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[PelvicSplancnic]

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Hello, I have a serious question so please go easy on me. I have read from this website that DOs have a harder time practicing around the US and especially outside the US. Why is this the case? I am currently accepted to Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Schools and I am definitely having a hard time deciding. SO if you have any advice please feel to reply. I don't have any bias about MDs or DOs, it's just that I like certain aspects from both. Thank you for everything. 😎 🙂

 

[allendo]

Well I'll tell you the truth before all the Sh.t hits the fan. D.O. can practice anywhere in the U.S. and there is a thread on D.O.'s in Isreal. D.O.s are a minority in the U.S. so obviously they aren't going to be represented around the world. Search the thread on the Isreal topic and someone listed every nation around the world that D.O.s are licensed. More than you think are listed and some places I don't know why you would want to practice there. Also, in Canada you have full practice rights except for all but two or three provinces. Essentially in the real world D.O.'s and M.D.s get the same education, work in the same hospitals, and get paid the same. You will soon realize that SDN can provide a totally distorted view. Where I live we have D.O. and M.D. in working together! My advice follow your heart and not SDN!!

 

[cooldreams]

agreed, and ill only add, MD or DO, if you want to get in some specialty or country, do the work to get there... its never going to just be given to you for free, but it will be well worth the work. good luck.

my advice, chose the school YOU want to goto. medical education throughout the usa will be nearly the same at any school you goto, and you will be given the same nationalized tests you have to pass.

 

[Robz]

Pick the school that's right for you and only you will know that.

 

[PelvicSplancnic]

Thank you for the genuine advice, I appreciate it very much.

 

[medicine1]

To become a physician is a noble goal. And there is definitely more than one way to skin a cat. But what you must consider is your philosophy and ultimate personality that will drive you to either an M.D. school or a D.O school. I believe the ideas that separate D.O.s and M.D.s are far more than subtle. If you believe in actually helping a patient achieve his or her goals towards wellness, and lecture and advise that person to change his/her habits, living and or working conditions; use touch; believe in the benefits of physical activity, good hygiene; the use drugs only when truly called for, and believe in the benefits of OMM, than you should go to D.O. school.
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[delicatefade]

To become a physician is a noble goal. And there is definitely more than one way to skin a cat. But what you must consider is your philosophy and ultimate personality that will drive you to either an M.D. school or a D.O school. I believe the ideas that separate D.O.s and M.D.s are far more than subtle. If you believe in actually helping a patient achieve his or her goals towards wellness, and lecture and advise that person to change his/her habits, living and or working conditions; use touch; believe in the benefits of physical activity, good hygiene; the use drugs only when truly called for, and believe in the benefits of OMM, than you should go to D.O. school.

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