This year alone, 7300 osteopathic physicians are entering the workforce, and they make up more than 25% of the medical student population. MedscapeStudent
plus Washington, DC, have DO practices, and Florida ranks third in terms of states with the most practicing DOs, topped by California in the No. 1 spot and Pennsylvania in second. New York and Michigan round out the top 5.
"The misrepresentation of osteopathic physicians has been a recent issue outside the nation's healthcare delivery system," says the American Medical Association's Robert Mills."To combat this mischaracterization, the AMA and the AOA issued a While in medical school, Gheewala was joined by 250 peers seeking a DO rather than an MD."I never felt like I was in the minority," he says,"and today, as a practicing physician in Florida, we have a good number of DOs."
One factor that is helping raise the DO profile is that residencies fall under the same umbrella for matching. In most states, medical licensing is the same, as well. Choosing to pursue a DO career requires additional training in wellness and manipulation."In every specialty of medicine, DO students train alongside MD students," Werner says."In practice, most patients are unaware if they're treated by a DO or an MD.
In his long career as a DO, Giaimo has witnessed the profession's growth alongside a fading stigma that it's somehow less"authentic" than allopathic medicine."There are still people who need to be educated on osteopathic medicine, but much of that has simply been a lack of understanding," he says."That's changing, and it's our role to continue to educate people on what we're about.
Gheewala also sees a greater emphasis on primary care physicians today, something that he believes has led more people to explore becoming or seeing a DO instead of an MD.
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