Who can tell me the difference between MD and DO?

[Dream to be a doc]

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I know DO is easier to get into and according to my research they get paid about the same and they both do about the same job including surgery, and diagnosis hen why do people pursue MD and treat DO as if they're not real doctors and please don't get offended by this. This is my personal thought I feel like people tend to look down on DO.

 

[IslandStyle808]

You know I know the answers to a lot of your questions and never made a single thread. Search this site harder and you shall find some answers. Come back to this thread and explain what else you have found. Then pose the question again.

 

[Dream to be a doc]

You know I know the answers to a lot of your questions and never made a single thread. Search this site harder and you shall find some answers. Come back to this thread and explain what else you have found. Then pose the question again.

awww okay 🙁

 

[IslandStyle808]

awww okay 🙁

You can do it!😉

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

I know DO is easier to get into and according to my research they get paid about the same and they both do about the same job including surgery, and diagnosis hen why do people pursue MD and treat DO as if they're not real doctors and please don't get offended by this. This is my personal thought I feel like people tend to look down on DO.

If you need to be spoon fed this information, you aren't ready to study medicine. Working hard and finding the nooks and crannies of the application process is crucial, and will take you far.

 

[Dream to be a doc]

If you need to be spoon fed this information, you aren't ready to study medicine.

I will try to research info first then come back here 🙁

 

[Dr Tony T. Chopper]

I will try to research info first then come back here 🙁

Good luck, you will persevere.

 

[68PGunner]

I know DO is easier to get into and according to my research they get paid about the same and they both do about the same job including surgery, and diagnosis hen why do people pursue MD and treat DO as if they're not real doctors and please don't get offended by this. This is my personal thought I feel like people tend to look down on DO.

This is the difference:
MD --> White collar docs
DO --> Blue collar docs

You're welcome.

 

[Dr. Death]

All DOs specialize, whereas many MDs go into the more prestigious primary care specialties
DOs have the higher quality clinical education. Many MD schools have spotty clinical rotations
MDs treat the whole patient, holistically, DOs just do OMM on everything

 

[redferrari]

MD and DO both know how to use a search function.

 

[mathnerd88]

All DOs specialize, whereas many MDs go into the more prestigious primary care specialties
DOs have the higher quality clinical education. Many MD schools have spotty clinical rotations
MDs treat the whole patient, holistically, DOs just do OMM on everything

Disagree very heavily....but I'll let it go because I don't want to start a flame war.

You can also benefit from using the search function.

 

[costales]

I know DO is easier to get into and according to my research they get paid about the same

The actual reimbursement rate for a given procedure is 61.25% lower from Medicare and 57.50% lower from private insurers. The prestige factor is 79% lower due to the lack of an M.D. license plate, which impacts impression on fast-food workers and valets, and vandals.

 

[costales]

You can also benefit from using the search function.

The best research is done without a search button.

 

[Goro]

Mathnerd, DD was being sarcastic. It doesn't travel well over the Internet.

Disagree very heavily....but I'll let it go because I don't want to start a flame war.

You can also benefit from using the search function.

 

[Technology]

Here you go: http://www.studentdoctor.net/2007/09/doctor-of-osteopathic-medicine-or-doctor-of-medicine-which-one/

That link should give you some idea of the difference.

 

[TheBoneDoctah]

I know DO is easier to get into and according to my research they get paid about the same and they both do about the same job including surgery, and diagnosis hen why do people pursue MD and treat DO as if they're not real doctors and please don't get offended by this. This is my personal thought I feel like people tend to look down on DO.

I'm pretty sure medical school makes them real doctors. People who think this have a problem and have to try and put others down to make themselves feel better.


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[TheBoneDoctah]

Oh and by the way, DOs perform fake surgeries and write fake prescriptions. They also get paid in Monopoly money and live in these fake little houses.


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[Dustbowl12]

what is DO

 

[mathnerd88]

Mathnerd, DD was being sarcastic. It doesn't travel well over the Internet.

It had me fooled!

 

[GypsyHummus]

DOs learn the ways of the force. MDs do not

 

[torontopharm]

DO's are just chiropractors (in primary care settings ONLY). They're boo-boo fixers while MD's do the real thing.

 

[Wjldenver]

I know DO is easier to get into and according to my research they get paid about the same and they both do about the same job including surgery, and diagnosis hen why do people pursue MD and treat DO as if they're not real doctors and please don't get offended by this. This is my personal thought I feel like people tend to look down on DO.

Some threads on social media never cease to amaze me. Here is one of your earlier posts:

I'm 24 years old and I'm currently in a community college. I never had an interest in studying and I always barely passed classes when I was in high school. My gpa was around 2.2 when I graduated. Then I went to college but I failed out of community college and my gpa was 1.7 when I dropped out. And one life incident completely changed me and I went back to college. I made up all of the classes I failed and my gpa will be above 3.2 after this semester. I got accepted into nursing school. But the thought about becoming a surgeon would never leave me alone. I know that I have to transfer to university first and 3.2 is not good enough. My question is will med school look at my past classes I failed and my high school grades?

At this juncture, you do not have the stats to get into a MD program. You can feel like people tend to look down on DO's, but it will be a stretch if you get admitted to a DO program. What's that adage, beggars can't be choosers!

 

[redferrari]

DO's are just chiropractors (in primary care settings ONLY). They're boo-boo fixers while MD's do the real thing.

Don't laugh. My own father thought a DO was a chiropractor up until very recently.

 

[Scrubs101]

I heard the only major difference is DO's are cat people and MD's are dog people.

Choose wisely OP.


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[redferrari]

I heard the only major difference is DO's are cat people and MD's are dog people.

Choose wisely OP.


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Surprisingly decent comparison. In my general observations based on friends of mine, this has more or less proven true. I know that is only a coincidence, but still.

 

[AlteredScale]

Since there are about a million and one of these "Difference b/t MD and DO" and "MD vs. DO" threads available on the SDN inter webs, this thread will be closed.