You have no idea what you are talking about, and, sadly, Dr. Barrett, as much as I admire his history and work, is far behind the times on this. In the US, DOs are equivalent to MDs. They do the same postgraduate residencies. They are no more likely to be quacks than MDs. https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1312975755815591936 …
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That's not true in the US, where DO schools teach the same curriculum as MD schools, plus, admittedly, osteopathy. However, the residencies are now the same, and some of the finest doctors I've ever worked with are DOs.
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Are there DOs who are quacks? Of course. (
@mercola and@DrButtar come immediately to mind.) However, I can name more MDs who are quacks (probably because there are more MDs than DOs); e.g.,@kellybroganmd, Stanislaw Burzynski,@DrOz, etc.Show this thread -
To reiterate, there's no evidence that, in the US at least, DOs are more prone to be quacks or incompetent than MDs.
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"...I have found no difference in the overall quality of the training these students have received, and some of the very best clinicians I have ever worked with have been DOs..."
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Indeed. Here in Canada many consider it a form of quasi quackery.
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This has definitely caused considerable confusion on UK Twitter as most people see osteopaths as sitting somewhere between a physiotherapist and a chiropracter, depending on whether they believe in pseudoscientific therapies or not. They are most definitely not doctors over here.
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Same in France, here osteopaths still abide to Still's principales, and are total distinct from physicians (which are all MDs)
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