would you choose become a D.O or M.D ?

Question

What would you choose between D.O school in your state, which is the best one, and M.D school in out of your state ,which is not very well known , if you get accepted into both school?

Please answer seriously.
Thank you

Answer 1

Both schools have the same number of years, hours of coursework, etc. So when the DO programs say they give you more, that is not really true. They give something the MD programs don't but they have to loose a few hours elsewhere to do so. Also MD schools tend to be more competitive and have higher MCATs to get in, so they may be a teeny bit more rigorous. Everything I just said accounts for maybe a 1-2% difference. So they are 99% the same. The main difference is that there is still more of a primary care/holistic approach taught and emphasized at DO programs vs research/specialty approach at MD's but even that is rapidly dissappearing. My rec is pick a good school (either) that you like the reputation of. It won't matter much 10 years after you graduate. I am an MD from Michigan, so I don't agree with the rankings above, but to each their own.
Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Michigan State nearby has both an MD and DO school. If I did it all over again, didn't choose podiatry and got accepted to the MD programs at Michgan State, Wayne State, and University of Michigan and the DO program at Michigan State, I would probably rank them at....

D.O. at MSU
M.D. at Wayne State
M.D. at U of M or MSU

I like the DOs that I have worked with (did my podiatry residency in a DO training hospital)

I suspect that as a student in metro Detroit you get more hands on experience than the other MD schools. If I wanted the prestige of University of Michigan, then I would do my residency or fellowship there.

Of course, since a medical education will cost you six digits, a significant scholarship will knock those ratings right out of the water.

Answer 3

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would you choose become a D.O or M.D ?
What would you choose between D.O school in your state, which is the best one, and M.D school in out of your state ,which is not very well known , if you get accepted into both school?

Please answer seriously.
Thank you

Answer 4

A degree in Osteopathic medicine gives you the same education as one in Allopathic medicine, plus knowledge of diagnostic and therapeutic technique in osteopathic manipulation (similar to chiropractic techniques). I'm a D.O. NYCOM class of 1995. I trained in NY city, did my residency in Maryland at an allopathic hospital, and joined a multispeciality practice. As a D.O., the Match maybe more difficult, getting fellowships also might be more difficult, but your patients won't care.

M.D. might be an easier course if you live in a D.O. unfriendly state or are considering a competitive fellowship.

Answer 5

Many here respond as either MDs or DOs. I respond as a patient who is also an RN. I find myself much more comfortable with DOs that have cared for me.

Just as intelligent, sometimes more so. MDs are great, too. Don't get me wrong, but I really feel that the DOs have a more holistic approach to all their care, and form their care plan around the WHOLE person.

There are MDs who do this, too; guess that's not really an endorsement of one over the other, but I've seen DOs take on the complexities of care, where MDs tend to send me more often to specialists.

DOs do the speciality thing, also; but only after they've studied the problem and realized that it might not be something that is in their area of expertise.They have all the basis for the same knowledge that MDs do. They know.

So, 6 of one, 1/2 dozen of another, in my mind!

Guess the answer is; which one floats your boat? All things being equal, I think I'd go to the DO school; but are they?

Answer 6

All schools of osteopathy have been brought up to the same standards to which medical schools are required to adhere, so there is little difference for graduates from the past 20 years or so. DO's are admitted to most allopathic residency programs.

There remains a difference in perception, however, that DO's are inferior. While largely erroneous, the perception persists. As alluded to in previous responses, this perception varies from locale to locale.

Answer 7

Either one your be a doctor.

Where you pick to be a resident is what makes you a good doctor or a poor one.

Answer 8

if you were accepted to both M.D. would probably make your life easier in the future

Answer 9

Just go to the allopathic school. Osteopathic schools are of a dying breed.