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I'm an osteopathic medical student, and I want to address a concern I have about growing negativity toward the osteopathic profession.
Every single day, my peers say crazy things about our profession. They say outrageous things like, "a majority of DO students chose DO school because they lacked the academic qualifications to go to an MD program, not because they care about the osteopathic 'philosophy.'" Some even say, "craniosacral therapy is pseudo-scientific nonsense that has caused completely avoidable patient deaths, albeit rarely."
These claims are, as we all know, categorically false.
The other day, I heard a fellow student go as far as to say that, "Andrew Taylor Still was not a divine prophet who performed daily miracles and brought the dead back to life." (Of course, I immediately reported this traitor to the dean of student affairs so that disciplinary action could be taken.)
For the love of Still, why can't we take pride in our profession? Here are just a few reasons to be proud:
Unlike allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine is HOLISTIC. (Most MDs aren't aware that they're treating whole human beings; those dummies can't look beyond individual body parts, because they didn't go to osteopathic medical school.)
Unlike allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine involves OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE. (MDs can't act as part-time chiropractors.)
And there are so many other reasons that I won't bother listing... because you're all already aware of what they are.
OSTEOPATHS, TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT YOU DO. WE ARE CARRYING THE ENORMOUS TORCH OF A.T. STILL IN OUR HANDS.
Every single day, my peers say crazy things about our profession. They say outrageous things like, "a majority of DO students chose DO school because they lacked the academic qualifications to go to an MD program, not because they care about the osteopathic 'philosophy.'" Some even say, "craniosacral therapy is pseudo-scientific nonsense that has caused completely avoidable patient deaths, albeit rarely."
These claims are, as we all know, categorically false.
The other day, I heard a fellow student go as far as to say that, "Andrew Taylor Still was not a divine prophet who performed daily miracles and brought the dead back to life." (Of course, I immediately reported this traitor to the dean of student affairs so that disciplinary action could be taken.)
For the love of Still, why can't we take pride in our profession? Here are just a few reasons to be proud:
Unlike allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine is HOLISTIC. (Most MDs aren't aware that they're treating whole human beings; those dummies can't look beyond individual body parts, because they didn't go to osteopathic medical school.)
Unlike allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine involves OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE. (MDs can't act as part-time chiropractors.)
And there are so many other reasons that I won't bother listing... because you're all already aware of what they are.
OSTEOPATHS, TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT YOU DO. WE ARE CARRYING THE ENORMOUS TORCH OF A.T. STILL IN OUR HANDS.
