establishing surgery residency in us

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I am considering the option of a surgery sub-speciality such as orthopedics or plastics. Would it be wiser to attend, say, a DO school in the US versus St George's in the carribean if I want the option available later on?

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GoBlue129 said:
I am considering the option of a surgery sub-speciality such as orthopedics or plastics. Would it be wiser to attend, say, a DO school in the US versus St George's in the carribean if I want the option available later on?

What kind of stats do you have?
 
marlin1 said:
What kind of stats do you have?
What difference do his stats make?

Basically, the OP is asking which is better for getting into surgery? DO or Caribbean?
 
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GoBlue129 said:
I am considering the option of a surgery sub-speciality such as orthopedics or plastics. Would it be wiser to attend, say, a DO school in the US versus St George's in the carribean if I want the option available later on?

I think it is easier to establish residency if you go to a DO school. However, the specialties that you mentioned are very competitive so even from a DO school may be difficult. Either rout you choose to purse, I think it is possible for you to pursue what you like if you put your effort into it. Lets see what other people on SDN think about it.
 
GoBlue129 said:
I am considering the option of a surgery sub-speciality such as orthopedics or plastics. Would it be wiser to attend, say, a DO school in the US versus St George's in the carribean if I want the option available later on?

There are 570 US residency spots per year in orthopedics and 77 in plastic surgery. 0.2% of ortho spots and 1.3% of plastics spots are filled by D.O.s. 1.4% and 1.3% respectively are filled by FMGs. If you have your heart set on either of these highly competitive specialties, you may want to consider delaying for a few years to do the post bac/MCAT prep necessary to get into an allopathic school. Others may have different advice/info.
 
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