I was currently accepted in NYIT’s 7 Year B.S./D.O. Program, this program allows me to do a 3 year B.S. Degree and then automatically go to medical school without applying to it. However, the degree I will be recieving after I complete medical school will be a D.O. not an M.D. Is a big difference between those two degress? If there is, I’d rather go to a better college and get my B.S. in four years and apply to a medical school for another four years. However, doing this it is much harder to get into a Medical School and getting a M.D. Is the risk worth the reward, so should I stick with the D.O. program?
<p>if you were good enough to be accepted into a 7 year combined program, then I would assume you're good enough for a MD. I would take the chance and take 4 years to get a BS degree and then apply I would apply to med school to get a MD. I really don't know the difference of a DO and a MD. I know it's harder to get a MD though, so it must be better, at least I would think.</p>
<p>whats a DO?</p>
<p>Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine</p>
<p>Get the MD degree if you can. With a DO you will be plagued with questions like in post #3 for your entire career.</p>
<p>Well, doctors don't introduce themselves as MD. You'll still be a doctor, and I think you still get the same jobs. Check in the medical forums.</p>
<p>No, they don't introduce themselves as MD, but the MD (or DO) will be after your name on the front door of the office, the business card, the Yellow Pages listing, and the diplomas and licenses hanging on the office wall.</p>
<p>MD everybody knows. DO will cause some people (and in some states many people) to scratch their heads.</p>
<p>D.O are the docs that open up chinese medicine stores...at least that's how i recognize it lol</p>
<p>AA45- I have the privilege of working in a rather large inner city hospital(with teaching facility)l which has a decent mix of DOs and MDs. The DOs working at our hospital are as well respected as the MDs and they seem to be a lot more holistic/caring. I would say that the qualifications are equally matched and when going into extended residency or fellowships the DOs hold up as well as the MDs. As in any profession- it depends on what you make it.</p>