WCI #368: DOs vs. MDs - Which is the Best Degree?
White Coat Investor Podcast
Dr. Jim Dahle of the White Coat Investor
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Today Dr. Dahle chats with Gastroenterologist, Dr. Ian Storch about all things DO medicine. They go in depth about DOs, including the history of Osteopathy and how that affected osteopathic education and practice today. They discuss the difference (if any) between MDs an DOs in education, job opportunities, and the practical hands on part of working. They discuss how to decide if you want to go the MD or DO route and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the White Coat Investor Podcast, where we help those who wear the white coat get a fair shake on Wall Street. |
| 0:06.1 | We've been helping doctors and other high-income professionals stop doing dumb things with their money since 2011. This white-foot investor podcast number 368. |
| 0:17.0 | Do's versus MDs, which is the best degree. |
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| 0:58.0 | All right, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 1:02.1 | We have a fun episode today. Got a guest on that we're going to interview. I've been on his podcast. It's Dr. Ian Storch. He's a DO. He's a GI Doc and I'm going to ask him a bunch of hard DO questions. |
| 1:14.3 | So we're going to talk a little bit about getting a DO versus an MD, |
| 1:18.2 | what that means now, what it meant 25 years ago, |
| 1:21.6 | what it meant 100 years ago. So I think it meant a hundred years ago. |
| 1:23.4 | So I think it should be a fun episode. But before we get into it, let's get through a few |
| 1:26.8 | preliminary things. First of all, let's do our quote of the day. |
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