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What is the difference between osteopathic and allopathic medicine? |
What is the difference between osteopathic and allopathic medicine? In north america, the training of DOs and MDs is quite similar. In addition to the training in medicine that DOs receive, they are trained in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, which is not the same as, but is similar to Chiropractic (though don't say that to a DO). However, in North America the vast majority of DOs treat patients in an environment that is very similar to MDs who are trained Allopathically. DOs are trained to treat the patient, rather than the disease, and are supposed to take into account the family, the community, and many other factors when considering how to treat each patient. But, by and large, in the United States osteopathic training is the equivalent of allopathic training. Source(s): My husband is a DO. Allopathic is Western medicine in the traditional sense--As I understand it: symptom --> treatment for that symptom. MDs Osteopathic is East-meets-West and includes different, holistic methodologies of practicing medicine. DOs A.T. Still, M.D. realized medicine was full of just prescribing medications and wanted a field of medicine with more options. So he created osteopathic medicine, where patients would not only be treated with medicine, surgery, etc. but also with manipulation at the level of what is causing the problem. For example, neck pain may be due to something that occured in your hip. Instead of giving meds for the pain, the osteopathic physician may look at the patient's entire body, do physical tests and if he finds a dysfunction, he can treat it. Or he can choose to just write a script and move on to the next patient - this is a personal choice by the D.O. but they are trained in med school how to diagnose and treat. Most people don't know that this field in medicine is even present, therefore the admissions to D.O. school is slightly lower than allopathic. But nevertheless, it is still very hard (you have to take 4 years of undergraduate prereqs, MCAT exam, high GPA, interview, etc.). D.O.'s can do everything an M.D. can do (dermatology, plastic surgery, internal medicine, neurosurgery, etc.) Hope this helps! 2nd year DO student |
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