Could be one of those or even all three of them. Could have even been from his parents or one of his friends. I know people who have given up on med school and pursued other things because they refused to take the DO route. It's interesting how people get things so ingrained in their minds that they will sacrifice their future for an idea.
...It baffles me how instead of practicing medicine as a DO, people will just give up medical school in general. But whatever, more spots for us
Its best when those people don't make it. They weren't meant to be doctors anyways. If all they wanted was prestige, they can go somewhere else. If they want to practice medicine, it doesn't matter where they go (MD, DO, Carib), just that they get through the training.
Is that what most D.Os are ? I mean the D.O I'm currently shadowing is in internal medicine
Most residencies are in the primary care fields. IM and FM have the biggest number of residency spots in both AOA and ACGME residencies. Many people subspecialize though, so the actual result might be fewer PCPs.
DOs do, however, tend to be more in primary care. There is a reason why the biggest DO schools are also up there with being some of the biggest PCP producers.
He says that his brother in laws are burn doctors and that they said d.os don't have much going for them.
What does that mean? Don't have much going for them? They get the same salaries and do the same work as MDs, so I don't know what he means. If he means getting into a good residency, that's very doable as a DO, just make sure its not some crazy surgical subspecialty. I mean its not like every MD has every opportunity under the sun. A US MD from a low-tier school that just barely passes his boards wouldn't end up in a surgical subspecialty either.
He might be right, but only for his location.
My aunt works as a nurse at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA, which is a very large hospital that does tons of research. She says that she hasn't seen very many DO in her 25+ years of being there. If I recall, she remembered only seeing one in recent years.
Unfortunately, old habits seem to die hard, and location is a major decider in where DO's get jobs it seems.
UPMC has some attitude towards DOs (LECOM more specifically). DOs match and work at UPMC sites all the time though. Granted its not usually Presby or Montefiore, but there are some DOs in Magee-Womens, Shadyside, St. Margaret's, etc. Not to mention Mercy, which had a ton of DOs and some DO residencies. Realistically though, most big hospital DOs in Pittsburgh are a part of the AGH/West Penn system, but they also have a bunch of MD and DO residencies, so that may be why.
The real problem is that with UPMC (and probably many places) this is very PD-specific. Some PDs just have a rule of not accepting DOs or FMGs. Some just don't accept FMGs. It really varies. That said, I know some SGU graduates that matched in a UPMC site.
You know what they say, DO > MD
(not srs 😀)
Guys, come on, if you're going to say it, say it right. DO = MD+
🙂laugh:, I mean you can't spell doctor without DO, right? right??)
