re: Would You Use A Doctor Who Graduated From A Med School in Caribbean?

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A doctor is a doctor

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here we go, let's start this again

You don't need House, MD to prescribe your metformin, atenolol, statins or Xanax for being a fat, anxious slob.
Their training is rigorous like stateside schools. Some Caribbean school (ross, I think) shares the same residency site/s as Tulane.
You cant become a MD and be a dummy regardless of where you went to school.

yea, the guy who fed the anti vaxers with data that indicated mercury in vaccines was linked to autism has been stripped of his license in a way that prevents him from ever getting it back when his data was proven fabricated. he went to a prestigious school too.

IDGAF where my PCP went to school as long as they give me my jelly beans. For any real medical needs I'll use a specialist and I will go to the #1 guy in the state, or country if it is life threatening.

The answer to this question is easy.....it depends entirely on the physicians experience in that field. The more specialized, the narrower the scope.

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It is in my experience.

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Which is what exactly?

My wife works at a very reputable level 1 trauma center that also serves as a major training hospital. Their ER is staffed with Osteopathic and Allopathic physicians from American schools, including LSU, UT, PCOM, and LECOM. They all see the same injuries, work in the same environment, and see the same patients.

Just to ensure that this wasn't a anomaly, this thread has me curious enough to look at a few match statistics from osteopathic schools and allopathic schools.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine:
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Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine:
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Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine
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University of Tennessee in Memphis (allopathic).
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ETSU in Johnson City (allopathic)
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University of Landmass (allopathic)
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I know that Osteopathic and Allopathic are the same from a patient's perspective. Anyone who suggests otherwise is highly uneducated on the topic.

From a student's perspective, I'm seeing a variety of matches into all specialties including prestigious surgical programs and even plastics from some DO schools along with many state MD schools like LSU or UT.

Most of the DO schools are private colleges that don't filter students by residency during admissions like most state MD schools do. That could be important during the application process.

I'm sure there are underperforming DO schools.....but the students that go there seem to be getting matched into reputable training programs in competitive specialties.

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Wait, your church tells you what doctor you have to see?

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Um, no--I see whatever doctor I want instead of being stuck with whatever doctor an insurance company allows me to see.

Also, a sharing ministry isn't a church.

Do y'all care if you lawyer went to the yard?
Caribbean doctors gotta eat too!

As long as the residency is in the US and they are board certified, it doesn't matter where they went, what matters is how good of a doctor you feel they are. I went to LSU NOLA and there were some in my class that I feel the need to pray for their patients daily. We have several Caribbean residents in my program who are smart as hell and I would want to treat myself and my loved ones if we ever rolled into the ER. Yes, some went to Caribbean because they were bottom of the barrel applying to Med School, but others go for a variety of reasons... Make an appointment. If you like them, stick with them.