D.O. Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine specializes in musculoskeletal System, preventive medicine, and holistic patient care. They practice general and family medicine, or general pediatrics and are the basic and first health professional patients consults for help or problems or when they are in a time of need. They tend to see the same patients over and over again on a regular basis for vaccinations and to cure aliments. General and family practitioners emphasize comprehensive care for all ages and for the family as a group. Those in general internal medicine provide care for adults with a wide variety of complications having to do with the organs of the body.
General practitioners specialize with children.
At time the practitioners will refer patients to specialists in medical fields as obstetrics, gynecology, cardiology, psychiatry, or surgery. I took a variety of the sciences and found that I liked biology, mainly research biology the best. The computers in the pharmacy can look at the interactions between drugs the patient is taking so no adverse effects take place. We also need to know a little about statistics since we read studies published in the journals to increase our knowledge and keep current on new medical findings. First you need a Bachelors degree.