Anesthesiology

[gabem480]

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I am going to be applying to med school next year and wanted to know what osteopathic school would give me a better chance of matching into an allo residency in gas. I know gas is the path I want to choose just off my experience of shadowing an anesthesiologist and would like to remain somewhere in the southwest or on the west coast. Any help would be greatly valued.

 

[ShyRem]

If you want to go into anesthesiology, first get into med school. Easier said than done.

Second, and this is the most critical step: do well in school. STOMP the boards. It doesn't matter which school you go to -- all have relatively the same curriculum. In any match list, you will see folks who went into anesthesiology. The critical step in this path you think you want to go into is not which school you got into, but you, your grades, your board scores, your rotation scores, and your residency interviews.

Honestly tho, very few students have the option of "gee, which school will I apply to". It's more often "which school anywhere will offer me admission that I will be grateful to accept". Before you think about residency, worry about admission.

 

[Toohotinvegas33]

go to RVUCOM

 

[countthestars]

Here is NYCOM's match for Gas in the past couple of years:

in 2004:
Anesthesia:
Albert Einstein, NYC (6)
Johns Hopkins- Baltimore, MD
St Lukes Roosevelt/University Hospital of Columbia University - NYC (2)
University of Rochester/ Strong Memorial, Rochester NY
SUNY Brooklyn- NYC (2)
University Hospital- Jackson, MS
Westchester Medical Center (2)
Stony Brook University Hospital, NY
University of Maryland

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=1305327&postcount=180

in 2003
Anesthesia: (26 total!)
Cleveland Clinic
Einstein, NY (3)
Univ of Chicago
Univ of Wisconsin
Yale
NYU
Suny Downstate (5)
Maimonides, NY
Metroheath, OH
Temple, Philadelphia, PA
Univ of Mass, MA
UConn, CT
Univ Buffalo, NY
Metrohealth Med Ctr (OH)
Stony Brook, NY
Westchester Med Ctr, NY (NYMC)

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=687321&highlight=nycom#post687321

Ive always been impressed by NYCOM's match in gas.

also, here is the match list thread http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=175626 to see other schools.

 

[Lamborghini1315]

Ditto shyrem, work hard no matter where you end up...don't get caught up with a school's alumni. Some big schools have class sizes close to 300 and everything you read stats wise can be misinterpreted. Your best shot to your career choice is your board score...a good score. Also your clinical years will be an icing on the cake..if you have a solid score combined with good letters, you are good to go!

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

I am going to be applying to med school next year and wanted to know what osteopathic school would give me a better chance of matching into an allo residency in gas. I know gas is the path I want to choose just off my experience of shadowing an anesthesiologist and would like to remain somewhere in the southwest or on the west coast. Any help would be greatly valued.

Can I just ask why you would think going to an osteopathic school would give you a better chance at an allopathic residency?

 

[RySerr21]

Can I just ask why you would think going to an osteopathic school would give you a better chance at an allopathic residency?

thats not what the OP implied. the OP asked "of the osteopathic schools, which one will give me a better chance of getting into an allopathic residency"

 

[GreenShirt]

The unwritten rule is "The older the school, the more specialists produced". Of course the older schools tend to be the more selective as well.

 

[DrMattOglesby]

i just remembered this joke and thought it fitting:

Q: What do anesthesiologists call the curtain between them and the surgeons during an operation?





A: The blood-brain barrier!

😀

 

[Lamborghini1315]

The unwritten rule is "The older the school, the more specialists produced". Of course the older schools tend to be the more selective as well.

Its unwritten because it has no relevance..

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

The unwritten rule is "The older the school, the more specialists produced". Of course the older schools tend to be the more selective as well.

🙄

Maybe b/c newer schools don't quite have an extensive match list, or in some cases, have no match list YET?

