Ahh, it's totally different if politicians get involved. But it will have to be done at the national level.
Not therapy. Treatment. Physicians provide treatment. Osteopathic philosophy and principles are the core of who DOs are. Even though some never put OMT to use, the essence of each DO is NOT the same as MDs.
This is honestly my biggest issue with the system as it currently is. Students should just take USMLE and take a separate OMM exam.
They were originally a DO school. Then they became MD.
California had a little snit about DOs
IMO, I strongly believe so. 2 years learning it in class, then 3 years specializing in it. That's way more training in OMM than any MDs practicing OMT.
I was talking about people that actually specializes in NMM/OMM.
shrug.. I am aware that there are some things taught that are sketch but you can just ignore it and move on. If you are an amazing and driven student you are going to go out and find opportunities. Nothing will be handed to us in life and I for one am not going to wait around to be patted on the head and told by some MD that they respect me.
DO schools pedal an amazing medical education that each year sees thousands of competent physicians graduate and go on to do amazing things. If you are waiting for someone to hand out respect and opportunity you will be waiting a while. You need to go out and prove yourself as a competent physician and make your own name for your self. Why are you hinging your self worth on what others think of you? In the medical field you need a thick skin as regardless of DO or MD you will often find patients, other attendings, and even administrators are slow to dole out the respect. There are techniques still taught in MD schools that are not all evidence based either but have just been done because that is what has always been done.
Study hard, best of luck. It is a rite of passage - nashing through that First Aid Step 1 book. A Rite of passage that both MD and DO students go through. Our MD brothers and sisters, just know that there is something that you can learn from DOs. Together we can improve the state of medicine. From my childhood, I remember a character on TV saying, “watcha readin’ For, geek! Dontcha know how to work a TV?!?” Be humble, keep you head down, study hard — go to, get through and excel at Med school — whether Md or Do. Know enough so that one day you may be aware enough to tell a patient/loved one “I know someone whi might be able to help.....” as opposed to “there’s nothing we can do, sorry....”
DO schools pedal an amazing medical education that each year sees thousands of competent physicians graduate and go on to do amazing things. If you are waiting for someone to hand out respect and opportunity you will be waiting a while. You need to go out and prove yourself as a competent physician and make your own name for your self. Why are you hinging your self worth on what others think of you? In the medical field you need a thick skin as regardless of DO or MD you will often find patients, other attendings, and even administrators are slow to dole out the respect. There are techniques still taught in MD schools that are not all evidence based either but have just been done because that is what has always been done.
Save your your breath already. There's no white knight out there. The AOA will only stop this process when enough of its members are willing to do so.
Lots of schools have different admissions philosophies. SLU is not Duke, nor GWU, for example.
But the generally lower MCAT/GPA and more forgiveness for a weak start to college, I feel like all DO schools have more room for that than even the more forgiving MD programs? I also think multiple MCAT's are handled differently by DO schools. ( I think it's newest, not average, but I'm not sure).
It's true that DO schools are more willing to overlook past acadmic mistakes.
