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Please talk to OMS IV students before making any decision about going to DO schools. OMS IV students will tell you more about the MATCH. There is a very high chance that you will have > $ 300,000 student loan for DO school without a residency.

 

[TopTomato]

Please talk to OMS IV students before making any decision about going to DO schools. OMS IV students will tell you more about the MATCH. There is a very high chance that you will have > $ 300,000 student loan for DO school without a residency.

False.

 

[NontradCA]

Good point...still hurts though when you read those comments 🙁

Really? I don't care. Maybe you should see a professional to talk about these personal issues. Make sure it's an MD though. They're real doctors.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

Please talk to OMS IV students before making any decision about going to DO schools. OMS IV students will tell you more about the MATCH. There is a very high chance that you will have > $ 300,000 student loan for DO school without a residency.

Back to the Caribbean forum you.

 

[keevwu]

Please talk to OMS IV students before making any decision about going to DO schools. OMS IV students will tell you more about the MATCH. There is a very high chance that you will have > $ 300,000 student loan for DO school without a residency.

you're confusing DO for carribean. DO schools have a ~98% match requirement to remain operating.

 

[Roxas]

you're confusing DO for carribean. DO schools have a ~98% match requirement to remain operating.

I agree with you that the above poster is wrong, but I don't believe the bolded is correct either. WCU-COM's match last year was like 95%

 

[TopTomato]

I agree with you that the above poster is wrong, but I don't believe the bolded is correct either. WCU-COM's match last year was like 95%

From what i've heard is that DO schools require a 98% placement rate for the span of 5 years, which means that 98% of their students must find any residency somewhere

@hallowmann know's more about the specifics

 

[hallowmann]

From what i've heard is that DO schools require a 98% placement rate for the span of 5 years, which means that 98% of their students must find any residency somewhere

@hallowmann know's more about the specifics

Under 8.3 for COCA's standards for COM accreditation:

"Guideline: COMs should strive to place 100% of their graduates into GME programs and devote the necessary resources to obtain that goal. At a minimum, this retrospective data should demonstrate a 3-year rolling average final placement rate of 98% for those students eligible and participating who entered the AOA, NRMP, or military, etc. matches."

Source: http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/predoctoral accreditation/Documents/COM-accreditation-standards-current.pdf

I'm not sure what kind of enforcement is involved, and how much COMs will be able to "fudge" numbers in the reports. Alternatively, they could just do something like dismiss students in 4th year, who are at risk of failing to place, to artificially inflate their placement rates. That I'm sure would raise some red flags though.

Also, as you alluded to, placement is NOT the same as match. Placement means getting a spot, whereas match is getting it through a matching system. Placement includes people who match and those that get GME positions outside of the main matches (scramble, SOAP, pre-match/post-match agreements, etc.).

EDIT: Also, this addition to the COCA requirement happened in like July of 2013, so we won't know if any COMs fail to meet the requirements until 2016 (although it can be extrapolated whether or not some COMs will simply be unable to make the requirement based on the last year or 2).

 

[Roxas]

From what i've heard is that DO schools require a 98% placement rate for the span of 5 years, which means that 98% of their students must find any residency somewhere

@hallowmann know's more about the specifics

Given how many FM spots go unfilled every year, I would certainly hope this isn't too difficult.

 

[hallowmann]

Given how many FM spots go unfilled every year, I would certainly hope this isn't too difficult.

Don't forget the TRIs too. The stipulation states GME placement, not residency placement, so an internship would be sufficient.

 

[keevwu]

From what i've heard is that DO schools require a 98% placement rate for the span of 5 years, which means that 98% of their students must find any residency somewhere

@hallowmann know's more about the specifics

Yes that's right. My mistakemistake