Comments on: Medicare to cover handguns? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/medicare-to-cover-handguns.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/medicare-to-cover-handguns.html/comment-page-1#comment-88654 Anonymous Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/medicare-to-cover-handguns.html#comment-88654 There is a certain logic there. They cover devices to help people carry out essential life functions in the face of impairment--self-defense is an essential life function when it is necessary. There is a certain logic there. They cover devices to help people carry out essential life functions in the face of impairment–self-defense is an essential life function when it is necessary.

]]> By: 7 years http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/medicare-to-cover-handguns.html/comment-page-1#comment-88621 7 years Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/medicare-to-cover-handguns.html#comment-88621 there is definitely no shortage of students applying to medical school period. DO or MD. My DO school gets about 4000 applications for 120 spots. I think they accept about 450?<br/><br/>I really can't speculate why this texas school is doing this. I think there are some who feel D.O.s and M.D.s have become so similar in practice that there is little difference in schooling these medical students aside from the additional manipulation and biomechanic education the D.O.s get. <br/><br/>While I agree that we end up doing very similar jobs, I personally really do enjoy my D.O. education and feel I am getting some extra helpful hands on techniques. I think the healthcare system often dictates whether we have the time to actually use them...<br/><br/>I also pay the price for these extra skills with higher tuition (private), a longer school year, frequent questions of "are you really a doctor",having to take two sets of boards (COMLEX and USMLE), and some discrimination from dinosaur M.D.s that still don't get it. <br/><br/>I think a school offering both degrees might be a good way to go. They could do all the core science and didactics for the D.O.s and M.D.s in the same classrooms and then add on a component for the D.O.s covering osteopathic philosophy and manipulation. <br/><br/>cheers<br/>7<br/>http://7do.blogspot.com/ there is definitely no shortage of students applying to medical school period. DO or MD. My DO school gets about 4000 applications for 120 spots. I think they accept about 450?

I really can’t speculate why this texas school is doing this. I think there are some who feel D.O.s and M.D.s have become so similar in practice that there is little difference in schooling these medical students aside from the additional manipulation and biomechanic education the D.O.s get.

While I agree that we end up doing very similar jobs, I personally really do enjoy my D.O. education and feel I am getting some extra helpful hands on techniques. I think the healthcare system often dictates whether we have the time to actually use them…

I also pay the price for these extra skills with higher tuition (private), a longer school year, frequent questions of “are you really a doctor”,having to take two sets of boards (COMLEX and USMLE), and some discrimination from dinosaur M.D.s that still don’t get it.

I think a school offering both degrees might be a good way to go. They could do all the core science and didactics for the D.O.s and M.D.s in the same classrooms and then add on a component for the D.O.s covering osteopathic philosophy and manipulation.

cheers
7
http://7do.blogspot.com/

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