 

[MossPoh]

You are jumping way way way ahead of the game, as shyrem noted. Get accepted and do well. Then you'll search for a program that works for you. You (and I) know NOTHING about which residency is good versus bad. Osteopathic does NOT equal a bad residency. Also, don't base your experience off of a little bit of shadowing. Watching and doing are different things. Its good to know what kind of stuff you like but having an "anesthesiology or nothing" type mindset will lead you down a path that may ignore other good fits for you. Have you shadowed every speciality for hundreds of hours? Have you sat in lecture and realized what stuff you really enjoy? Gone through at least a year of clinicals? Probably not. Do whatever you want and maintain an interest in anes, but keep your mind open. There is a lot of time between now and then. My dad was deadset on surgery and he wound up in Radiology. One of my good friends was POSITIVE she'd be oncology and she wound up in emergency medicine. Another wanted dermatology and wound up in ent. Things change. Just go to a school and thrive. That is all you can do.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Don't listen to these hacks. If you want to do anesthesiology, GA-PCOM is the school for you.

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[Arch Guillotti]

You are way ahead of yourself. It probably doesn't matter where you go to school, though a well established one is probably a notch above one that hasn't matched anyone yet. Do what the other people said. Don't get too hung up on gas, you will likely change your mind, most people do.

 

[Doctor4Life1769]

Don't listen to these hacks. If you want to do anesthesiology, GA-PCOM is the school for you.

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I interviewed there last year, it wasn't a pretty sight at all down at GA-PCOM

 

[Chocolate Bear]

i just remembered this joke and thought it fitting:

Q: What do anesthesiologists call the curtain between them and the surgeons during an operation?





A: The blood-brain barrier!

😀

Sick burn!

 

[White Rabbit]

go to RVUCOM

Indeed, there will be gas opportunities to be had for RVUCOM grads. Dr. Martin and Dr. Smith are committed - and their names are inextricably linked (as are their reputations) to the creation of a wide array of new and specialized residency opportunities in Colorado and the Mountain West, including anesthesiology, EM, OB, etcetera. I think we will be well-prepared to compete for said residencies - and all those nationwide, coming out of our clinical rotations in Denver and greater area hospitals.

If you want to go into anesthesiology, first get into med school. Easier said than done.

Second, and this is the most critical step: do well in school. STOMP the boards. It doesn't matter which school you go to -- all have relatively the same curriculum. In any match list, you will see folks who went into anesthesiology. The critical step in this path you think you want to go into is not which school you got into, but you, your grades, your board scores, your rotation scores, and your residency interviews.

Honestly tho, very few students have the option of "gee, which school will I apply to". It's more often "which school anywhere will offer me admission that I will be grateful to accept". Before you think about residency, worry about admission.

Well stated. 👍

 

[TexasTriathlete]

I interviewed there last year, it wasn't a pretty sight at all down at GA-PCOM

Yeah, nothing pretty about a rejection letter.

 

[andexterouss]

If you want a better insight about the process of getting your said career path, you might be better off cruising the Anesthesiology forum and see how those that match successfully did it.
Matching into gas requires good grades and above average board scores. This is where some DO schools come into question. You just don't wanna pass. You have to do very well since it's a competitive program. Therefore, when you are researching schools to attend, you should ask about their FIRST time pass rate and the AVERAGE score of each class. TCOM and AZCOM comes to mind as schools with consistently high pass rates and board scores. There might be others too. When a school has a tightly packed curriculum that doesn't give you enough time to study for the boards it's kinda like studying for the MCATs while taking 18 credits in college. Bad idea. What a good board score does is that it allows you to pass the initial screening where programs have cut-offs. After that it's mostly you and your skills at this point.

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

thats not what the OP implied. the OP asked "of the osteopathic schools, which one will give me a better chance of getting into an allopathic residency"

Wow, my bad...I can already see verbal, on the MCAT, and I will be best of friends

 

[roc]

the best bet is asking how the elder bro/sis pulled it off on top their studies. All the schools I was interested in offered a month off before the 3rd year clinicals begin. I just feel like it is one of those hurdles on the road to becoming a physician. I am not gonna cry about it and just take it like the b*tc* that I am. <-- It gets you ready for prodding of insurance companies.