Comments on: My first lecture to DO students http://fertilityfile.com/2008/01/29/my-first-lecture-to-do-students/ The inside view from a reproductive endocrinologist Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Leela http://fertilityfile.com/2008/01/29/my-first-lecture-to-do-students/comment-page-1/#comment-27423 Leela Mon, 17 May 2010 04:23:52 +0000 http://fertilityfile.com/2008/01/29/my-first-lecture-to-do-students/#comment-27423 I am a recent graduate from a DO school...applying for a non-primary care field: Dermatology. I agree with many of your points, but I do have some suggestions. I think that although the DO name has earned our field a lot of troubles, I would never want to change our title. There have been a lot of movements to change to MDO or DOM or something else. There were movements where you could pay extra and convert to an MD. I think it's a case of apples and oranges, they are both fruits...but it is nice that they are different. It spices up life. They both have benefits and the good ones are equally committed to their patients, which is the whole point of becoming a doctor anyway. I addressed this a little on my website http://dermgunner.com About osteopathic medicine, I personally love the manipulative techniques. Many DOs learn it quickly and forget it, but in terms of OBGYN doctors...although, it has never been shown to increase a woman's chance of getting pregnant, it has successfully addressed many of the lower back pain issues affiliated with pregancy. I think it's just an extra tool...you either use it or you don't. It isn't the end of the world if you don't use it, but if you do, it is a bonus! I am a recent graduate from a DO school…applying for a non-primary care field: Dermatology. I agree with many of your points, but I do have some suggestions. I think that although the DO name has earned our field a lot of troubles, I would never want to change our title. There have been a lot of movements to change to MDO or DOM or something else. There were movements where you could pay extra and convert to an MD. I think it’s a case of apples and oranges, they are both fruits…but it is nice that they are different. It spices up life. They both have benefits and the good ones are equally committed to their patients, which is the whole point of becoming a doctor anyway. I addressed this a little on my website http://dermgunner.com

About osteopathic medicine, I personally love the manipulative techniques. Many DOs learn it quickly and forget it, but in terms of OBGYN doctors…although, it has never been shown to increase a woman’s chance of getting pregnant, it has successfully addressed many of the lower back pain issues affiliated with pregancy. I think it’s just an extra tool…you either use it or you don’t. It isn’t the end of the world if you don’t use it, but if you do, it is a bonus!

]]> By: MLO http://fertilityfile.com/2008/01/29/my-first-lecture-to-do-students/comment-page-1/#comment-8 MLO Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:11:46 +0000 http://fertilityfile.com/2008/01/29/my-first-lecture-to-do-students/#comment-8 I think this is somewhat regional. In the Midwest / Great Lakes regions, there are several major osteopathic hospitals and schools so most around here don't consider them less of a doctor. Some folks will not go to M.D.'s for primary care because they perceive them as too cold. (I've known a few of these.) They believe that D.O.'s are better rounded in overall care than M.D.'s are. The difference between a drug-pusher and a healer. Personally, I think it doesn't matter which degree someone has, a good doctor is a good doctor and a bad doctor is a bad doctor - with lots of folks in-between. Whether they started life as an M.D. or a D.O. I think this is somewhat regional. In the Midwest / Great Lakes regions, there are several major osteopathic hospitals and schools so most around here don’t consider them less of a doctor. Some folks will not go to M.D.’s for primary care because they perceive them as too cold. (I’ve known a few of these.) They believe that D.O.’s are better rounded in overall care than M.D.’s are. The difference between a drug-pusher and a healer.

Personally, I think it doesn’t matter which degree someone has, a good doctor is a good doctor and a bad doctor is a bad doctor – with lots of folks in-between. Whether they started life as an M.D. or a D.O.

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