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I've been looking at loads of match lists from the top DO schools (MSUCOM, LECOM etc.) And I have yet to find one person who has matched derm. Is matching derm really that hard?
5 DOs matched Acgme derm in 2015. Interestingly, 1 DO, who I think is the first ever, matched acgme integrated plastic surgery this year, too. http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Main-Match-Results-and-Data-2015_final.pdf
49 AOA dermatology spots were available in 2015 https://www.natmatch.com/aoairp/stats/2015prgstats.html. You match AOA dermatology as an intern; not as a medical student. Consequently, you will not see AOA dermatology matches on schools' match lists. However, some (or all?) of these AOA spots may not exist by the time you match.
It is rare for an MD to match into Derm, so I will suggest that you don't plan on being a dermatologist as a DO and be pleasantly surprised if you are the unique snowflake among thousands of med students/interns that don't.I've been looking at loads of match lists from the top DO schools (MSUCOM, LECOM etc.) And I have yet to find one person who has matched derm. Is matching derm really that hard?
FTFYSurprisingly enough, TOP DO schools actually have some pretty good match lists. KCUMB, PCOM, CCOM just to name a few.
I never wanted derm. Why is it so popular? Is it the short hours?
You are never on call. You work 5 days a week from 9-5, and you go on vacation every 2 months, if you desire. You're always going to have patients. You also get to party on the weekends if you wanted to.
Oh, the pay is about $500k annually (Quoted from my ER doctor)
Yea but that does not seem as interesting as surgery still.
From a business standpoint, I don't know that there are any specialties better than Derm. Hopefully your skin is clear now. I have never met a Dermatologist who had anything less than flawless skin (along with a fantastic fashion sense and perfect teeth).
Those who matched ACGME Derm/Vascular Sx/ Integrated Plastic/ Ortho/ ENT/ and Thoracic Sx had serious ballz skipping the AOA match. Good for them.
I know a student from KCU matched plastics at University of Kansas in 2011
http://www.kcumb.edu/uploadedFiles/Content/Academics/_Assets/2011MatchSpecialtyStateSite.pdf
But A) from what I have heard, all three of the programs in KC (KU, KCU, UMKC) have really good relationships, so this is unique among a lot of DO schools. From looking through the match lists over the past couple years it seems like there is very little, if not any, discrimination from the MD institutions nearby for KCU grads.
B) I am sure that graduate was a total stud and had incredible credentials to match that well.
C) As awesome as I think it is, its still sad that it has been like 4 years since another student has performed this feat. I mean, KCU has matched like 8 or 9 grads into their gen surg program over the past 3 or 4 years, which is still awesome. But, man would it be sweet to start seeing more DOs jumping into ACGME Ortho and ENT spots and stuff.
Even with AOA residencies, less than 1% of DOs ultimately end up practicing dermatology.It is rare for an MD to match into Derm, so I will suggest that you don't plan on being a dermatologist as a DO and be pleasantly surprised if you are the unique snowflake among thousands of med students/interns that don't.
Anyone disagreeing can dig through the records and come up with the number of DOs that matriculate into a Dermatology program per year for the last 5 years to show us it's truly a different story.
Even with AOA residencies, less than 1% of DOs ultimately end up practicing dermatology.
You're far better served putting in an extra year into getting into an MD school than putting in three or four into fellowships for possibly no result.Yeah. I gotta say if your dream is to be a dermatologist and you're applying DO, you may want to reconsider and just focus on MD.
You're far better served putting in an extra year into getting into an MD school than putting in three or four into fellowships for possibly no result.
My point is, if you're going for competitive specialties, you should be deferring, because a middle-of-the-pack MD applicant can land a competitive specialty position more easily than a top of their class DO student. That's just life.I mean even if you DO somehow get into a MD school, your classmates arent just going to LET you get to the top of the class. Everyone is gunner in med school for the most part.
Some of the most tryhard people you will ever meet in this life. Even for MD's you have to absolutely kill everything to get derm which is why it makes it so crazy to see
DO grads get a Derm residency.
My point is, if you're going for competitive specialties, you should be deferring, because a middle-of-the-pack MD applicant can land a competitive specialty position more easily than a top of their class DO student. That's just life.
Might have been my students!
I mean even if you DO somehow get into a MD school, your classmates arent just going to LET you get to the top of the class. Everyone is gunner in med school for the most part.
Some of the most tryhard people you will ever meet in this life. Even for MD's you have to absolutely kill everything to get derm which is why it makes it so crazy to see
DO grads get a Derm residency.
I wish I knew which school you were at Goro. I have an idea, but thats all.
356 MDs (1.97% of all USMD seniors) matched Derm this year. 49 DOs (0.892% of all DO seniors) matched either AOA or ACGME Derm. Being an MD gives you more than twice the likelihood of matching Derm than being a DO. Math doesn't lie.
I could tell you, but then I'd have to reject you!
356 MDs (1.97% of all USMD seniors) matched Derm this year. 49 DOs (0.892% of all DO seniors) matched either AOA or ACGME Derm. Being an MD gives you more than twice the likelihood of matching Derm than being a DO. Math doesn't lie.
I wish I knew which school you were at Goro. I have an idea, but thats all.
I dont think I implied that you dont get matched more in a derm residency as a MD. I just dont like it when people think its a cakewalk to match derm as an MD because they EARN it.
Nothing is a cakewalk. However, you need to realize that it's much easier for MDs, who attend schools with the necessary affiliations and infrastructure, to "earn it" than it is for us, DOs.
It's doubling the odds.Hmm, I smell a bit of bitterness in that statement. I would not say 2% compared to 1% is MUCH easier. Goro's post above says it all.
Excellent! I'm glad it worked out for you. Really hard to get a handle on acne, as I'm learning now with one of my kids.
Yeah. I gotta say if your dream is to be a dermatologist and you're applying DO, you may want to reconsider and just focus on MD.
haha i was thinking kcumb or kirksville
It's doubling the odds.
But Goro may be right about the lack of statistical significance depending on the distribution and sample size.
Don't forget the research aspect. If there's no ability to do research at your school, you'll pretty much take yourself to 0%.
Building a better app. You can do a lot in a year.Truth. I dont know how deferring a year for DO just to try for an MD cycle looks though?
It is doubling the odds true. But overall, if even US MD gets 2 percent match, how confident can an individual be they are going to match into derm if they are only going
to US MD so they can do derm? There is a 98 percent chance you will not be a dermatologist even if you go to a US MD school.
Thats all I'm saying.
You are assuming that 100% of students want to match Derm.
I get what you are saying, matching derm is tough for everybody, but it's even tougher for DOs. This shouldn't be an argument.
Only on SDN does doubling your odds and going to a program where it's not super-shadowing in some guy's clinic not seen as much easier.Hmm, I smell a bit of bitterness in that statement. I would not say 2% compared to 1% is MUCH easier. Goro's post above says it all.
Only on SDN does doubling your odds and going to a program where it's not super-shadowing in some guy's clinic not seen as much easier.
I'm pretty confident goro is not here.You are on the money with Kirksville
I'm pretty confident goro is not here.
I'm pretty confident goro is not here.
I'm pretty confident goro is not here.