What education do you need to become a Osteopathic physician?

To become an osteopathic physician, you must complete your undergraduate years of study and earn a Bachelor's degree, take the MCAT (Medical College Admission Test), and get into an osteopathic medical school in the United States. Once you've done that, you will have to complete four years of osteopathic medical school to earn the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (D.O.). After that, you'll most likely enter into a residency and during the first year of residency, pass the last of the licensure examinations and you'll be an osteopathic physician.