DOs in Australia

[redshifteffect]

http://www.osteopathyinternational.org/members/visitors/search_result.php

Found this new link...if anyone in interested in contacting these ppl. Under osteopathic physicians only found one doctor...but under osteopaths there are a whole lot of ppl. listed.

Anyway if u email them about licensing laws let us know the developments. too lazy to do it myself

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[coreyw]

Originally posted by redshifteffect
http://www.osteopathyinternational.org/members/visitors/search_result.php

Found this new link...if anyone in interested in contacting these ppl. Under osteopathic physicians only found one doctor...but under osteopaths there are a whole lot of ppl. listed.

Anyway if u email them about licensing laws let us know the developments. too lazy to do it myself

Note that the only 'osteopathic physician' listed on the Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine website (that Redshift quotes) is not, in fact, medically-trained... I think this is a typo.

I've been trying to find an American-trained DO here in Australia, to no effect I'm afraid.

The individual Royal Colleges might offer some hope... but I wouldn't bet on it.

Our osteopaths are not qualified physicians... but they are very good OMM specialists.

If you're interested in the practice of osteopathic medicine/osteopathy outside of the US you might like to get in touch with the Australian Osteopathic Association http://www.osteopathic.com.au/ or the College of Osteopaths and Chiropractors Australasia http://www.coca.com.au

Note that in Oz the qualification 'DO' usually means 'Diploma of Osteopathy' - it's now outdated. Most osteopaths will have a Bachelor of Applied Science or a Bachelor of Clinical Science combined with a Masters degree.

 

[redshifteffect]

Originally posted by coreyw
Note that the only 'osteopathic physician' listed on the Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine website (that Redshift quotes) is not, in fact, medically-trained... I think this is a typo.

I've been trying to find an American-trained DO here in Australia, to no effect I'm afraid.

The individual Royal Colleges might offer some hope... but I wouldn't bet on it.

Our osteopaths are not qualified physicians... but they are very good OMM specialists.

If you're interested in the practice of osteopathic medicine/osteopathy outside of the US you might like to get in touch with the Australian Osteopathic Association http://www.osteopathic.com.au/ or the College of Osteopaths and Chiropractors Australasia http://www.coca.com.au

Note that in Oz the qualification 'DO' usually means 'Diploma of Osteopathy' - it's now outdated. Most osteopaths will have a Bachelor of Applied Science or a Bachelor of Clinical Science combined with a Masters degree.

there was a US "gas" doc on here some time ago who claimed that on the American Osteopathic website there is a person listed who has managed to 'successfully" gain employment in Australia as a DO (somewhere in sydney) i thought it was probably a mistake at the time...but there may be some truth in it.

May be worth checking out

 

[Bronte]

I am a second year DO student (gonna be 27 in June) that's been dreaming of being a doc in Australia. From reading these posts, I am not sure whether to finish my degree and then apply to transfer there or cut my losses now and start med school all over again. From reading the other posts, the reality of finishing here and then trying to get a rotation there looks dim. What do you guys think?

Are you allowed to practice medicine is Australia once you graduate from one of their schools? What's the best resource to find this out? Thanks. Bronte

 

[redshifteffect]

Originally posted by Bronte
I am a second year DO student (gonna be 27 in June) that's been dreaming of being a doc in Australia. From reading these posts, I am not sure whether to finish my degree and then apply to transfer there or cut my losses now and start med school all over again. From reading the other posts, the reality of finishing here and then trying to get a rotation there looks dim. What do you guys think?

Are you allowed to practice medicine is Australia once you graduate from one of their schools? What's the best resource to find this out? Thanks. Bronte

Currently the chances of practicing here are very good if u graduate from an undergrad school. Most will be 5 years so u will waste only one extra year in comparison to the post grad schools. Going to school in a place like sydney for example will make it impossible to get a PR (which u need to stay) so would not be the smartest thing to do if ur plan is to stay.

If u want to stay though i'm 100% sure that doing ur schooling here is a much better option than doing a DO in the US and then trying to come to Australia.

 

[pitman]

Originally posted by Bronte
I am a second year DO student (gonna be 27 in June) that's been dreaming of being a doc in Australia. From reading these posts, I am not sure whether to finish my degree and then apply to transfer there or cut my losses now and start med school all over again. From reading the other posts, the reality of finishing here and then trying to get a rotation there looks dim. What do you guys think?

Are you allowed to practice medicine is Australia once you graduate from one of their schools? What's the best resource to find this out? Thanks. Bronte

For more info on some of the difficulties of being a (US) DO outside of N. America, try this thread:
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70995

-pitman