| Only medical doctors (DO, MD or MBBS) plz: Have you noticed any criticism of DOs by health care workers?

Only medical doctors (DO, MD or MBBS) plz: Have you noticed any criticism of DOs by health care workers?

manny_md2012 asked the question:


I know that there isn’t really any differences between DOs and MDs since they are basically equivalent degrees, with DO having to do extra training in muskoskeletal system. Plus DO(~3.5GPA) schools are almost as hard as MD(~3.6GPA) schools to get into nowdays. (also keeping in mind that ~25% of MDs graduated from foreign countries like Ireland, Carribean, where it is extremely easy to get into when comparing to US/Canada)

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One Response to “Only medical doctors (DO, MD or MBBS) plz: Have you noticed any criticism of DOs by health care workers?”

  1. Troy on February 4th, 2009 12:28 pm

    Any criticism stems from ignorance as to what a DO is, some people think it is a chiropractor. Most people don’t even realize they are seeing a doctor with the DO degree as opposed to an MD. I go to a DO school and we are actively recruited by MD residencies.
    We have MDs who are preceptors for our rotations, and others who come in and teach lectures, and there are DOs who do the same for MD schools. If anyone gives you crap about going to a DO program because you couldn’t get in, just give them that same arguement you put up there, it’ll shut them up. That and tell them you chose it.