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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In an academic setting, I would absolutely refer to a PharmD as "Dr. So-and-So." They have a doctorate.

In a medical setting, I would not refer to a pharmacist as "Dr. Anything."  In that setting, "Dr. Anything" is reserved for MDs and DOs and dentists.  DNPs also do not use "doctor" in that setting. [/quote]

I don’t consider DOs to be “real doctors”.  [/quote]

This has to be a troll comment.[/quote]

Of course it is. Especially considering that DOs do more training than MDs. [/quote]

More training? How so? [/quote]

DOs do an extra 200 hours of osteopathic-specific training. Otherwise, MDs and DOs have the same curriculum, the same residencies, the same board exams, etc.

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A DO completes the same curriculum (classwork) and hands-on clinical training in osteopathic medical school as an MD does. Osteopathic DO physicians then go on to complete the same residencies as an MD, often working together throughout residency and after. They take the same specialty board exams as an MD and go on to practice the same jobs. The main difference between an MD and a DO is that a DO learns osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) also termed osteopathic manipulative technique (OMT). When in medical school, osteopathic medical students complete at least an additional 200 hours of osteopathic manipulative medicine in addition to the standard medical courses. OMM philosophical
ideals focus primarily on the musculoskeletal system and treat symptoms and conditions such as low back pain, muscle strains, stiff joints, build-up of edema, neck pain etc. [/i][/quote]

https://www.umhs-sk.org/blog/do-vs-md#:~:text=In%20general%2C%20an%20MD%20and,osteopathic%20manipulative%20medicine%20(OMM).[/quote]

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