. What I say It is true, and from my own personal experience. Most of the MDs I knew, growing up, were rude, grumpy, and down right mean.

I hear you, and generally speaking I agree, but you really need to find some ways to rephrase what you are saying. You talk like that around MD's, DO's, premeds, professors, etc. and you sound really negative and ignorant. Osteopathic medicine (different from Osteopathy) is an ecclectic profession. The fact is that DO's are allopathic doctors. Allopathy as a whole is not a bad concept, it is just no more perfect than any other concept people have invented. It has its strengths and weaknesses. No one has all the answers. You should focus your attention on those that dismiss all members of another profession on an all or nothing basis, which is what it sounds like you are doing. This makes you sound no different than the people who come on here and bash Osteopathic Medicine.

 

[crys20]

Yes coincidentally I saw a FP MD at the office where I shadow who did OMM.

 

[mddo2b]

I hate to rain on the parade...i went to DO school because I didnt get into MD school...Its not a bad thing, just the truth. NYCOM gave me a chance to become a doctor and I will always be grateful...AS far astouch, holistic, etc.....the truth is that a good doc is a good doc regardless of where they trained...i dont practice omt...i am a surgeon, and all surgeons heal with COLD HARD STEEL

 

[mddo2b]

I am speaking the truth. Touch, OMM, OMT, etc. is missing from the allopathic profession. I find touch, OMM/OMT, holistic approach to be an essential part of medicine.
And by the way, I can state what ever I want about allopathic doctors. What I say It is true, and from my own personal experience. Most of the MDs I knew, growing up, were rude, grumpy, and down right mean.

I hate to rain on the parade...i went to DO school because I didnt get into MD school...Its not a bad thing, just the truth. NYCOM gave me a chance to become a doctor and I will always be grateful...AS far astouch, holistic, etc.....the truth is that a good doc is a good doc regardless of where they trained...i dont practice omt...i am a surgeon, and all surgeons heal with COLD HARD STEEL