Why did YOU choose an MD instead of a DO? (Other than location.)

[Gauss44]

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Is there like some rule that we have to have a MD vs. DO thread everyday? Lol

If you would like to be today's author, you could start a discussion thread about whether or not there should be a SEPARATE MAJOR CATEGORY for MD vs. DO (like those that exist for MD, School Specific, What are My Chances, DO, MCAT Discussion, Non Traditional...). I agree, it is a very popular subject. Popular subject, annoying to some people = make separate category

A worthy discussion for a separate thread or pm with sdn in my opinion (filled my quota yesterday).

 

[SpecterGT260]

If you would like to be today's author, you could start a discussion thread about whether or not there should be a separate major category for MD vs. DO (like those that exist for MD, School Specific, What are My Chances, DO, MCAT Discussion, Non Traditional...).

A worthy discussion for a separate thread in my opinion (filled my quota yesterday).

I misread your post and thought for a second you were talking about undergrad Pre-MD and Pre-DO tracts/majors/paths.

 

[487806]

If you would like to be today's author, you could start a discussion thread about whether or not there should be a separate major category for MD vs. DO (like those that exist for MD, School Specific, What are My Chances, DO, MCAT Discussion, Non Traditional...).

A worthy discussion for a separate thread in my opinion (filled my quota yesterday).

In that case, I think the mean of a Gaussian distribution of a large population of premeds favor MD, not DO.

 

[Fivo]

Hmm because the only letters, other than USA, that matter to me are MD

Oh lawd

 

[Ost3oclast]

I'm just so ****ing tired of MD vs DO threads......man. Two years on this site and it literally comes up every week.

If your so damn self conscious about the letters after your name or the prestige of your degree, dont even ask the question just go allopathic. Dont look to some random website for reassurance. Truth is, you will never get reassurance from anybody but yourself. Somebody will always rag on your **** regardless of your degree.

And if you are looking for random comparisons of the MD and DO degrees do a freakin search. When I came here two years ago I collected all sorts of info regarding the "differences" of the degrees and how people look at them differently by searching this site alone. I didnt start 1 or 2 or 3 threads in multiple subforums on sdn asking people to spoon feed me information. Nothing has "changed" about the MD vs DO debate over the last 2 years that I have seen, so just because a thread of this type hasnt been started in the last two weeks doesnt mean you have to start another one.

 

[SpecterGT260]

Hmm because the only letters, other than USA, that matter to me are MD

Oh lawd

why you gotta hate on canada brah?

 

[ValentineLissar]

If you would like to be today's author, you could start a discussion thread about whether or not there should be a separate major category for MD vs. DO (like those that exist for MD, School Specific, What are My Chances, DO, MCAT Discussion, Non Traditional...).

A worthy discussion for a separate thread in my opinion (filled my quota yesterday).

I really don't feel that it's necessary, and I'd say that it's these kinds of threads that are stupid.

Yes, MD's have greater prestige and opportunities but that doesn't mean that there's no merit to the DO route. Furthermore, medicine isn't about competition and these kinds of threads lend themselves too much into topics that don't really matter once you're actually a medical student. You should just worry about getting your grades up and the highest MCAT score possible. And after that worry about getting in somewhere before you start getting picky.

 

[487806]

I'm just so ****ing tired of MD vs DO threads......man. Two years on this site and it literally comes up every week.

If your so damn self conscious about the letters after your name or the prestige of your degree, dont even ask the question just go allopathic. Dont look to some random website for reassurance. Truth is, you will never get reassurance from anybody but yourself. Somebody will always rag on your **** regardless of your degree.

And if you are looking for random comparisons of the MD and DO degrees do a freakin search. When I came here two years ago I collected all sorts of info regarding the "differences" of the degrees and how people look at them differently by searching this site alone. I didnt start 1 or 2 or 3 threads in multiple subforums on sdn asking people to spoon feed me information. Nothing has "changed" about the MD vs DO debate over the last 2 years that I have seen, so just because a thread of this type hasnt been started in the last two weeks doesnt mean you have to start another one.

You're one of few people who gets very sensitive and easily angered when someone creates a common provoking thread... You don't have to respond. Just ignore and walk away.

 

[Kaputt]

I'm just so ****ing tired of MD vs DO threads......man. Two years on this site and it literally comes up every week.

