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Question for the more experienced/informed people like @gyngyn , @Law2Doc , and @Goro that's related to the MD vs. DO merger issue. Do you think the AOA programs for competitive specialties like ortho or derm will start accepting MD applicants for the 2017-18 match (current class of 2018) or do you think it won't happen until 2020? I realize it's tough to predict the future, but I'm curious as ortho is one of my top choices right now.
These things inevitably take longer to implement than planned, so I personally doubt anything will change by 2017. But in my prediction of the future I also think we will be flying hoverboards and answering to our cyborg overlords by then.
That being said, it shouldn't really change what you are doing now -- keep gunning for ortho until somebody says no, but at least keep an open mind that maybe doing something like PM&R or a Sports medicine fellowship wouldn't be the end of the world...