Is digital retinal imaging a scam?

Post by climber2020 » Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:15 pm

dm200 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 05, 2018 5:21 pm

My Ophthalmologists have all been MDs. Increasingly, though, DW and I are encountering more and more DOs - primary care (internal medicine and family medicine), Hospitalists, Urgent care, general surgery.

I thought that DOs usually were in the same training specialty programs as MDs?

If your "eye doctor" is an OD, then he/she is an Optometrist; BUT if he/she is a DO, then he/she is an Ophthalmologist.

My Ophthalmologists have all been MDs. Increasingly, though, DW and I are encountering more and more DOs - primary care (internal medicine and family medicine), Hospitalists, Urgent care, general surgery.I thought that DOs usually were in the same training specialty programs as MDs?If your "eye doctor" is an OD, then he/she is an Optometrist; BUT if he/she is a DO, then he/she is an Ophthalmologist.

There are osteopathic residency programs specifically catered to DO physicians. Any graduate of an osteopathic (DO) medical school is certainly able to apply to an allopathic (MD) residency, but the reason why you see more DOs in primary care is because those programs are not too competitive.

In contrast, getting a residency spot in Ophthalmology is more challenging due to its inherent competitiveness (higher pay, shorter hours, & minimal on-call responsibilities = more medical students with top grades who are interested). There are always more applicants than there are available training positions. Whether it's fair or not, the reality is that DO graduates generally do not even get interviews at allopathic residency programs in the more desirable specialties.

There are osteopathic residency programs specifically catered to DO physicians. Any graduate of an osteopathic (DO) medical school is certainly able to apply to an allopathic (MD) residency, but the reason why you see more DOs in primary care is because those programs are not too competitive.In contrast, getting a residency spot in Ophthalmology is more challenging due to its inherent competitiveness (higher pay, shorter hours, & minimal on-call responsibilities = more medical students with top grades who are interested). There are always more applicants than there are available training positions. Whether it's fair or not, the reality is that DO graduates generally do not even get interviews at allopathic residency programs in the more desirable specialties.