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My PA friends say that their training was 'helpful' in 2nd year, however not comprehensive, alluding to what the above poster said, and it helped them alot especially in 3rd and 4th year, especially if you have been a PA for a few years in clinical practice. You have to remember though, your...

Lots of misinformation in this thread. Primary care is probably going to be the easiest way to pay off student loans compared to becoming a specialist these days. Interventional cardiology fellow friend of mine looking for jobs in the southeast. Offers 250k-300k all private practice...

to the above poster, you may be right, but you went to PA school where you learned a decent amount of clinical medicine. Most PA's I have met have a similar knowledge base to that of a 3rd year med student IMO. According to my PA friends, their school was essentially like taking a crash course...

I was an RN and an Xray tech prior to going to med school at age 28. It was rough taking the MCAT and being out of undergrad for a few years. Medical school is tough, not going to lie, it was the hardest thing I have ever done. What no one tells you is that, just getting by is difficult in...

Forget anything allo and focus on DO residencies. Don't give up, despite some naysaying here, I think you owe it to yourself to give residency one last shot. You CAN match Osteopathic FM. There are so many slots that are still unfilled after the match and scramble. Do not hesitate...

Things are much more competitive since 2009. Most places only taking 1 or 2 residents, some before the match even occurs. Had a friend who was told that the hard line cutoff for both step 1 and 2 is 550 for ranking to match direct from several PDs. you may interview but many programs wont rank...

I also had an anthrax question, as well as a reasonable amount of micro questions that were step 1-ish. Also agree with above, I had studied framingham scoring, CHADS2 scoring, APACHE scoring, sepsis management, etc etc etc, with none of those apparent on the test. There was no DKA, no COPD...

Now that enough time has passed for a resonable amount of people to have taken the first couple of COMAT shelfs respective of their discipline I decided to start this thread. I recently took the IM COMAT shelf and here is my experience, The test contained OMM, however I only had 1 direct...

Whats wrong with capitalizing on current stock? this person got a >250 on boards and has alot of honors. Sounds like you were doing something right, nothing wrong with that. Optho- solid choice with a 'surgical' component, and clinic like hours. Rad onc- would need to get involved with...

There were over AOA 500 FP slots that went unfilled in the 2011 osteopathic match, so matching is possible if you cast a wide enough net. I also know a couple people who had failed a year of DO school and were able to get into FP and IM osteopathic programs with successful first time passes on...

I was an allied health prof. before med school. The only thing any of this'career' helped me with in medschool was the fact that I knew the hospital well, how to do paperwork fast, and I didn't need to learn medical vernacular from scratch. Other than that, there is no comparison in terms of...

being a 'member' of any clubs in med school has little to no bearing or effect on residency of any kind. lots of people join multiple clubs as a way to gain some minimal exposure to a field of medicine in an effort to evaluate whether they would like it or not/ to get a feel for the subject...

This is the truth. Back in 1990 you *may* have had a shot at DO with a 2.9 gpa and a >25 mcat, but this simply isn't the case anymore. Even newer DO schools have an average of a 3.4-3.5 gpa and ~26 mcat. The question here to ask is this: How many more years would it take to re-do a bachelors...

Well, maybe I should elaborate. The secretaries for some of the programs/ program directors will flat out ask you your board score when you apply for a rotation. Programs like des peres, columbus, st vincent, genesys definitely do, and I was told that PCOM programs do as well. That doesnt mean...

:laugh: This question gets asked usually by those trolling or legitimately ignorant who are attempting to somehow paint D.O. as inferior in some manner.