In fact, @sapinker, it might behoove you to know that, as of July 1, 2020, MD and DO residencies are accredited and overseen by the same council.https://www.sgu.edu/blog/medical/do-md-merger-explained/ …
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Also, nice of Pinker to limit who can reply, leaving my only option to quote-Tweet him to tell him how ignorant he is about this.
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Oh, it's on now,
@sapinker. Don't you dare quote the blog I edit to support your ignorant take on DOs. It does not support your claim; indeed the vast majority of DOs in the US do not use osteopathy. https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1313123511796367360?s=20 …David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
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Much of the confusion comes from osteopathy in the US compared to the rest of the world. In much of the rest of the world, osteopathic doctors are more like chiropractors than MDs.
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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.2 replies 6 retweets 72 likesShow 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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To be fair, outside of the US, there is a big difference between DOs and MDs. I get that confusion a lot from skeptics in Europe and Australia and have to explain the situation here in the US.
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Which raises the question, why continue to have the DO degree? They’re not taught osteopathy in the sense that anyone understands it. Just re-title the degree as MD and be done with it.
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Maybe a DO can answer that. I don't know. I think they believe there's some value in their philosophy.
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