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Match %s - Most Schools
Started by SamaraMorgan
Well this helps but it varies by every year so its not completely accurate to go by 2004. I wish more schools would have released the break down or we could see a time trend of the specialty break down. I also wish we could see the allo match as well. Or top 5 matching. Because matching to your top 3 or 5 is important as your top choice.
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for posting this. It is very informative. As mshheaddoc said, it would have been nice if they included information about allo residencies also.
could that be because it happens that those areas don't have the numbers of AOA opportunities as those 6 states have? Just a thought. Like with MSU-COM they have 91 percent going into AOA and they have a terrific network set up. Also I think if you were to see the past two years, more and more people are deciding to match with allo and not osteo due to specialties that are offered ...
mshheaddoc: You can't possibly really have 32,000 something posts, can you?😱 I gotta get to work!! 😛
If they will have AOA residencies of the type and in the location I want in the future I would go with that...but if nooooo...then allo it will be!
I think you need to chose the best program regardless of whether it is allopathic or osteopathic...same goes for medical school.
I am chosing osteopathic/dually accredited and I feel the programs I applied to are comparable or better than other regional allopathic programs.
I am chosing osteopathic/dually accredited and I feel the programs I applied to are comparable or better than other regional allopathic programs.
where all did u apply and what residency are u trying to get into?
On pages 8 and 9, it list the # of programs, # of positions, and number of Residents, but it seems that even the very competitive residencies are going unfilled? Are the spots created, but not funded yet? Or are there not enough grads wanting to go into derm/rad/ortho?
Yeah I am wondering that as well. Could it be that most DO students primarily go into primary care, making it easier for other students to get into other specialties?
I'm pretty sure that isn't the case ... I think many go unmatched because the program might not be strong or in the more competitive specialities one usually tends to gravitate to allopathic side for residency. Just a thought though ... remember the number of programs is small, and this sheet is also through the match. Many have to scramble afterwards .... so I'm sure some of these positions get filled.
That study you all are looking at is only internship. My school (no secret name here) chooses to underreport what specialties our students go to. They get more funding if they say that more people are doing Osteopathic family medicine, IM, ob/gyn, or pediatrics. So, if you match into something competitive, they only report your internship. As you can tell by my name, Florida requires an osteopathic internship (until the new amendment goes throug). So if you plan on staying or coming back, you need to do an osteopathic internship. With that being said, most osteopathic residencies have the internship included. However, many competitive specialties such as Anesthesiology, Radiology, etc in the Allopathic match require that you finish an internship prior to beginning. This gets even more complicated in the fact that the osteopathic match happens before the allopathic match. If you match DO, you get pulled out of the DO match before you get the chance to match. I have many interview offers in the Allopathic match which I am choosing to go with. Some include their internship year. If I match for an Osteopathic internship, I do not even get the chance to match for the programs with internship included. Therefore, I am scrambling for internship, something that is not too hard in this area. As another note, our school gives you about 2 weeks to report where you are going. If you choose to not fill out the data or are out of town, your results do not even get reported on that poll. I know 2 people matched for allopathic radiology in 2004 at our school, yet I think that study says no one matched at our school. At my school, most students in competitive specialites choose to do the Allopathic match because most Osteopathic residencies are in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio (all very cold states). At the same time, IM and Family medicine people tend to do the DO match. There are many Osteopathic programs in our area in those specialities. Hope that this answers your question....in other words, do not worry about the study you see. Ask students who are at the school directly.
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