Medical school

A medical school is a place where medical students learn medicine. When they graduate from a medical school, they become a physician or a doctor. Medical Schools grant Doctor of Medicine (MD),^[1] Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] and sometimes Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degrees. Students take classes in human biology and disease then take a license exam to practice medicine.

↑ Pinkas, M. M., Schnur, A., Wolff, M., Hovde, S., & Harling-Henry, C. (2012). University of Maryland Early Dissertations for Doctor of Medicine (1813–1889): Challenges and Rewards of a Digitization Project. Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries, 9(4), 261-271.
↑ Gevitz, N. (2019). The DOs: osteopathic medicine in America. JHU Press.
↑ Gevitz, N. (2009). The transformation of osteopathic medical education. Academic Medicine, 84(6), 701-706.
↑ Gevitz, N. (2014). From “Doctor of Osteopathy” to “Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine”: a title change in the push for equality. J Am Osteopath Assoc, 114(6), 486-497.
↑ Norander, S., Mazer, J. P., & Bates, B. R. (2011). “DO or Die”: Identity negotiation among osteopathic medical students. Health Communication, 26(1), 59-70.

[1] Pinkas, M. M., Schnur, A., Wolff, M., Hovde, S., & Harling-Henry, C. (2012). University of Maryland Early Dissertations for Doctor of Medicine (1813–1889): Challenges and Rewards of a Digitization Project. Journal of electronic resources in medical libraries, 9(4), 261-271.

[2] Gevitz, N. (2019). The DOs: osteopathic medicine in America. JHU Press.

[3] Gevitz, N. (2009). The transformation of osteopathic medical education. Academic Medicine, 84(6), 701-706.

[4] Gevitz, N. (2014). From “Doctor of Osteopathy” to “Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine”: a title change in the push for equality. J Am Osteopath Assoc, 114(6), 486-497.

[5] Norander, S., Mazer, J. P., & Bates, B. R. (2011). “DO or Die”: Identity negotiation among osteopathic medical students. Health Communication, 26(1), 59-70.

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