get deferred to specialty but don't match, what then?

[ribcrackindoc]

What happens to those who are deferred into a specialty, but then they don't match in the civilian match? Does anybody know what will happen then? Thanks in advance

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[kinetic]

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[OB-GYN-KENOBI]

Had same question last year. This is what Dee Pfeiffer told me: If you do not match into your specialty you must scramble into a prelim spot in anything (or you will be called to active duty). You must then obtain a spot into a specialty, whether your original or not, by the following year. If you don't find a spot into a specialty leading to board certification by PGY2 you will be activated to be a GMO.