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Posted on 8/30/12 at 8:18 pm to parkjas2001
Posted on 8/30/12 at 8:18 pm to parkjas2001
from the article posted by the OP:
"The nonprofit school hopes to address a shortage of physicians in rural areas."
which is exactly what is needed in alabama. most physicians practicing rural medicine specialize in family practice, and, in fact, uab has a special program for rural medicine students where they extremely loosen their standards in an attempt to draw students to the program (mcat of 24 all thats needed, hello uab md program). uab also has between the 12th and 15th best rated rural medicine program in the country, depending on the source of the rankings.
"The nonprofit school hopes to address a shortage of physicians in rural areas."
which is exactly what is needed in alabama. most physicians practicing rural medicine specialize in family practice, and, in fact, uab has a special program for rural medicine students where they extremely loosen their standards in an attempt to draw students to the program (mcat of 24 all thats needed, hello uab md program). uab also has between the 12th and 15th best rated rural medicine program in the country, depending on the source of the rankings.
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Posted on 8/30/12 at 8:23 pm to jjbodean1970
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"The nonprofit school hopes to address a shortage of physicians in rural areas."
This certainly is needed and hopefully the new AU and Dothan DO schools can provide more primary care doctors to the Black Belt and other areas of shortage. It's hard to keep good doctors in rural areas.
Posted on 8/30/12 at 8:31 pm to jjbodean1970
On the topic of Auburn's pharmacy school showing preference to Auburn undergrad students - this is completely untrue. Anyone that makes this claim either A. doesn't know what they're talking about or B. Has some grudge against Harrison School of pharmacy b/c they (or someone they know) didn't get in and is all upset about it (or, butthurt in SECrant language).
As far as DO vs MD - Several people have brought up the scenario of one or the other performing a major surgery. Only ignorance would cause someone to think there would be a major difference between the two individuals if they both went through the same internship, residency, and fellowship.
I have close friends that entered med school at UAB the same year i entered vet school. We kept up with each other and had a lot of conversations comparing our curriculum throughout the years. Most were smart as can be. A couple of them I would never trust to operate on me yet they are SoandSo, MD today. Take that however you want it but, for me, MD does not equal automatic superiority.
As far as DO vs MD - Several people have brought up the scenario of one or the other performing a major surgery. Only ignorance would cause someone to think there would be a major difference between the two individuals if they both went through the same internship, residency, and fellowship.
I have close friends that entered med school at UAB the same year i entered vet school. We kept up with each other and had a lot of conversations comparing our curriculum throughout the years. Most were smart as can be. A couple of them I would never trust to operate on me yet they are SoandSo, MD today. Take that however you want it but, for me, MD does not equal automatic superiority.
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