quick question for anyone that can help. I'm actually at an allopath school and recently matched at a top west coast ortho program. My girlfriend is currently an ms3 at a d.o. program in the midwest. she as well as many of my d.o. friends are just as qualified as my allopath colleagues, but as i've seen on your board, there is some prevailing concern about this whole md/do thing (truth is, we're all going to be docs working together, right, so it's all b.s. as far as i'm concerned. the most brilliant attendings i've worked with have been both md and do)

anyways, knowing that there may be this stigma out there, i'm trying to figure out how to maximize my gf's chances of matching out west (northwest) next year. i know d.o. programs are inherently prevalent in the midwest, but do any of you have experiences or know colleagues who have taken up residency in that part of the country either at a 'd.o.' or 'm.d.' program? any advice on matching into, say IM, at an allopathic program from a osteo med school? (she's taken both comlex and usmle).

congrats to the recently accepted first years and recently matched fourth years and good luck to all of you. for the ms1's, i know that regardless of where you're at you will likely be frustrated and grow a bit cynical. know that it happens, and fall back on the reason you started this journey in the first place. you will make your mark and it will be worth it. thanks for the advice in advance, everyone. :)

I don't specifically know about programs in the northwest (and so this answer may vary a lot depending on the availability and number of programs in the region) but DO students don't usually have an extremely difficult time getting into a certain specialties like IM an allopathic institutitions unless it is an academic institution that has a history of not accepting DO's in a certain specialty.

quick question for anyone that can help. I'm actually at an allopath school and recently matched at a top west coast ortho program. My girlfriend is currently an ms3 at a d.o. program in the midwest. she as well as many of my d.o. friends are just as qualified as my allopath colleagues, but as i've seen on your board, there is some prevailing concern about this whole md/do thing (truth is, we're all going to be docs working together, right, so it's all b.s. as far as i'm concerned. the most brilliant attendings i've worked with have been both md and do)

anyways, knowing that there may be this stigma out there, i'm trying to figure out how to maximize my gf's chances of matching out west (northwest) next year. i know d.o. programs are inherently prevalent in the midwest, but do any of you have experiences or know colleagues who have taken up residency in that part of the country either at a 'd.o.' or 'm.d.' program? any advice on matching into, say IM, at an allopathic program from a osteo med school? (she's taken both comlex and usmle).

congrats to the recently accepted first years and recently matched fourth years and good luck to all of you. for the ms1's, i know that regardless of where you're at you will likely be frustrated and grow a bit cynical. know that it happens, and fall back on the reason you started this journey in the first place. you will make your mark and it will be worth it. thanks for the advice in advance, everyone. :)


IM should not be too bad to match into. Has she done any rotations/going to do rotations at a major med. center? Esp. a medicine sub-I at a major med center out west planned?

IM should not be too bad to match into. Has she done any rotations/going to do rotations at a major med. center? Esp. a medicine sub-I at a major med center out west planned?


Yah, it's a major center in seattle and i've encouraged her to set up some medicine aways/subIs. Appreciate the advice.

Tell her to get her paperwork out for the Sub-I's early and if the program, as stated before, is DO friendly I'm sure she should have no problem. If she is trying to "break in" a traditionaly unfriendly DO program; that will be a little (ok a lot) tougher, but still possible. Congrats on matching, best of luck to you both.

FG

What is the best way to find out if programs are "DO-friendly"?

What is the best way to find out if programs are "DO-friendly"?

that could be a rhetorical question... :D

What is the best way to find out if programs are "DO-friendly"?

Easy. Find out which ones have DO's.

Most residency websites have listings of their current residents. If you find multiple DO's, then you are good to go. The key is to find out if they prefer the USMLE. A quick email to the residency director will answer that for you.