add site
services
publishers
database
health videos
toolbar
stats
live show
health store
more stuff
JOIN/LOGIN
| advertise add site services publishers database health videos
| | about toolbar stats live show health store more stuff JOIN/LOGIN |
Martha Calden, D.O., M.S. - Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine oasiscenterforhealth.com | Learn what a doctor of osteopathic medicine does and how they differ denver-doctor.com | Dr. Katherine Martin - doctor of osteopathic medicine do-medicine.com | Manipulative Medicine - University Doctors, UMDNJ School of... theuniversitydoctors.com |
"D.O." redirects to this page, which primarily discusses relevant qualifications and titles in the United States. In several other countries[1], "D.O." means "Diploma in Osteopathy", see also Osteopathy. For other uses of D.O. or DO, see DO Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. or DO) is a four-year graduate-level academic degree for physicians and surgeons in the United States. Holders of the D.O. degree are known as osteopathic physicians. D.O.s are trained much in the same way as M.D.s, with the addition of osteopathic manipulative medicine techniques. To obtain a license to practice medicine in the United States, medical students must pass one of two licensing boards: USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam) or COMLEX (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Exam). MDs and DOs are both eligible to sit for the USMLE. Only DOs are eligible to sit for the COMLEX. Currently, there are 25 medical schools that offer the DO degree - in comparison with 130 medical schools that offer the MD degree. DOs make up a small population, approximately 11%, of practicing physicians and surgeons in the United States.
[edit] International variations in the D.O. degreeDoctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Medicine · US Medical education
In the United States, doctors of osteopathic medicine are physicians who are also trained in osteopathic manipulative medicine. In France, Germany,and Switzerland, osteopathic practitioners are M.D.s who take additional courses in osteopathy after completing their medical training. In the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, “osteopaths" are trained in osteopathic principles and osteopathic manipulative treatment but are not physicians. [edit] International practice rightsEvery country has different requirements and a different way of licensing or registering osteopathic physicians and osteopaths. The U.S. Department of Education recognizes as physicians graduates of osteopathic medical colleges in the United States.[2] Osteopaths who have trained outside the United States are not eligible for medical licensure in the United States, however, U.S.-trained D.O.s are currently able to practice in 45 countries with full medical rights and in several others with restricted rights.[citation needed] The following is a table of International Practice Rights of U.S trained Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine, as listed by the American Osteopathic Association.[3][citation needed] An update of this listing was released in December 2007.[4]
[edit] DOs compared to MDsMain article: Comparison of MD and DO in the United States In the United States, the D.O. and the M.D. are the only two degrees permitting licensure as medical physicians. D.O and M.D. physicians have similar training, both requiring four years of training in the basic and clinical sciences and the successful completion of licensing exams (D.O. physicians must pass the COMLEX, while the M.D. physicians must pass the USMLE), D.O. physicians typically train at community hospitals and in more rural areas, while M.D. physicians typically train at more academic medical centers. Osteopathic medical physicians receive training in Osteopathic Manual Manipulation. Although U.S. osteopathic medical physicians currently may obtain licensure in 47 countries, osteopathic curricula in countries other than the United States differ, and in many countries they are not recognized as physicians; rather D.O.s are known as "osteopaths" and while their scope of practice includes some conventional medical therapies, they rely on osteopathic manipulative medicine and other alternative medical modalities. [edit] See also[edit] References
[edit] External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ↑ top of page ↑ | about thumbshots |
