D.O. schools in Canada

[premedstudent20]

Are there any D.O. schools in Canada? I know from what I searched they are mostly here in the States, but I was curious if they have them in Canada. I want to see what every school offers and compare.

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

First off there’s this: http://www.studentdo.ca/

And it does look like there are currently only 4 Canadian DO schools: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=osteopathic+schools+in+canada&rflfq=1&rlha=0&rllag=46259071,-101280841,1684896&tbm=lcl&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:2,lf_pqs:EAE

[WayOutWestMom]

@premedstudent20 @iwannabe_Brown

Those aren’t DO schools. Those are osteopathy schools.

In Canada, there’s a difference between osteopathy and osteopathic medicine.

In the United States, osteopathic physicians are trained and are certified to practice medicine. They represent a branch of medicine called Osteopathic Medicine. Osteopaths trained elsewhere are trained only in manual osteopathic treatment, generally to relieve muscular and skeletal conditions, and are referred to as osteopathic practitioners.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy

Currently there are no AOA certified programs in Canada that grant a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine).

There are several programs in Canada that teach osteopathy–or physical manipulation of the body to relieve illness & disease–but graduates of these programs are not recognized as physicians and do not have practice rights as physicians in Canada or elsewhere in the world.

There are only a very, very few osteopathic physicians practicing in Canada (only 12 as of 2014) and not all Canadian provinces will recognize a DO degree or grant them medical licenses.

[i_wanna_be_Brown]

My bad. Definitely had no idea osteopathy and osteopathic medicine were two different things everywhere but the USA.