Question about Professional Skills for missionaries:

"Can a DO (Doctor of Osteopathy) practice medical missions internationally? Or only a MD? Is there much room for medical missions as an osteopathic physician?"

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"Yes!"

Answer from John McVay with In His Image Medical Missions.

Over half of our alumni medical missionaries are DOs and they serve in a multitude of countries. There are some nations that incorrectly categorize a DO as a chiropractor and so those do not work for a DO If you have a specific country in mind, do a web search for that. Here is a link that has some information though it may not be up to date:

List of countries where US-trained osteopaths are recognized.

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