Poll: MD or DO

[fafalone]

bah, cut them up!

 

 

and about the rural hogwash, that's what most DOs do, they can do any specialty, but they generally don't.

[blike]

You're right, most do.

 

Not me!

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:bs:

[fafalone]

Moved and bumped

[aman]

So the only real character building excitement your going for is on the golf course. At least practice in a small town so you can stop and smell the roses.

Just aman

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At least practice in a small town so you can stop and smell the roses.

 

I love you aman! Osteopaths (DO) are geared toward rural practice.

[fafalone]

Thats another reason to just say no to DO

[blike]

Do the DO!

 

 

I forgot to mention, DOs can practice in large cities, and often times they do. BUT, most DO schools like to put doctors into needy areas as far as healthcare.

[aman]

Sounds like the life of a DO is adventure and poverty while the life of an MD just sucks but ya got money. MD's get crappy goldigging spouses while DO's get caring partners.

I've watched enough TV to know these things.

Besides I'm an old fart so I'm just chock full of wisdom.:cool2:

:worship: DO:cool2: :cool2:

:toilet: MD:flame:

Just aman

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Actually DOs make the same on average as MDs, however, some DOs settle for less in small towns. In big cities, however, the hospitals and hmos recognize no difference between an MD and a DO; they are both paid by the same standard.

 

But you bring up a good point, I don't understand people who go into medicine for money. I've always been taught that you do what you love.

[fafalone]

I think it's time for another bump here, get some fresh votes and reassert the how unfathomably superior MDs are to DOs.

[aman]

I've got to admit that when our expedition encountered tribes in the jungles they did appreciate the modern medicines and treatments we brought. I was essentially a psuedo MD since I had been trained in EMT and jungle medicine in Panama and I don't think an OD would have been a lot of use without a lot of supplies. I worked out of a footlocker. Do OD's put in stitches and set bones? Just curious.

Just aman

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I was essentially a psuedo MD since I had been trained in EMT and jungle medicine in Panama and I don't think an OD would have been a lot of use without a lot of supplies. I worked out of a footlocker. Do OD's put in stitches and set bones? Just curious.

 

An OD is an eye doctor. A DO is a physician. A DO would be perfect for that situation, they are geared towards rural medicine. And yes, they can stitch and set bones, and do anything an MD can do.

 

Check out this article

[fafalone]

sounds like osteopath propaganda to me

 

 

allopath schools are better... JHU, Yale, Harvard.. all MD. Coincidence? I think not.

[blike]

Those are rated according to research, which is not the main thrust of osteopathy.

 

"When people ask me, I use the analogy of the Democrats and the Republicans. They are both writing laws, but are coming at them with different philosophies," says Dr. Tyler Cymet, a doctor of osteopathy and a professor at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore."

 

Maybe one day he'll be your daddy.

[fafalone]

Republicans are better than democrats too.

[aman]

Sorry about the OD thing, I guess I was thinking about that nodding off in class thread where I counseled cut back on the Heroin. Thanks for the DO info and they get my respect, especially if they are Republicans.

Just aman

[fafalone]

BUMP!

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In the words of another member: "Excessive smilation"!

 

Originally posted by fafalone

DO= :owned:

 

:nono: JUST SAY NO TO D.O. :nono:

 

DO -> :worship: :cool2: <- MD

 

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DO :lame:

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DO -> :flame: <- MD

 

 

The life of a DO can now be expressed by smilies; :uhh: :dunno: :shrug: :scratch: :toilet:

[spacemanspiff]

DO? MD?

 

they're all just pill pushers

 

PhD is where it's at.

and to a lesser extent ScD.

[fafalone]

Pill pushers??

 

Cut em up!

[fafalone]

bump!!!!

[quack]

Usually students with lower scores on Medical College Admissions Test(MCAT) apply to Osteopathic schools, rather than Allopathic, due to the selectivity of admissions.

[Skye]

Maybe blike is just a persuasive writer, but I like the idea of a DO. What we call osteopaths here are slightly different, more analogous to a chiropractor, the usual training seems to be a masters degree. There's also a shortage of GP's (and specialists) here in rural areas, and the american DO seems suited to filling that role.