no tactful way to say this.... these posts seem like the sort of blind anti-anti-DO stuff that just comes across as ignorant.
We are going to call the algorithm worthless after it is published by the JAOA, an osteopathic journal, and it uses 150+ students to arrive at a nearly perfect fit of the data (r=.85)? That is pretty stinkin reliable....
and yes, a 600 COMLEX translates to a 212 by this formula. A 600+ with a little wiggle room is not at all unreasonable to equate to a score that beats the nat average USMLE. You basically showed that the conversion is pretty close and then concluded that it is not
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here is the thing - given the source and fit of the data, I choose to believe the equation works rather well. Nothing about applying this to the AOA match has any bearing on the DOs that match ACGME. All this is really showing is that the AOA is matching neurosurgery residents who would have barely passed USMLE, but any and all DOs going ACGME are held to equal standards and uphold the claim that MDs and DOs are indistinguishable. IMO the AOA is just hurting this claim via its match