Shadowing an DO Anesthesiologist?

[fmpak93]

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I'm am currently in contact with a anesthesiologist that is a DO. He told me there aren't much fundamental differences between allopathic or osteopathic that appear in anesthesiology, which is obvious im sure. But I've applied to 8 DO schools with no DO shadowing and going to apply to two more, so should I just shadow him just to say i shadowed a DO or would adcom question me on the specialty of the DO i shadowed? I finally got in contact with a DO so I don't wanna lose any chances.

 

[Major]

I'm am currently in contact with a anesthesiologist that is a DO. He told me there aren't much fundamental differences between allopathic or osteopathic that appear in anesthesiology, which is obvious im sure. But I've applied to 8 DO schools with no DO shadowing and going to apply to two more, so should I just shadow him just to say i shadowed a DO or would adcom question me on the specialty of the DO i shadowed? I finally got in contact with a DO so I don't wanna lose any chances.

You are over thinking this! Go shadow him and enjoy it!

 

[ananasmed]

My letter was from a DO neurologist who basically told me the same thing. No one mentioned it at my interviews or seemed to care 😛. Make sure you can formulate your answer for "Why DO?" but that can come from a mixture of your shadowing experience (even if it's something not REALLY specific to osteopathic medicine in general, but something you were impressed by that you observed in this guy's practice), and reading about osteopathic medicine/OMM in particular - I recommend "The DOs" by Norman Gevitz.