FMG, but US Citizen…what are my chances?
FMG-US citizens are statistically favored over non-US citizens. (One of my readers brought up a good point (thank you!) regarding this subject a while ago, so I decided to shed some light on this topic.) Now that medical school admissions is becoming really competitive, the recent trend is that pre-medical students apply to the Carribbean … Read more
Foreign M.D. vs. U.S. D.O.
So, you’d rather have a foreign MD than a US DO degree? Welcome to Slaughter House VI. Many pre-medical students who are re-thinking their chances at a US allopathic medical school think that it’s better to have an MD from elsewhere in the world, than have a D.O. from an osteopathic medical school in the … Read more
The MD vs. DO War (Part II)
Continued from Part I… More common misconceptions of the osteopathic profession answered below. Before you continue, please make sure you have read the introduction and the “D.O. Stigma” section of The MD vs. DO War (Part I). 3. Osteopathic residencies are not as good as allopathic residencies, so these physicians don’t get trained as well … Read more
The MD vs. DO war (Part I)
First of all, before you read any further, I want you to understand that I do not intend on starting a flame war between MDs and DOs. I also am NOT saying one degree is better than the other. However, I do defend the D.O. degree because I believe that the whole debate between the … Read more
The D.O. Degree
What is the D.O. degree? In the United States, there are two medical degrees that are considered equal under law. That is, people who have received training in either degree are licensed to practice medicine to the fullest extent of the law. These degrees are the M.D. and D.O. The M.D. degree is the most … Read more
