I have been meaning to make this thread for a while. I am currently in my second year at Brody and wanted to hear other people's opinions of their medical education. It is nice that Brody is the cheapest in the country but I am not a big fan of the curriculum here. Also step 1 is coming up in 9 months. For the people who have already taken it, do you have any advice for studying?

9/14/2011 2:41:12 PM

at least you're getting a real medical degree and not a D.O.

9/14/2011 4:48:16 PM

I didn't know Brody was the cheapest...more ammo to fire at the ECU fans in my life

9/14/2011 5:50:02 PM

don't worry dude, i am up to my ass in debt after going to wake med school and i doubt i'm a better doctor than anyone else from a US allopathic school. take advantage of all the resources at your disposal to learn the core material. don't get caught up in any special curriculum that one school might say is going to differentiate their students from another school. there's a reason the USMLE is standardized across the country. memorize the shit you can't remember by understanding alone. and be prepared to deliver when you take Step 1 if you want to go into anything even slightly competitive. 3rd and 4th year are cake, just show up early and leave late, try to seem interested but don't be "that guy", and enjoy the freedom from having any actual responsibility...while it lasts. soon enough, it will all come crashing down on you in the form of three pagers going off simultaneously in your 24th hour of call with no sleep, no food, and a patient crashing in front of you while your attending is breathing down your neck

just kidding it's all cash money dollar bucks and golf

9/14/2011 10:00:14 PM

^ what specialty did you decide to go into, if you dont mind me asking?

9/14/2011 10:52:09 PM

at least you're getting a real medical degree and not a D.O.

9/14/2011 10:55:22 PM

General Surgery

9/14/2011 11:21:35 PM

how is a D.O. not a real medical degree?

9/14/2011 11:27:18 PM

define "medical degree"

9/14/2011 11:29:53 PM

My wife is a D.O. and she took the same tests everyone else takes, we have the same debt that everyone else has, and she competed against everyone else for the same residency spot.

9/14/2011 11:33:51 PM

except she probably had to be MORE competitive for that spot than an M.D. with the same qualifications.

i'm still not sure why someone would go to a school of osteopathy vs a school of allopathy. and hell, why the two even exist anymore. evidence-based medicine is all the same shit now anyway

9/14/2011 11:43:07 PM

exactly.

I just think its dumb that some people think a D.O. is something lesser than an M.D. You still have to call her doctor and she has the same responsibilities.

She graduated from VCOM at Virginia Tech, it was a choice of location between the places she was accepted.

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9/14/2011 11:46:31 PM

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"You still have to call her doctor"

i'm not trying to get real into this argument, but i'm very sure that i do not have to call your wife doctor.

9/14/2011 11:53:50 PM

lawl. I mean i guess you dont have to if you dont want to. Its just respectful considering she earned the title.

but whatever brah

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9/14/2011 11:54:38 PM

i think D.O schools always will have the stigma that most people go to DO school because they can't get into MD school.

9/15/2011 12:07:51 AM

I do think DO schools are a little easier to get into. Also most DO students do not take step 1 so I can see where the stigma comes from. That being said I have met some DO docs that know much more than an MD.

9/15/2011 8:17:38 AM

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"That being said I have met some DO docs that know much more than an MD."

same for every field. a degree shows ability to learn.

9/15/2011 9:25:03 AM