Re: What's a DO?

[FutureDocDO]

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http://www.vcom.vt.edu/general/OMHistory.pdf

 

[Spooner]

This is what trully happend. A family doctor referred one of his patient to a specialist. The problem is that the specialist is young and holding a DO title.

All of that patient's friends suggested that patient to find a specialist who is having a MD title.

So, it is just something for you to think the reality before deciding to be a DO.

 

[Sundarban1]

I usually don't take into consideration the population of ignorant people or their opinions when making career decisions. I don't advise any of you to do that either. The reality is that informed patients what to see a trained physican. So don't let the typical, uneducated pre-med dogma above steer you in another direction.

 

[Taus]

ha...go tell that to any DO in practice...as all Docs have more patients then they have time to see....

 

[Dr Trek 1]

This is what trully happend. A family doctor referred one of his patient to a specialist. The problem is that the specialist is young and holding a DO title.

All of that patient's friends suggested that patient to find a specialist who is having a MD title.

So, it is just something for you to think the reality before deciding to be a DO.

There are many allopathic doctors (not just specialists) who have had people question their credibility simply because they were "too young."

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If someone believes a doctor is "not competant" based on their age, race, gender, sexual orientation, shoe size, eye color, etc. etc. they will find endless other reasons in order to reduce their own cognitive dissonance and justify it to themselves.

This is the US. In this county, although I know it is difficult for many SDN people to beliveve, there are many, many people who know very little about the health professions. I know lots of people who think that chiropractors, podiatrists, optometrists, psychologists and even dentists have a MD. These people wouldn't care if they knew their actual degrees, they just want someone who provides good health care.

 

[Dr JPH]

This is what trully happend. A family doctor referred one of his patient to a specialist. The problem is that the specialist is young and holding a DO title.

All of that patient's friends suggested that patient to find a specialist who is having a MD title.

So, it is just something for you to think the reality before deciding to be a DO.

I dont think so. Sound like youre trying to start trouble.

 

[Spooner]

I dont think so. Sound like youre trying to start trouble.

The patient happened to be my sister. She told me the story and that makes me thinking so much about D.O route.

It's just a reality that you will have to face eventually if you are lucky to be a D.O.

Hopefully that your peers, who are M.D, won't think any less about your tittle in the back of their mind.

Good luck and good bye.

 

[It'sElectric]

The patient happened to be my sister. She told me the story and that makes me thinking so much about D.O route.

It's just a reality that you will have to face eventually if you are lucky to be a D.O.

Hopefully that your peers, who are M.D, won't think any less about your tittle in the back of their mind.

Good luck and good bye.

Seriously, is English your first language, or at least a language that you speak at all!!??

 

[OSUdoc08]

The patient happened to be my sister. She told me the story and that makes me thinking so much about D.O route.

It's just a reality that you will have to face eventually if you are lucky to be a D.O.

Hopefully that your peers, who are M.D, won't think any less about your tittle in the back of their mind.

Good luck and good bye.

I know several MD's who think about "tittles" all the time. Those pervs!

 

[scpod]

I know several MD's who think about "tittles" all the time. Those pervs!

I know some med students who think the same way!!!! 😉

 

[Spooner]

Seriously, is English your first language, or at least a language that you speak at all!!??

No, English is the third language that I am struggling to master.

Thanks for asking though.

 

[Vox Animo]

http://www.vcom.vt.edu/general/OMHistory.pdf

Damn! Wish i would have seen that earlier, then i would know what the hell i'm getting myself into.

 

[group_theory]

If you think logically for a minute, if a patient has NO idea what a DO is, why automatically assume it must be inferior to an MD? Couldn't it be possible that same patient can just as well conclude that the DO is an advance degree that MD take? (MDs are dime a dozen, DOs are more rare. Look in the phone book - it is not an illogical conclusion to assume a DO is an MD with advance training or something - this is assuming no research on "what is a DO/osteopathic medicine" on the part of the patient)


Also, since when does not having an MD stop people from giving advice. Your family members give you medical advice, that teenager working behind the counter of GNC is giving health advice, the informercial guy selling you an all natural colon cleansing product is giving advice ... the lovely lady wearing a white lab coat in Sheshido is giving nice derm advice ... and the public buys it. (spend enough time in the hospital and it seems people take everyone's advice EXCEPT their doctor's advice)

Also the wait time for specialists/referrals is several months. If a particular patient doesn't want to see someone because he/she is not an MD, hey ... i doubt the DO specialist will ever notice. And if you're located in a more rural area and that DO specialist is the only specialist within 50-100 miles ... well, it's the patient's choice.

 

[It'sElectric]

No, English is the third language that I am struggling to master.

Thanks for asking though.

Haha....you really are pathetic. Good luck with that. Some people on this board love hiding behind a screenname and pretending as though they're someone that they could never really be.

 

[Megalofyia]

Please keep the thread on topic and away from personal attacks.