DOs: Employment Discrimination?

[pandemicpremed97]

I saw a similar post on this but after a couple of responses it evolved into people arguing lol.

I wanted to know if DO's face employment discrimination after residency?

I live in CA and am considering EM. Do you think I'll have difficulties getting hired at a CA hospital?

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[thumbz]

Based on the posts in the EM forums I think you'll have more difficulty finding a job due to the EM part than the DO part

 

[Goro]

I saw a similar post on this but after a couple of responses it evolved into people arguing lol.

I wanted to know if DO's face employment discrimination after residency?

I live in CA and am considering EM. Do you think I'll have difficulties getting hired at a CA hospital?

Nope.

 

[Mad Jack]

I saw a similar post on this but after a couple of responses it evolved into people arguing lol.

I wanted to know if DO's face employment discrimination after residency?

I live in CA and am considering EM. Do you think I'll have difficulties getting hired at a CA hospital?

Only time you might see it is at certain highly ranked academic programs that have older PDs

 

[djiboutiman]

Getting hired after residency has more to do with connections and references than MD vs. DO. The only reason why I’d see DOs having a harder time finding jobs in California would be due to lack of connections, as getting a residency position in California is competitive (for most, but not all specialties).

 

[Angus Avagadro]

Can't speak for California, I live in the East. Unless the group is run by a bunch of Ivy Leaguers who are pedigree snobs, then you probably have little to worry about.. Coming from a good residency and having a connection to the group is probably most important.. Academic appointments at Ivory Towers might be a different situation.

 

[MDMechEngr]

2020 NRMP Main Residency Match shows 229 EM PGY-1 available in CA.

MD Sr. match = 183
DO Sr. match = 27

Easy peasy.

Edit: I thought you meant residency. Dont know about post residency.

 

[pandemicpremed97]

2020 NRMP Main Residency Match shows 229 EM PGY-1 available in CA.

MD Sr. match = 183
DO Sr. match = 27

Easy peasy.

Edit: I thought you meant residency. Dont know about post residency.

this is still good info. So does that mean 27 DO students applied for EM residencies in CA and they all got it? Or more than 27 applied but 27 got it?

 

[MDMechEngr]

this is still good info. So does that mean 27 DO students applied for EM residencies in CA and they all got it? Or more than 27 applied but 27 got it?

I wonder about that my self. I can only say that most CA kids have to leave the state to attend med school and most want to come back for residency and/or practice to be near family. So, I think there is a **** load of applicants for every residency program in CA, even at crapy locations.

 

[pandemicpremed97]

I wonder about that my self. I can only say that most CA kids have to leave the state to attend med school and most want to come back for residency and/or practice to be near family. So, I think there is a **** load of applicants for every residency program in CA, even at crapy locations.

Sigh I’ll just suck it up and do my res out of state lol as long as I can come back after

 

[abolt18]

I know there are definitely small PP anesthesia groups that are exclusive to MD only and will not even consider a DO. These are not all that common though based on what I've seen.

 

[DarkHorizon]

You’ll have no shortage of patients. Crisis in EM is real, however, in EM, patients come to you, not the other way around. EM is one of the least discriminating specialties. There are many Prominent DOs in EM. You’ll have no trouble, other than general crisis of over supply of EM physicians.

 

[deleted1100659]

psychiatrist here. Employers could have cared less that I was DO. Still got about 50 phone calls/emails a day from recruiters

 

[pandemicpremed97]

psychiatrist here. Employers could have cared less that I was DO. Still got about 50 phone calls/emails a day from recruiters

Thank you! super reassuring