If your so damn self conscious about the letters after your name or the prestige of your degree, dont even ask the question just go allopathic. Dont look to some random website for reassurance. Truth is, you will never get reassurance from anybody but yourself. Somebody will always rag on your **** regardless of your degree.

And if you are looking for random comparisons of the MD and DO degrees do a freakin search. When I came here two years ago I collected all sorts of info regarding the "differences" of the degrees and how people look at them differently by searching this site alone. I didnt start 1 or 2 or 3 threads in multiple subforums on sdn asking people to spoon feed me information. Nothing has "changed" about the MD vs DO debate over the last 2 years that I have seen, so just because a thread of this type hasnt been started in the last two weeks doesnt mean you have to start another one.

Why do you care...? 99% of the threads posted on here are rehashed neurotic nonsense. This is just more of the same.

 

[Gut Shot]

Yes, doctors do plenty to make sure they are getting the most reimbursement possible for what they do. The problem with the statement was suggesting that doctors are all doing unnecessary treatments just to make a buck. A more realistic description is "you need treatment X regardless, I can give it to you such that the hospital bills $5, or I can do it such that the hospital bills $50. I'm doing the latter"

No, it's more like "we can treat this medically and bill x, or we can treat it surgically and bill 20x. Both options have the same chance of working, so let's just go ahead with the surgery."

And don't even get me started on the money wasted on diagnostic testing. I know people who will order a $15,000+ shotgun workup on an abnormal lab finding rather than think it through. And let me know how often you're sitting in tumor board listening to people chase after hot spots on serial PET scans. Give me a break.

So they have the nurse prep everything and the doctor just shows up to press the plunger. It isnt necessarily good or bad. it is business.

Uh, business or not, that's pretty damn bad. And I know exactly what you are talking about.

 

[SpecterGT260]

No, it's more like "we can treat this medically and bill x, or we can treat it surgically and bill 20x. Both options have the same chance of working, so let's just go ahead with the surgery."

And don't even get me started on the money wasted on diagnostic testing. I know people who will order a $15,000+ shotgun workup on an abnormal lab finding rather than think it through. And let me know how often you're sitting in tumor board listening to people chase after hot spots on serial PET scans. Give me a break.



Uh, business or not, that's pretty damn bad. And I know exactly what you are talking about.

I wasn't trying to say it is right. I was saying it is an artifact of the billing system. Just like using the magic number 5 or whatver it is... something about billing for more if your exam had a specific number of components to it so go ahead and do the abdominal exam even though it isn't necessary. Again I'm working with bits and pieces of what I have picked up around the hospital and from class mates so if I say something that sounds off I apologize. I would agree that a simpler billing code would benefit everyone. But I don't agree with getting rid of fee for service practice entirely.

 

[Food]

Just to be able to practice medicine internationally without any hitches or constraints. Not suggesting that DOs cannot practice internationally, because quite frankly I'm not sure, but I do know that people in other countries will know what an MD is better than they will understand a DO.

 

[Gauss44]

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[SpecterGT260]

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random pre-med MD vs DO reasons are really not terribly useful....
It may be a tangent, but billing practice ethics is going to be much more informative than the myriad of reasons, both informed and uninformed that pre-meds choose for or against a particular route.

Do you really hope to gain anything having the OP answered or do you just want attention for your thread?

 

[Gut Shot]

I would agree that a simpler billing code would benefit everyone. But I don't agree with getting rid of fee for service practice entirely.

Nor I. FFS is good for driving volume when the goal is to drive volume, but I would say we have gotten to a state where more volume isn't always a good thing. I suspect if we paid all the proceduralists with high salaries (+/- productivity incentives) rather than FFS we might see decreased utilization without adversely affecting incomes.

Perhaps that will happen indirectly with bundled payment systems. Ah well, let's enjoy the ride, shall we?

 

[SpecterGT260]

Nor I. FFS is good for driving volume when the goal is to drive volume, but I would say we have gotten to a state where more volume isn't always a good thing. I suspect if we paid all the proceduralists with high salaries (+/- productivity incentives) rather than FFS we might see decreased utilization without adversely affecting incomes.

Perhaps that will happen indirectly with bundled payment systems. Ah well, let's enjoy the ride, shall we?

I agree completely