rofl

AFK killing faf :flame:

 

I love osteopathy!

rofl@DOs

hahahaha.

 

You're going to be working with DOs when you do your residency and internships! MAYBE I'LL BE ONE OF THEM. :cool2:

What's a raw-ful ?

btw anyone who doesn't vote for MD gets beat with my banstick, and conversely, anyone who does vote for MD can be a moderator

 

 

:jk:

The degree has nothing to do with how good of a doctor you are; thats left to the person.

 

 

That said

 

DO > MD

JUST SAY NO TO D.O.

DO IS THE WAY TO GO!!

sorry blike...i'm going with MD

 

now lets get :offtopic:

G.E.D FOR LIFE BABY :owned:

Perhaps tomorrow I'll post seriously on this thread. Tonight, I'm bouncing off the walls

DO= :owned:

 

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

 

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

 

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DO :lame:

________

 

DO -> :flame: <- MD

 

 

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

MSc ffs..., not one of these doogie howser jobbies.

which will offer you more oppurtunities in life

Bump? :spam:

No, I'm losing. NO BUMP!

I LOVE MDs!

Just marry a rich babe and forget about us little people.:cool2: :bravo:Go party.:bravo:

Just aman:D

Does anyone actually know what a DO is, and how they differ from MDs?

 

If not, you're about to get a nice essay, courtesy of blike

:banme:

Is it Doctor of Osteopathy?

Just aman

Moved to main page!

 

DO is Doc of osteopathy, aka bone obsessed rural family practive

DO is Doc of osteopathy, aka bone obsessed rural family practive

 

Like faf said, a DO stands for Doctor of Osteopathy.

 

Bottom line where Osteopathy differs from allopathy is the coursework in OMT. Over 200 hours are spent in osteopathic schools teaching Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy. This therapy is not to be confused with chiropractics. All other aspects of training are the same. The same books are used, the same classes are taken. Osteopaths have residencies in ANY specialty(don't listen to this rural family hogwash).

 

At the end of the day, I want to be the kind of doctor who gives my patients the best care possible. If they have a problem I will use the most effective, least invasive means to help them. The New England Journal of Medicine has published papers about the efficacy of osteopathic techniques for things like low back pain. It works. Doing anything less would not be serving my patients to the best of my ability. Harvard and other medical schools are starting to add courses that include these techniques.

 

As a DO I will hopefully have the ability to treat a patient using more than my scalpel and prescription pad. Will this help every patient? No. Will I use this with every patient? No. Will I deny a patient surgery if they need it? No. Will I hesitate to give an antibiotic or pain medication if it is needed? No.

 

You have an infection, you take an antibiotic.

You have an inflamed appendix, you get it surgically removed.

You have a migraine...ahh...here is where I can maybe try something else along with or even before I reach for the medication. Again, will it work for everyone? Of course not.

 

Medicine is a very personal thing. Each patient respond differently to medicine, surgery, other treatments, and to the attitude of the physician. I, as a physician, will need to find the best way to take care of my patients. This can include different treatments or even referring them to a more qualified person. But I feel that as DO I may have more options.

BTW the poll should NOT be on the main page, since faf rigged the vote and bribed people into voting