hey guys, I am new to this. So, I have a question regarding the chance of entering into residency in radiology if you graduated from Osteopathic school. and also correct me if i am wrong, i heard people saying that they could switch to MD from DO if they pursue a speciality like radiology or go to the radiology school like American college of radiology. 😕
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Osteopathic students may elect to pursue an allopathic residency in radiology if they choose to. In this case, it is recommended that they take the USMLE. American College of Radiology? First time I've heard of this.
American College of Radiology sounds like a radiology technician school, not a medical profession.
If you score better than allopathic students on the USMLE, do great during your rotations, and have great recommendations, I honestly don't know what excuses they would have to reject you for your specialty of interest. I do think that if you're just on par with allopathic students, you may not get picked. You have to be better...IMO.
Oh God, please let this die.
Seriously, you can do whatever residency you want as a DO.
I know an amazing world renowned doc who is the head of a ground-breaking radiation oncology team in Philly. He RECOMMENDED I go DO AND TOLD ME THAT THEY SURPASSED a few MD schools... and he told me that DOs can make fine physicians...
This ****ing bias on SDN is getting really old.
Seriously, you can do whatever residency you want as a DO.
I know an amazing world renowned doc who is the head of a ground-breaking radiation oncology team in Philly. He RECOMMENDED I go DO AND TOLD ME THAT THEY SURPASSED a few MD schools... and he told me that DOs can make fine physicians...
This ****ing bias on SDN is getting really old.
Amen.
Dude (or Dudette)
I hope they all stay that way. Heck I hope they leave this forum and go tell their pre-med buddies DO=BAD.
That way the rest of use who are smart enough to have figured out that DO=Doctor will fare better with the dual applications.
Yep, I will proudly support "the Campaign to prevent/deceive pre-meds too foolish to do their research from applying DO and perhaps becoming the next medical wonder." 😉
Where do I send my two-fity'?
Yes you can do a radiology residency as a DO, however it will be harder. You will need to kill step 1 whichever school you choose MD or DO.
So do allo applicants. Face it: It's hard for anyone to get into competitive residencies... Just do your best and get the grades and scores and you'll get the spot if you deserve it. If you don't do the work and you don't present yourself well during clinical rotations or are just average or above-average then you really don't deserve to beat out anyone do you?
i'd like to point out the the American College of Radiology is simply an ORGANIZATION and not a school for students to be trained in. It consists of already trained physicians in the field of radiology who are paid members. There are such organizations for every field..for instance i work with pathologists who are members of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). You may have seen physicians who are fellows in their respective fields (such has FCAP for a fellow in the college of american pathologists). There are osteopathic organizations also for osteopathic physicians. 👍
