EctopicFetus said:
I would actually argue that this is actually dictated by the fact that it is more difficult to get into MD school than DO school. Additionally, once these students are there MD students do better on Step I than do DO students. These are more objective criteria and not some subjective BS. I agree than DOs and MDs can be both idiots or very smart. I actually worked with a DO ER Resident and he was head and shoulders better than the MD residents because of his breadth of knowledge.
'compotent'.
Spell check something if you want to make a point.
Also this is not to flame but I dont think you are qualified to judge the competency of your GF, BF, his wife or your sister. Patients have some say as to the level of care. I dont see how you could tell their ability.
In the end we (DO and MDs) will be given the honor of treating people. Our training is only dependent on the effort we put forth not where we go to school or other BS like that.
wow. "spell check something if you want to make a point." hmm..i was at work, typing between work-related crap, and lucky to pound out a sensible sentence or three let alone spellcheck? pricks who attack spelling like you crack me up, since apparently this became a 'war' to you rather than an intelligent discussion. when your girlfriend (when you finally get rich and get a gold-digger, since assuredly that's all you'll get) tells you that "it's okay, it's not the size that matters," don't believe her--size does matter. the only point behind that last comment is to demonstrate how pathetic and juvenile your spelling flame was. thankfully, at least now those of us in this forum know what kind of sensitive guy you are when you're looking at a patient from an inner city with difficulty speaking in the manner deemed appropriate by you in your little self-styled intellectual universe. let me guess, your daddy went to med school, too? anyways, enough of the personal attacks, kid.
hmm..why is it more difficult to get into an MD school than a DO school? let's see...general perception of wanna-bes is that MDs are better. so more people apply to be MDs, since they think it will make them better. so there are more MD applicants, so MD schools can be and are more selective. simple. further, i challenge you to cite reliable studies that show a solid correlation between the institution at which one learned their basic sciences and the quality of the doc once that's over. in other words, selective or not, higher MCATs and GPA or lower, it doesn't determine what quality doc one becomes, so that point is wasted words.
lastly, i do think i'm as equipped to judge my friends and family's compotency in several ways--first, from the scores on the objective tests to which you referred, second, from my experiences with them with medical issues, their evaluations from their rotations, and lastly, from the reports i've gotten from close friends who've worked with them in a clinical setting.
i'd write more, but my spell check is broked and i are not smart any mores.
