Applying to medical school is a long and often difficult journey. Applying to more than one application service can exacerbate these struggles, especially if you’re not prepared for the distinct…
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Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 283 Today, I speak with Dr. William “Bill” Mayo, the President-Elect of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and a practicing ophthalmologist. He graduated from…
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Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 26 With three different application services, and two different physician degrees, students get overwhelmed with what to do. Should you apply to both DO…
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Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 33 A lot medical students go through the process end up at a time where they have to submit their rank list and they…
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Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 225 Our guest today is Rachel, the Junior National Director of Pre-SOMA (Pre- Student Osteopathic Medical Association). She shares with us her story as well…
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Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 24 In today’s episode, we discuss how an academic dismissal in undergrad can hurt your chances of getting into medical school! Listen to this podcast…
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Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 23 In today’s episode, Ryan and Rich take a question from the forums over at OldPreMeds.org about whether a poor undergraduate school can hurt your chances at…
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Session 26 is a great interview with Patrick and Jonathan, two 3rd year DO (Osteopathic) Medical Students at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine. They wrote A Brief Guide to Osteopathic Medicine which is published on AACOM.
They thought there was a gap in the understanding of what osteopathic medical school is and they wanted to fill that gap.
We talked about what their friends and families reactions were when they were admitted to an osteopathic medical school. An initial reaction that Jonathan’s family had was for him to wait or go to medical school overseas.
We also got into a discussion about the recent post that I wrote about if we even needed a DO degree. Patrick respectfully disagreed with my argument that osteopathic physicians should stick to primary care so they can practice OMT.
The biggest thing we talked about was this amazingly helpful guide that they wrote. One of my favorite parts was the 6 Myths of Osteopathic Medical School.
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