This is ridiculous

[ornis4]

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=2&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_he_me/rural_docs

Osteopathic schools routinely aim to provide primary care physicians for underserved communities...a couple MD schools start special programs for it, and it's news!! I know the article is probably written in good faith, but a little research into osteopathy and maybe a mention of it would have shown a much more comprehensive understanding of medical care in underserved communities. Oh well...this is yet another instance where a lack of PR by the osteopathic higher-ups is apparent. The public needs to gain a better understanding of osteopathy, and an article like this that does not even mention DO's, yet focuses on a main aspect of the profession, does not help. Any thoughts?

 

[jkhamlin]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=2&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_he_me/rural_docs

Osteopathic schools routinely aim to provide primary care physicians for underserved communities...a couple MD schools start special programs for it, and it's news!! I know the article is probably written in good faith, but a little research into osteopathy and maybe a mention of it would have shown a much more comprehensive understanding of medical care in underserved communities. Oh well...this is yet another instance where a lack of PR by the osteopathic higher-ups is apparent. The public needs to gain a better understanding of osteopathy, and an article like this that does not even mention DO's, yet focuses on a main aspect of the profession, does not help. Any thoughts?

I saw that same article and thought the same thing. 🙄 I have seen articles about many things that Osteopathy has pioneered but didn't become news until MD's did it, orthopedics, PBL, holistic medicine, preventive medicine, women and minorities in medicine, the list goes on. In an ironic sort of way, innovation really is news when the MD's finally catch on. 😉

 

[dr.z]

I saw that same article and thought the same thing. 🙄 I have seen articles about many things that Osteopathy has pioneered but didn't become news until MD's did it, orthopedics, PBL, holistic medicine, preventive medicine, women and minorities in medicine, the list goes on. In an ironic sort of way, innovation really is news when the MD's finally catch on. 😉

It's sad, but there are more of them than us. Medical field is still represented in large by MDs and what DOs do are often forgotten.

 

[sia_simba]

Come on guys and gals... don't let such article dampens your heart... does it matter what the media thinks ??? half the time.. they are wrong... lets talk about the weather for instance. heh... What about propaganda ??

I doubt what we do is forgotten... for all the patients that we've helped or will come to help... we will forever be in their memories... We do don't need such recognition, and I am sure we do it not to be recognized either... we do it because we want to do it...

Plus.. if you are VERY VERY convinced that no one will know about DO's good deeds, if it makes you feel any better... i know. =)

 

[OSUdoc08]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=2&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_he_me/rural_docs

Osteopathic schools routinely aim to provide primary care physicians for underserved communities...a couple MD schools start special programs for it, and it's news!! I know the article is probably written in good faith, but a little research into osteopathy and maybe a mention of it would have shown a much more comprehensive understanding of medical care in underserved communities. Oh well...this is yet another instance where a lack of PR by the osteopathic higher-ups is apparent. The public needs to gain a better understanding of osteopathy, and an article like this that does not even mention DO's, yet focuses on a main aspect of the profession, does not help. Any thoughts?

I don't know what the big deal is here. This article is about healthcare in Louisiana. The writer does not mention osteopathic medicine because there is no school of osteopathic medicine that serves the state of Louisiana. As a result, Tulane must undertake this task.

It is quite comical that everyone assumes this is an anti-D.O. article.

 

[jkhamlin]

It is quite comical that everyone assumes this is an anti-D.O. article.

No, it is a conspiracy, I'm sure of it. 😀
Ok, so we got a little carried away. BTW, isn't Louisiana the last state to fully license DO's? On the other hand, I guess someone had to be last.

 

[OSUdoc08]

No, it is a conspiracy, I'm sure of it. 😀
Ok, so we got a little carried away. BTW, isn't Louisiana the last state to fully license DO's? On the other hand, I guess someone had to be last.

Years States Passed Unlimited Practice Laws

Alabama 1959
Alaska 1966
Arizona 1930
Arkansas 1971
California 1901
Colorado 1913
Delaware 1939
District of Columbia 1929
Florida 1927
Georgia 1968
Hawaii 1921
Idaho 1969
Illinois 1955
Indiana 1945
Iowa 1963
Kansas 1957
Kentucky 1952
Louisiana 1971
Maine 1929
Maryland 1967
Massachusetts 1909
Michigan 1903
Minnesota 1963
Mississippi 1973
Missouri 1959
Montana 1971
Nebraska 1989
Nevada 1925
New Hampshire 1914
New Jersey 1939
New Mexico 1931
New York 1946
North Carolina 1969
North Dakota 1969
Ohio 1943
Oklahoma 1922
Oregon 1917
Pennsylvania 1957
Rhode Island 1940
South Carolina 1969
South Dakota 1943
Tennessee 1939
Texas 1907
Utah 1921
Vermont 1947
Virginia 1913
Washington 1919
West Virginia 1922
Wisconsin 1949
Wyoming 1918

http://history.aoa-net.org/Recognition/laws.htm

 

[jkhamlin]

Years States Passed Unlimited Practice Laws


Missouri 1959

http://history.aoa-net.org/Recognition/laws.htm

Missouri was in 1959!

 

[ornis4]

I don't know what the big deal is here. This article is about healthcare in Louisiana. The writer does not mention osteopathic medicine because there is no school of osteopathic medicine that serves the state of Louisiana. As a result, Tulane must undertake this task.

It is quite comical that everyone assumes this is an anti-D.O. article.

That's not at all what I was going for...this article is not anti-DO, nor did I ever say as much. In mentioning similar efforts by other schools in other states to focus especially on rural primary care, I found it funny that there was not one mention of osteopathy. It's not anti-DO, but in the second half of the piece where the author starts giving stats in terms of portion of the population in rural areas and then portion of docs in those same areas, it would have shown a more comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter to at least mention DO's, as they play such a prominent role in those areas. This article was meant for discussion, not to get everyone up in arms and claim conspiracy...

 

[Boomer]

BTW, isn't Louisiana the last state to fully license DO's? On the other hand, I guess someone had to be last.

Louisiana was the last state to accept the COMLEX for licensure (past few years).