What's so bad about a DO?

[VictorAlpha]

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nothing wrong with it...

lock it up

 

[Midifelder10]

true and true. But since a large majority of MD's can't match at competitive residencies anyways, this should be a non issue for most run of the mill medical students, MD or DO.

Yes!

 

[metview]

Because the average MCAT for some DOs is 24-25, a score which can be attained by taking only two of the three tests.

 

[deleted407021]

They are the same thing, even though a few things they teach as mostly tradition aren't the most scientific i.e. cranial therapy. But they are docs all the same. I know a DO neurosurgeon who is very successful.

 

[goldenroc]

People who argue against DO cite examples of weakest matriculants, people who are for DO cite the strongest matriculants.

In the real world some PDs care more about prestige and MD degree, other PDs care more about the individual's abilities. In the end, patients just want to a see a good doctor.

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

Because the average MCAT for some DOs is 24-25, a score which can be attained by taking only two of the three tests.

Couldn't you say "the average for some" and mean just about anything?

Did you, by the way, pull this off yourself, i.e., cap 25 on two sub-sections alone?

As a side note, it's also possible to pull a 30 from two sub-sections, a meer 1.1 points lower than the 2011 allopathic matriculant average.

 

[Didierdrogba]

Because the average MCAT for some DOs is 24-25, a score which can be attained by taking only two of the three tests.

right! doctors with high MCAT scores surely are better doctors !

I remember visiting Mayo clinic once and seeing all of its doctors treating patients using their mastery of the ideal gas law....

 

[GopherMD]

right! doctors with high MCAT scores surely are better doctors !

I remember visiting Mayo clinic once and seeing all of its doctors treating patients using their mastery of the ideal gas law....

You noticed that too!? I'm glad I wasn't the only one hearing "PV=nRT" being shouted in the hospital halls.

 

[LovelyBRass]

Every time someone posts in an MD v DO thread, an angel gets its wings.

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

Every time someone posts in an MD v DO thread, an angel gets its wings.

Really? I was told they die. =/

 

[syoung]

so morbid...

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

No good can come from posting in an MD vs DO thread. Surprised I haven't learned my lesson by now.

I hope they don't die for real though. 😕🙁