Personally, would like to see Iowa State add graduate programs in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Language Pathology. Our Kinesiology Dept is solid (not sure about Communication Disorders Dept) and students are very well prepared for these advanced degree programs; their options right now are Iowa or out of state if they want to stay in public university.
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There aren't many osteopathic schools in the country are there? Are DO's and MD's held in the same regard these days? I don't know much about it.
Not really, we could just go the U of I route and not pay the contractors.
Haha. Well done.
More than you’d think. I believe at last count there are 35 osteopathic schools. Big increase in last 15+ years. In regards to MD/DO that’s a big topic of conversation! ..and largely dependent on what residency program someone can get into.
In short, DOs are getting closer in repute to MDs. The distinction between the two has been eroding significantly. That said, I'd imagine there's still some snobbery and MD will likely be the more sought after letters for some time.
This makes me wonder what a possible collaboration between ISU and DMU would look like. Would DMU remain a DO school? Curious how that would work as I think most DO schools are independent and not associated with a university in the traditional sense. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Agree. Wifey works in healthcare and works closely with MDs and DOs and there are lots of patients who prefer DOs. Big cities and big academic medical centers probably still regard DOs as a level down but the whole functional medicine thing is gaining and I think that's a path more blazed by DOs. Could be wrong.
that makes some level of sense for graduate programs but not for undergraduate. Diversity of studies and students interacting with those seeking diverse degrees is good for everyone. Consolidation of programs just furthers the problem of only living by people just like them and only wanting to hear things they already agree with.
most osteopathic schools are for profit and will accept more students and with different admission standards than allopathic schools. Doesn’t mean they don’t come out as good physicians but there is a difference in how they operate in addition to manipulation education.
Interestingly Oklahoma State has the Oklahoma State College of Osteopathic Medicine, but it is located in Tulsa not Stillwater so a model like that exists. Auburn also has an Osteopathic program affiliation and Michigan State has both a DO and MD program.
Its very simple they cannot reduce programs that all 3 schools have without hurting Iowa. If they had their way, the whole system would be the U of I Ames, the U of I Cedar Falls, and the University of Iowa.
Even today, Iowa gets more money per student then the other two in state aid, even though both ISU and UNI have more Iowa students enrolled.
