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Emergency Med Match rate?
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EM is a very friendly DO field. The third most-populous for DOs, behind FM and IM, in fact.
84% of DOs who applied to EM as their first-choice residency got it. Being a DO will hurt your competitiveness at specific programs.
Source: starting at page 58
Thanks! Just out of curiosity, what fields are DOs at a disadvantage? (if you happen to know lol) thanks again
I think it's every field.
Typically fields like Derm, Ortho, Ophtho, IR
As a generalization:
Competitive fields (surgical sub specialties, dermatology, interventional radiology etc.) and prestigious programs in less-competitive fields (like pediatrics at CHOP, family medicine at UCSF, or internal medicine at MGH).
Very DO friendly field. Like others have said above, it can shut out DOs in the higher tier residencies, but unless you want super inner-city academic or high-level research, you should be baller.
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DO's really shine in Primary Care and EM (IM, FM, EM, OBGYN to a lesser extent).
Some other DO friendly fields if my memory serves:
-Path (one of the highest match rates IIRC)
-Radiology
-Neurology/Psych
-Anesthesiology
I also think PM&R has match rates of around 60% in the last match for which data is available
Some other DO friendly fields if my memory serves:
-Path (one of the highest match rates IIRC)
-Radiology
-Neurology/Psych
-Anesthesiology
I also think PM&R has match rates of around 60% in the last match for which data is available
PM&R is an interesting one. The match rate wasn’t excellent (last I checked). However, in the residency program director survey, 100% stated they often interview and rank DO applicants. There are DOs on the residency rosters of many high profile institutions (like Stanford, Hopkins, and NYU).
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In short, all of them. It just varies by how much. The more competitive the field or program the more at a disadvantage.
EM is quite DO friendly. Do well on boards and you can go to most programs that don't screen out DO's.
On that point, out of curiosity, what was the going avg Step score for DO's who matched EM?
Edit - since you are class of '24, doing well on boards means Step 2, unless they also make that P/F which will really put the dagger in DO's hearts more than it already is for your class.
On that point, out of curiosity, what was the going avg Step score for DO's who matched EM?
Edit - since you are class of '24, doing well on boards means Step 2, unless they also make that P/F which will really put the dagger in DO's hearts more than it already is for your class.
