Re: Good Luck

I had a totally different experience with Podiatric medical school and the profession. I am happy, was well trained, and respected by others in medicine. However, I believe your story and know others like you. I think that you may have been unhappy in Podiatry since it appears your main goal all along (although it may have just hit you) was to be a MD or at least a DO. The most disgruntled DPMs (even the successful ones ) that I meet are the ones who always wanted to be an MD and chose podiatry as a second choice. No education, residency,or income would make them happy only the MD degree.

...If you are really a medical doctor, how is it possible that you know that most disgruntled DPMs are people who couldn't get into medical schools? Are you a mind reader? I see the source of frustration coming more from economic issues rather from wanting to be MDs.

If all you ver wanted to do was be an astronaut and you became a crop duster (not trying to correlate status of MD with astronaut and crop duster with DPM just an analogy) you would make more money( as the crop duster, check astronauts pay grades) still be flying but always feel like you somehow failed.

...You are a total IDIOT for equating DPM with the crop dusting profession. One requires 4 years of formal education, the other does not.

As far as osteopathy goes, I know many great DOs but many also have a second class feeling deep inside.

...Again are you a mind reader?

Why did you not go to allopathic medical school instaed of DO school? Not for philosophy you can do everything that a DO does except the manipulations( and how many still do this anyway)

...You admit it yourself, the best of what you can do is at best the same as what I can do, except I can do certain things you cannot. Now who's the one with inferiority complex?

as an MD My guess is for the same reason, you couldn't get in.

...Another idiotic assumption.

Please do yourself a favor and when no one is around ask an MD what they think about DOs you may be surprised.

...I am an internal med PGY-1 at an allopathic medical school based program. During my travel to residency interviews at allopathic programs, I've met many chief residents and attendings who were DOs so please don't tell me the BS about how MDs feel about DOs. However you or other old farts may feel about us, you haven't been able to affect what we want to do in our career so save your breath because the Berlin wall is down.

You will not get privileges in some geographic areas and forget about foreign licensure since in most countries like podiatry you can not practice full scope.

...What geographic area will DOs not get staff privilege? Name one. Otherwise save your unsubstantiated BS.

You seem bright and will make a great physician be it MD or DO. My only purpose is do not make the same mistake twice. I am only speaking from a true inner reflection of what you want to be not what can you be.
Best of luck!

..."seem"? What a patronizing tone you have to assume to know what would be and what would not be a mistake for this individual? I will chalk it up to your idiotic arrogance whether your are a DPM or MD.

DO/PhD