tuition money and time MD is the way for me!! its the gold prize of the health field,,,DO is good for some but MD from carib will still be gold but DO will always have to prove their worthiness
I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but it's not the degree, it's the person holding the degree. The letters "M" and "D" can be useless depending on the person bearing the initials and sometimes the school granting the initials.
I find it amusing that you have to resort to stating that DOs have to prove their worthiness when you're attending a school that is not widely recognized in the US as a "worthy" school.
In the tradition of SDN, here are some links to support my points. Hopefully these links won't scare you too much and will make you think about your career. I'm not trying to insult you, but trying to instill a bit of "real world" sense into you:
Here's a link to the Medical Board of California stating that your school is not approved:
http://www.medbd.ca.gov/Applicant_Schools_Unapproved.htm
Here's a link to the Medical Board ot Texas, showing several DOs as members of the board (and not all are in primary care!
😱 ). You may notice the president of the board is a DO:
http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/boards/mbbios.php
That same board in Texas has a list in which your school does not figure, and therefore if you were to apply for a medical license in Texas, you'll have to "prove your worthiness" to the DOs on the Texas board:
http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/professionals/physicians/applicants/STDNHPSE.rtf
Finally (I'm tired of searching the web now), here's a link to the Board of Medical Examiners of Oregon. You might be interested in reading the board's definition of an "approved school of medicine" and also that the same board only recognizes some foreign schools in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Australia. Would it be impossible for an SMU grad to get a license there? Maybe, maybe not. But you'd definitely have to prove worthiness:
http://www.lcd.state.or.us/BME/phyappgeneralinformation.shtml
Wait! Here's another one: The medical board of indiana will not grant you a medical license because SMU is on their list of disapproved foreign medical schools (also there's a DO in the board):
http://www.in.gov/pla/bandc/mlbi/pdfs/MD_DO_Instruction_Information.pdf
OK, now I'm tired. Anyway, please realize that having an MD degree will not automatically open the doors to US medicine for you. The school attached to that degree might prove to be an obstacle in some states. Just be cognizant of what you will face as a grad of SMU. Good luck to you and I hope someday you'll realize (like so many people) that the DO degree does not necessarily mean the holder has to prove something or has less medical skill/knowledge. Sorry for the long post (and sorry to contribute to the dumb thread) but there's a ton of snow out there and I'm bored inside the house with nothing better to do (and I'm sick of studying for today).