Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-86729 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-86729 My wife is an M.D...and for over 30 years of interaction with hospitals and clinics etc...it seems that D.O.s gravitate more to the admin side...id say..in my personal meets...60-70 percent of those who are doctors,many of course arent...but those that are tend more often to be D.O than M.D...for whatever its worth or matters. My wife is an M.D…and for over 30 years of interaction with hospitals and clinics etc…it seems that D.O.s gravitate more to the admin side…id say..in my personal meets…60-70 percent of those who are doctors,many of course arent…but those that are tend more often to be D.O than M.D…for whatever its worth or matters.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-85376 Anonymous Sat, 03 May 2008 14:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-85376 Hello, <br/><br/>For more respect from their patients to recognize that they are real doctors, are some osteopaths now applying for the www.DOTOMD.com program? If so, could the doctor then display : MD,DO initials? <br/><br/>Thanks for any information. Hello,

For more respect from their patients to recognize that they are real doctors, are some osteopaths now applying for the http://www.DOTOMD.com program? If so, could the doctor then display : MD,DO initials?

Thanks for any information.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-85258 Anonymous Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-85258 With the advent of Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) and of Doctor of Science Physician Assistant (DScPA), shouldn't MDs and DOs be united to stay in charge of these doctorate mid-levels. <br/> To help do this, DOs should change their title to MD,DO or MD,O and that will help the general public and all patients realize physicians from non-physicians. With the advent of Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) and of Doctor of Science Physician Assistant (DScPA), shouldn’t MDs and DOs be united to stay in charge of these doctorate mid-levels.
To help do this, DOs should change their title to MD,DO or MD,O and that will help the general public and all patients realize physicians from non-physicians.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-85243 Anonymous Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-85243 Harvard MD may believe that OMM is poppycock, but his own medical school would disagree. For DOs looking for validation, you need not look any further than the number one medical school in the country offering what you learn every day:<br/><br/>http://cme.med.harvard.edu/cmeups/pdf/00271286.pdf<br/><br/>We must all work together. MDs must stop feeling superior and DOs must stop feeling inferior. There is no difference in patient outcomes, malpractice lawsuits, or any other factors among the two types of physicians.<br/><br/>I agree with the sentiment of many others here that there are far more important issues we need to be united on in healthcare. Harvard MD may believe that OMM is poppycock, but his own medical school would disagree. For DOs looking for validation, you need not look any further than the number one medical school in the country offering what you learn every day:

http://cme.med.harvard.edu/cmeups/pdf/00271286.pdf

We must all work together. MDs must stop feeling superior and DOs must stop feeling inferior. There is no difference in patient outcomes, malpractice lawsuits, or any other factors among the two types of physicians.

