Quality of DO residencies and finding jobs after ....

[DrBMX]

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Guys,

I'm new to this forum and I found a lot of useful information here. After I read the thread "why you should not attend a DO school" in osteo forum, I had some questions. I hope you, as grads from med school, would give us better ideas

1. In that thread, the DO residencies quality seems questionable b/c several of them had been closed, changed ownership, ect...others have very few spots. Also, they are concerning about DO schools and AOA don't have enough spots for residencies? is it true?

2. If you and your friend finished DO residency and MD residency, respectively, who will have a higher chane for a better job? Since DO residencies quality is questionable, I would suspect that there are some tendencies for employers hire MD vs. DO. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks so much

 

[UHS05]

Guys,

I'm new to this forum and I found a lot of useful information here. After I read the thread "why you should not attend a DO school" in osteo forum, I had some questions. I hope you, as grads from med school, would give us better ideas

1. In that thread, the DO residencies quality seems questionable b/c several of them had been closed, changed ownership, ect...others have very few spots. Also, they are concerning about DO schools and AOA don't have enough spots for residencies? is it true?

2. If you and your friend finished DO residency and MD residency, respectively, who will have a higher chane for a better job? Since DO residencies quality is questionable, I would suspect that there are some tendencies for employers hire MD vs. DO. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks so much

You don't have to do an osteopathic residency after going to an osteopathic school...the beauty of your training is that you have the capability of going to an allopathic training program if you don't want to go to an osteopathic one and I really don't know how much employers discriminate after you've graduated from a top-notch residency program (most graduates I know had no roblem finding jobs). That being said, there are some excellent osteopathic graduate training programs, though you have to seek them out.

The DO vs MD competition, though still of concern to the older guard, seems to have become a much more amiable and comfortable relationship. I'm going into a specialty that is over 99% MD, yet I don't think I ever felt uncomfortable doing 3 rotations at top notch allopathic institutions as an osteopathic medical student.

You can reach as high as you want with your DO degree, but you do have to be willing to work hard and be comfortable with your degree.

 

[OUsooner]

Give me one more punch at this dead horse before we send it to the glue factory.

I agree with the above post. Basically want to reiterate that the top dogs in osteopathic institutions have little discrimination against them for the most part . The MAJORITY of osteopathic students go into allopathic residencies. This includes many avg and below avg students. Your education is what you make of it anywhere you go. That being said, you will be better off going to an allopathic school to land top residences (PM&R is the only exception I can think of where DO's are equal if not preferred). Guess what? If you want plastics or derm, you'll also be better off going allopathic. Personally I think its easier to land ortho spots as a DO - due to the many osteopathic residencies. Lets hope this boring topic doesn't get out of hand. 😴