If you want to get inside the heads of ACGME PDs and how they think of DO grads, just ask them

[kenjixshadow]

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Hey, MD paranoia of CRNAs is good for DO matchings then.

But dear, those paranoid MD students are going for psych, EM, and ultra competitive specialties, not all positive for DOs want to match into them.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

But dear, those paranoid MD students are going for psych, EM, and ultra competitive specialties, not all positive for DOs want to match into them.

.....****!

 

[779663]

Data from the 2016-17 survey of 2016 NRMP Program Director Survey.

The data is also a gold mine for finding out in which specialty PDs (collectively) actually interview and rank DOs. Gas is easy; Derm, obviously is very hard (but not impossible)

Shown below is data for all specialties.



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What does it mean for a residency program to rank an osteopathic medical school grad? How is it different than granting them an interview?

 

[Goro]

I'll punt that to my wise resident colleagues.

What does it mean for a residency program to rank an osteopathic medical school grad? How is it different than granting them an interview?

 

[ATPsynthase123]

Not to draw attention to one of the earlier comments, but this doesn't actually say much about discrimination per say. More than 50% of DO students are in AOA positions. This means that only 3000 or so DOs are applying to ACGME as compared to nearly 20,0000 USMD graduates. Many PDs seldom accept DO applicants purely on the basis that they may get 1 or 2 a year and accept one as opposed to 7 MDs.

But it really depends a lot on the field. Lots of fields are very DO friendly, others like mid & top tier IM and surgery are not.

I wouldn't say top and mid tier IM. Wake Med accepts plenty of DOs to their IM residency. I wanna say around 20-25% of their most recent year were DOs.


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[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I wouldn't say top and mid tier IM. Wake Med accepts plenty of DOs to their IM residency. I wanna say around 20-25% of their most recent year were DOs.


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I'm not sure if Wake Med is an extremely competitive program. A lot of their programs are IMG filled. I'll let MT comment on the ranking of WF.
But generally DOs struggle to get into mid-tier IM. Top Tier is almost inaccessible.

 

[ATPsynthase123]

I'm not sure if Wake Med is an extremely competitive program. A lot of their programs are IMG filled. I'll let MT comment on the ranking of WF.
But generally DOs struggle to get into mid-tier IM. Top Tier is almost inaccessible.

Really? I thought Wake Forest was an awesome school.. from the list it seemed like most were from the states


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[AnatomyGrey12]

Really? I thought Wake Forest was an awesome school.. from the list it seemed like most were from the states


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Quality of med school =\= good residency programs.