combined MD/DO programs

In that case, I have spent the last 14 months, with 4 more to go, at an Allopathic institution. (It is part of our training My rotations were just all lumped together by chance) There is no philisophical difference between programs (we both use AO principles ect.) and they rotate with us and we with them. We are just churning out great surgeons from both programs and it would not be a huge step to be one program. There is just a lot of work to be done and we work together to get it done. I don't see it being a big problem. Having said that, I would not want to see them combine, but I'm just selfish. (J/K)

wow^^^, i personally would not want to spend over 1/3 of my residency (or more) at an ouside institution--unless it was a children's hospital in town--and in that case, 6 months is plenty.

I have been watching this thread with great interest and have decided to post. as an MD attending, i can tell you that i would not have wanted to do a combined MD/DO program at all. its pretty much an aweful idea. the training and accreditation between MD and DO residents is completely different, and it should stay that way. i'm not here to say MD's are better than DO's, but as an MD, i would not want to take part in a DO training program---that's my honest opinion. again, i'm not bashing anyone here, just stating my opinion based on my training and experience as an attending.

what do some of you mean when you say that the training is completely different between and MD and DO?

quoted from another thread created in the DO section of orthogate, written by a prospective DO resident. i didn't write this, just quoting it, and i'll also post a link to the thread.

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