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Long story short: Does anyone with more experience know if a 218 step1 score is solid enough for matching ACGME anesthesia? Especially as a DO applicant?
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Should be fine if everything else is alright. Anesthesia is not that competitive any longer.
From what I've heard there is a lot of worry over mid-levels invading the field. Maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in.Really?
Can someone tell me why or what terms I should search for an explanation?
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From what I've heard there is a lot of worry over mid-levels invading the field. Maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in.
I don't know, but from what I've heard the number of CRNA grads is growing by the year and they've already began moving into Pain Medicine, which is a big cash cow for many in anesthesia.A family member told me this is the reason he didn't go into Anesthesia... ~15 years ago.
Is the sky falling faster now?
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Long story short: Does anyone with more experience know if a 218 step1 score is solid enough for matching ACGME anesthesia? Especially as a DO applicant?
They got paid per case....The anesthesiologists at my hospital are super territorial these days. Even getting into intense verbal arguments in the OR with partners over who gets to staff certain rooms.
Doesn't seem like a fun situation to be in. They are constantly fighting over who gets the best paying cases.
And there are no CRNA's at this hospital.
They got paid per case....
so a 218 is well within range of being able to match ACGME anesthesia? I'm not concerned with the job market etc, i'm asking for a friend.
I wouldn't say well within. Charting Outcomes 2011 (most recent data) shows the mean for matched applicants was 226 for allopathic seniors and 229 for independents (DO + IMG) with a standard deviation ~10. Unmatched was 203 and 213, respectively. So your friend is on the low side, but my point was that I have heard improvement on Step 2 can help overcome a below-average Step 1.
I wouldn't say well within. Charting Outcomes 2011 (most recent data) shows the mean for matched applicants was 226 for allopathic seniors and 229 for independents (DO + IMG) with a standard deviation ~10. Unmatched was 203 and 213, respectively. So your friend is on the low side, but my point was that I have heard improvement on Step 2 can help overcome a below-average Step 1.
The reimbursement model for Gas is changing too. The old system was to work like a dog for a few years as an attending and then make partner in a small firm, making big bucks as an owner.Really?
Can someone tell me why or what terms I should search for an explanation?
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The reimbursement model for Gas is changing too. The old system was to work like a dog for a few years as an attending and then make partner in a small firm, making big bucks as an owner.
The model now is to work like a dog but then the partners sell their partnership to a national corporation before you become partner yourself. They make out like bandits and you look like a fool.
^ This is a very good point. But there is data for independent applicants with scores between 211-220, and 15 matched / 20 didn't (43%). The group represented by "score unknown" (117 matched, 50 unmatched) may be students who only took COMLEX; they would still show up as having applied and either matched or not, but their USMLE score would be "unknown". I think the score breakdown data shows pretty clearly that it's harder for DO / IMG to match at every score bracket. I doubt all of those unmatched students are IMG.
Overall though I agree with @a runner that DOs are definitely matching in that score range, and below. Like I said, I personally know of a few examples of this. Everyone agrees that anesthesia is less competitive than it used to be, and there are many ways to boost an application with a low Step 1 (e.g. improve Step 2, away rotation, research, good LORs, etc.)