Hi I thought it would be nice to learn and post what we know about this I recently looked into some of this and found out a lot things that surprised me:

Caribbean

1. Can get competitative Residencies with good step scores and contacts.
2. STIGMA goes away quickly
3. Can practice anywhere in the world but may be limited in the US to 48 states depending on the school Grad From.
4. Much easier to be accepted too.

DO
1. Can practice in all 50 states only if DO resdency done, if MD residency some states will not Lic the DO.
2. DO stigma the rest of your life, some will not see them as a Doctor
3. Very limited practice around the world so they are most accepted in the USA.
4. Harder to be accepted than Caribbean but easier than US MD schools
5. Must take Comlex and USLME for best choices in Residencies
6. Different and added studies OMM
7. Some DO's want the MD always.

So this is my list, I see the Caribbean now as equal not as a third choice but equal and in some cases superior to DO as a choice, as more Doctors that graduated from the Caribbean become program directors the difficulty of residency acceptance will diminish.

Please I started this thread to learn what you think not to bash so lets have a good time posting and learning here.

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DOs can get competitive residencies with contacts and good USMLEs as well. Caribbean will still have a stigma among your coworkers, at least initially. It's very common for physicians to ask where their coworker studied at.

Carib.....product is an MD, and nobody can take that from......

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DO's are not selected for some residencies though I know I have seen the posts on SDN from DO's themselves, there are "NO DO residencies" If this is not true please prove it but I know some areas of the country this is particularly true. The MD residency will close the door on all 50 state Lic. So how is that good?

As far as where they went to school a 99th percentile Step score outweighs that by a long shot!

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Is there a list of residencies that do not accept DOs? People post a lot about residencies that don't accept DOs, but I haven't seen the proof. What is the quality of these residencies.

Not only that, you can look at it the other way. There are DO residencies that MDs cannot enter.

Yes thats true about the DO residencies but MD rarely want a DO residency, They can't qualify for them anyway.

List? There is no real such list for Caribbean grads, just programs that have not accepted them. This is true for DO's

Like I said I do not want to bash but cut through the ** that DO is a better choice from what I'm seeing it is not. The only best choice is US MD after that IMO Caribbean / FMG since you have so many other options open to you. DO really limits the options and when I'm asked I will not say DO is superior to FMG MD at this time.



Please continue I want to see more on DO I still do not know all I should I think, but so far from what I do know it seems to be this way.

BTW I suspect this may draw attention to DO's from other web sites and I welcome their posts I really want to see both opinions / sides thats why I started this, to be open and debate. If civil it could be a great conversation here.

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If there is no such list, then how are we supposed to know that members on this website are telling the truth--that there are residency programs that accept Carribean MDs but not US DOs? And, what is the quality of these programs that people talk about? It could be MGH or some hospital no one really wants to train at.

Wheres the list for Caribbean Grads? Is there such a list thats officially put out? I do not know of one? Wheres the List of specialties that Caribbean grads cannot get into? There is no such thing I know of officially, most of what is posted is opinion and based on the past, Some programs do interview Caribbean students but have yet to accept them during the Match. There are programs that have not accpeted DO's into them too, But there are no official list.

So are you saying we should say that Caribbean grads are accepted into all MD residencies because there is no official list and thats true for DO grads too? I do not think this is realistic.

You see what I see here and at other web sites are postings like there are official lists and rules that do not exist, there are however what has happened and what has been seen in the past but there seems to be no set rules for both except for what I started with in the posting. Myths seem to have been passed around so much that most believe them.

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Most DO's wind up in ER - Rehab medicine and Family practice. I have not seen in any/many in surgery. Where as if you look at Ross, SGU, AUC and Saba grads they are getting 70% IM/FP and 30% (these are rough estimates ) are getting other than FP/IM and some getting in surgery. There was a great thread on the Saba forum many months ago where they compared Saba and SGU. They had the stat's for both schools - it was most impressive work. IF you survive the island school run and graduate and do well in your clinicals. You may get a good placement...

I was afraid of the thread getting moved or locked even though it is asking about MD and DO it is in the DO forum where few look.

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