• Types of Medicine
• Successful Applicants
• Premed Requirements
• Gettysburg College Courses that Satisfy Premed Requirements
• AP Credit
• Scheduling Premed Requirements
• Choosing a Major
• Summer School Courses
• Study Abroad
• Medically-Related Experience
• Extracurricular Activities
• Postbaccalaureate Programs
• 'What Are My Chances?'

Types of Medicine

Physicians are involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. There are two paths to becoming a physician. Allopathic medical school leads to an M.D. (medical doctor) and osteopathic medical school leads to a D.O. (doctor of osteopathic medicine). Both M.D.'s and D.O.'s are licensed to diagnose, prescribe, treat, and perform surgery in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

• Allopathic Medicine Career Fact Sheet
• Osteopathic Medicine Career Fact Sheet