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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:maroon'>IF YOU WANT TO BE A PHYSICIAN</span><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>then you should attend the Information session about the DO Profession (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine)</span><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:#0033CC'>Tomorrow</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> - WEDNESDAY</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> (Feb 23) at <b>5pm</b> in Pierce Hall 1305. RSVP <a href="http://mhcp.ucr.edu/health-careers-rsvp-instructions.html">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Most people think about the MD degree as the path for a medical degree but there is also another path, the DO degree. </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>What is Osteopathic Medicine? Read more <a href="http://www.aacom.org/about/osteomed/pages/default.aspx">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>Osteopathic medicine emphasizes a strong holistic philosophy and practice osteopathic manipulative medicine<br>The focus is to promote the body's own self-healing mechanism and utilize hands-on diagnosis and treatment, especially of the musculoskeletal system rather than relying on medications as the primary cure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>Did you know that...</span><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>DO physicians can specialize in various fields as much as an MD can and perform surgery also?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>DO physicians complete residency training and practice in the same environments as MD physicians?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><br>To obtain a license to practice medicine in the U.S, DO physicians are eligible to take both the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam) or the COMPLEX (Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Exam)? While MD physicians are only eligible to sit for the USMLE. <br><br><b>The path to medical school and other professional training is very similar for a DO program as an MD program. On average, the academic qualifications for DO medical schools are only slightly lower than for MD programs.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>ALBERT T. CHEVEZ,</span></b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'> Ed.M., Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'><a href="MHCP.UCR.EDU">MEDICAL AND HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences - Pierce Hall 1106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif"'>951-827-7968 tel. 951-827-4510 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tw Cen MT","sans-serif";color:#4F81BD'><img border=0 width=175 height=87 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CBD295.209E0CA0" alt="2010 MHCP logo 09.21.10 white back w name v"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>