Osteopathic Physician, D.O.

Duties and Responsibilities

Osteopathic physicians use accepted methods of diagnosis and treating injuries and diseases. Although they practice in all branches of medicine and surgery like allopathic physicians, they differ by emphasizing the importance of the musculoskeletal system, holistic methods, etc. in maintaining good health. They work primarily in osteopathic hospitals or in their own private practice

Average Salary: $110,000

Educational Requirements

Students should take the most challenging high school courses available in science, math, and English. After three or four of college, prospective physicians must attend medical school. They must also complete medical school, which will take about 2 years for study and a year of internship.

Would you like to be one?

I wouldn’t want to be an osteopathic physician because it doesn’t interest me.