I agree with the sentiment of many others here that there are far more important issues we need to be united on in healthcare.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-85240 Anonymous Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-85240 anonymous,<br/> You are wrong! DOs are like MDs that they can prescribe any medication, work independently, and specialize in any field they chose, so they are not chiropractors, that's for sure. Chiropractors can't prescribe medicine, surgery like MDs/DOs, but only manipulation.<br/> However, most DOs want to be MDs and applied to regular medical schools, but didn't get in, so they went to a DO (osteopathic) school instead as a backup, as opposed to applying to MD schools again or going to a Carribean or European MD program. <br/> So, basically, deep inside, the truth is most DOs want to be MDs and would rather have MD behind their name, but the fact is, the just couldn't get into a U.S. regular medical school to become a Doctor of Medicine, instead they became a Doctor of Osteopathy. <br/> So, anyway, DOs and MDs are equal in regard to state laws and essentially the same, but most DOs and everyone knows that DOs envy MDs and wish they could have MD behind their name instead of DO. MD is what everyone in the world knows as medical doctor and DOs are humble to practice medicine, but wish they were MD! anonymous,
You are wrong! DOs are like MDs that they can prescribe any medication, work independently, and specialize in any field they chose, so they are not chiropractors, that’s for sure. Chiropractors can’t prescribe medicine, surgery like MDs/DOs, but only manipulation.
However, most DOs want to be MDs and applied to regular medical schools, but didn’t get in, so they went to a DO (osteopathic) school instead as a backup, as opposed to applying to MD schools again or going to a Carribean or European MD program.
So, basically, deep inside, the truth is most DOs want to be MDs and would rather have MD behind their name, but the fact is, the just couldn’t get into a U.S. regular medical school to become a Doctor of Medicine, instead they became a Doctor of Osteopathy.
So, anyway, DOs and MDs are equal in regard to state laws and essentially the same, but most DOs and everyone knows that DOs envy MDs and wish they could have MD behind their name instead of DO. MD is what everyone in the world knows as medical doctor and DOs are humble to practice medicine, but wish they were MD!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-84977 Anonymous Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:05:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-84977 Aren't DOs like chiropractors? Is there much of a difference between a chiropractor and DO? Do DOs just learn further techniques of manipulation than chiropractors? <br/>My friend told me DOs are similar to MDs and I couldn't stop laughing! My friend is such a dummy! Aren’t DOs like chiropractors? Is there much of a difference between a chiropractor and DO? Do DOs just learn further techniques of manipulation than chiropractors?
My friend told me DOs are similar to MDs and I couldn’t stop laughing! My friend is such a dummy!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-84864 Anonymous Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-84864 Dear Kevin, M.D.,<br/> Don't you think it would be better for DOs for general public,media, and international recognition that D.O.s change their initials to MD,DO or MD,O or MD/DO? MD,DOs could work along MDs and there would certainly be a lot less prejudice and no one then would question a MD,DO's credentials then, you agree?<br/> Wouldn't it be better if the AOA joined forces and be under the AMA to make this nation strong for all physicians? <br/> Thanks for any info on this matter, Kev. Dear Kevin, M.D.,
Don’t you think it would be better for DOs for general public,media, and international recognition that D.O.s change their initials to MD,DO or MD,O or MD/DO? MD,DOs could work along MDs and there would certainly be a lot less prejudice and no one then would question a MD,DO’s credentials then, you agree?
Wouldn’t it be better if the AOA joined forces and be under the AMA to make this nation strong for all physicians?
Thanks for any info on this matter, Kev.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-82186 Anonymous Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-82186 It doesn't matter what degree you have. We are all in it to help save lives and make progress in healthcare. There should be no reason for any discrimination because the letters behind your name simply do not measure an individuals intellectual capabilities or ability to perform in a certain situation. We really need to address real problems facing healthcare today and stop all of this MD/DO debate because it just doesn't matter period. It doesn’t matter what degree you have. We are all in it to help save lives and make progress in healthcare. There should be no reason for any discrimination because the letters behind your name simply do not measure an individuals intellectual capabilities or ability to perform in a certain situation. We really need to address real problems facing healthcare today and stop all of this MD/DO debate because it just doesn’t matter period.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-79898 Anonymous Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-79898 I am an undergrad applying to schools right now, both MD and DO. I would rather get into a DO school. If all the science curriculum is the same, but DOs get 400-500 more hours of training in musculoskeletal system function and treatment options, well ... that's something I don't want to be left out of my training. But do I think this choice alone is going to make me a more caring practitioner than my friends who get MDs? Nope. I would hope the heuristic used to define an educated, dedicated, caring practitioner would be more complex than two letters that follow a name.<br/><br/>P.S. If someone has something nasty to say in response to my comment, please use witty and interesting threats and namecalling, not the run-of-the-mill ones we've had so far! I am an undergrad applying to schools right now, both MD and DO. I would rather get into a DO school. If all the science curriculum is the same, but DOs get 400-500 more hours of training in musculoskeletal system function and treatment options, well … that’s something I don’t want to be left out of my training. But do I think this choice alone is going to make me a more caring practitioner than my friends who get MDs? Nope. I would hope the heuristic used to define an educated, dedicated, caring practitioner would be more complex than two letters that follow a name.

P.S. If someone has something nasty to say in response to my comment, please use witty and interesting threats and namecalling, not the run-of-the-mill ones we’ve had so far!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/03/hes-actually-d.html/comment-page-2#comment-79868 Anonymous Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:51:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/03/20258.html#comment-79868 I am a future med student-researching DO/MD right now- and I would like to become a DO instead of an MD but I fear that I will not receive the respect I deserve from MD's and I do not know if it is more difficult to receive a good internship if one is a DO. (My GPA is good and I am sure I will do well on the MCAT) Also, does anyone have any comments on if DO's are less respected in Western US than Eastern? I am a future med student-researching DO/MD right now- and I would like to become a DO instead of an MD but I fear that I will not receive the respect I deserve from MD’s and I do not know if it is more difficult to receive a good internship if one is a DO. (My GPA is good and I am sure I will do well on the MCAT) Also, does anyone have any comments on if DO’s are less respected in Western US than Eastern?

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