Why not have a Hippocratic and Osteopathic oath merger?

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When the 2015 merger occurs why not have the DO induction ceremony combine parts of Hippocratic oath like 'do no harm' into the osteopathic oath?

The only thing keeping me from DO is that after all the hard work of getting into med school I won't get to recite the infamous 'do no harm' words at the white coat ceremony.
 
When the 2015 merger occurs why not have the DO induction ceremony combine parts of Hippocratic oath like 'do no harm' into the osteopathic oath?

The only thing keeping me from DO is that after all the hard work of getting into med school I won't get to recite the infamous 'do no harm' words at the white coat ceremony.


What's with all these threads recently.
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When the 2015 merger occurs why not have the DO induction ceremony combine parts of Hippocratic oath like 'do no harm' into the osteopathic oath?

The only thing keeping me from DO is that after all the hard work of getting into med school I won't get to recite the infamous 'do no harm' words at the white coat ceremony.

You take the hippocratic oath at graduation..?

What is the point of this?
 
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When the 2015 merger occurs why not have the DO induction ceremony combine parts of Hippocratic oath like 'do no harm' into the osteopathic oath?

The only thing keeping me from DO is that after all the hard work of getting into med school I won't get to recite the infamous 'do no harm' words at the white coat ceremony.

I can't tell if your serious or not, but if you are...

All physicians abide by beneficence and non-maleficence. The wording of the oath is semantics. If I were you, I'd focus on the bigger picture, which is actions over words.
 
When the 2015 merger occurs why not have the DO induction ceremony combine parts of Hippocratic oath like 'do no harm' into the osteopathic oath?

The only thing keeping me from DO is that after all the hard work of getting into med school I won't get to recite the infamous 'do no harm' words at the white coat ceremony.

The phrase "do no harm" is not in either oath so you'll be disappointed either way.
 
The phrase "do no harm" is not in either oath so you'll be disappointed either way.

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Threads like yours allow me to post mindlessly.

I dont think you need threads of this kind to post mindlessly. It happens organically.

My favorite so far in my young SDN life is the allo folks trolling osteo forum out of boredom.
 
When the 2015 merger occurs why not have the DO induction ceremony combine parts of Hippocratic oath like 'do no harm' into the osteopathic oath?

The only thing keeping me from DO is that after all the hard work of getting into med school I won't get to recite the infamous 'do no harm' words at the white coat ceremony.

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I would really hate to tell him that almost no MD school uses the hippocratic oath either. Hasn't been used in a few decades except for a couple schools here and there who don't ever want to break tradition in the least. The part about not accepting payment was always considered a bit of a tricky thing to swear to, so most schools use a modified "physician's oath". The AOA just happens to have their own modification of that modification.
 
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Holy ****. Pre-DO just turned into megaderp central.

Combine Hippopotamus and Osteopathy?
Sloppopotamus.

DO vs Australia?
Australia. Got dem kangaroos.

DO students do not take notes on rotations, have no patient experience?
truuuuuu

Why not merge the words allopathic and osteopathic??
lol The docs over at HMS(COM) would love this.
 
Holy ****. Pre-DO just turned into megaderp central.

Combine Hippopotamus and Osteopathy?
Sloppopotamus.

DO vs Australia?Australia. Got dem kangaroos.

DO students do not take notes on rotations, have no patient experience?
truuuuuu

Why not merge the words allopathic and osteopathic??
lol The docs over at HMS(COM) would love this.
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