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I am a new member and I think this is a great site for relevant information concerning the medical field. I am about to interview at several D.O schools...yet I am still seriously considering waiting another year to get a better chance at applying to MD schools or perhaps post-bacc (GPA: 3.3, MCAT:29M, 3 yrs of research, 2 yrs clincial and assisting underserved communities).
My friend told me that DO's might make it more difficult to get jobs or establish private practices because MD is still the traditional degree for medicine. In Canada, DO's can't practice. There're certain states in the US where DO's can't, either. So you need to think carefully of the options and where you want to establish yourself. Southern Calif. is not friendly to DO's. They mostly work in the San Francisco area.
I have tried to find ANY threads on realistic EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES for Osteopathic physicians (I am from SoCal and D.O's like everywhere else are a minority). At first I thought either degree would not make a difference when it comes to serving the healthcare needs of others, but I want to get a real answer on employment/salary issues for furture D.O's. I think this is a valid question considering the risk of over $200K in debt, when I could just reapply and perhaps obtain an out of state MD license WITH the same amount of debt but not having to explain to 9 out of 10 people what a D.O is relative to an M.D.
My friend told me that DO's might make it more difficult to get jobs or establish private practices because MD is still the traditional degree for medicine. In Canada, DO's can't practice. There're certain states in the US where DO's can't, either. So you need to think carefully of the options and where you want to establish yourself. Southern Calif. is not friendly to DO's. They mostly work in the San Francisco area.
I have tried to find ANY threads on realistic EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES for Osteopathic physicians (I am from SoCal and D.O's like everywhere else are a minority). At first I thought either degree would not make a difference when it comes to serving the healthcare needs of others, but I want to get a real answer on employment/salary issues for furture D.O's. I think this is a valid question considering the risk of over $200K in debt, when I could just reapply and perhaps obtain an out of state MD license WITH the same amount of debt but not having to explain to 9 out of 10 people what a D.O is relative to an M.D.