Official 2023 Osteopathic Match Thread

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UAB Birmingham AL
Baylor Scott & White Temple TX
U Tennessee Knoxville TN
2 - Rush Chicago IL
PSU Health Hershey PA
UT Houston TX
SUNY HSC Brooklyn NY
Vanderbilt Nashville TN
Brooke Army Med Ctr San Antonio TX
UT Health San Antonio TX

Child Neurology 1
Stony Brook NY

Dermatology 3
Trinity Health, Clinton Township, MI
Texas Tech Lubbock TX
Medical City Fort Worth TX

Emergency Medicine 17
2 - UT Houston
2 - Baylor Scott & White Temple TX
2 - UT San Antonio TX
2 - Baylor University Medical Center Dallas TX
Atrium Health Carolinas, Charlotte NC
U Illinois Chicago IL
MCA Arlington TX
Christus Health Corpus Christi TX
U Massachusetts MA
John Peter Smith Health Fort Worth TX
U Arizona Tucson AZ
SIU Springfield IL
Ohio State “Operational EM” Columbus, OH

Family Medicine 38
3 - Waco Family Med Waco TX
4 - John Peter Smith Fort Worth TX
2 - UTSW Dallas TX
2 - OMECO Tulsa OK
2 - Conroe Regional Conroe TX
2 - Medical City Arlington TX
2 - Medical City Fort Worth TX
2 - Methodist Health Dallas TX
Baylor Scott & White Temple TX
UT Tyler Athens TX
UT Tyler Tyler TX
UT San Antonio TX
TIGMER Laredo TX
TIGMER San Antonio TX
McKay Dee Hospital Ogden UT
Christus Health Corpus Christi TX
UTMB Galveston TX
Advent Health Orlando FL
Centura Health Pueblo CO
LSU Rural FM Bogalusa LA
Texas Tech Lubbock TX
Oklahoma State U. Lawton OK
Camp Pendleton Oceanside CA
Hilo Med Ctr Hilo HI
Memorial Hermann Sugarland TX
Loma Linda Univ Med Ctr Murrieta CA
Baylor University Med Center Dallas TX

General Surgery 8
McLaren Healthcare Lansing M
UT Houston TX
UK Healthcare Bowling Green KY
Texas Health Resources Fort Worth TX
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Fort Worth TX
Dignity Health Chandler AZ
St. David’s Health Austin TX
LSU Health New Orleans LA

Internal Medicine 35
4 - Christus Health Longview TX
2 - Baylor Scott & White All Saints Fort Worth TX
2 - Medical City Forth Worth TX
2 - HCA Houston TX
3 - UT Tyler TX
5 - Baylor Scott & White Temple TX
4 - UTMB Galveston TX
2 - Methodist Dallas TX
Ochsner New Orleans LA
U Illinois Peoria IL
Baylor University Medical Center Dallas TX
Texas Health Resources Fort Worth TX
McLaren Healthcare Mount Clemens MI
UT San Antonio TX
Dell Austin TX
Oklahoma State Tulsa OK
U Louisville KY
FAU Boca Raton FL
UTRGV Weslaco TX
Houston Methodist Houston TX

Medicine - Primary 2
Cook County Chicago IL
Loma Lind Univ, CA

Neurology 5
UAB Birmingham AL
Dell Austin TX
UVM Burlington VT
Cooper/Rowan Camden NJ
Baylor Houston TX

OB/GYN 6
2 - Baylor University Medical Center Dallas TX
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Fort Worth TX
Nellis Air Force Base Las Vegas NV
St. David’s Health Austin TX
Medical City Arlington TX

Pathology 1
Baylor Houston TX

Pediatrics 25
2 - UT San Antonio TX
2 - UTMB Galveston TX
3 - Baylor Houston TX
Duke Durham NC
Children’s Mercy Kansas City MO
Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem NC
Our Lady of the Lake Baton Rouge LA
U Arkansas Med Ctr Little Rock AR
LAC + USC Los Angeles CA
Nationwide Children’s Columbus OH
U New Mexico Albuquerque NM
Full Circle Health Boise ID
Mayo Rochester MN
Phoenix Children’s Phoenix AZ
Dell Austin TX
UT Houston TX
LSU New Orleans LA
Baylor Scott & White Temple TX
Advocate Health Care Park Ridge IL
Oklahoma Univ Community Med Tulsa OK
Inova Fairfax VA

Physical Med & Rehab 6
2 - Dell Austin TX
Baylor University Medical Center Dallas TX
U Washington Seattle WA
Providence Sacred Heart Spokane WA
UT San Antonio TX

Psychiatry 8
2 - UT San Antonio TX
2 - John Peter Smith Health Fort Worth TX
UT Houston TX
UT Tyler TX
TIGMER San Antonio TX
Maimonides Brooklyn NY

Radiology Diagnostic 3
2 - Baylor Houston TX
UT San Antonio TX

Radiology Interventional 1
OHSU Portland OR

Urology 1
McLaren Detroit MI

Transitional Year 1
Campbell Univ Lillington NC

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So if i'm reading the statistics correctly only 50% of DOs applying ortho matched into ortho this year. Down from like 55% last year? I wonder how far down this will trend before stabilizing. Seems to be an issue of MD students matching at several formerly AOA programs while only a handful of DOs match at traditionally MD programs.
No. The issue is the continued expansion of DO schools… the trend will continue down until that stops.
 
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does anyone know anything about shsu-com match rate for their first class? I have not seen anything on their socials or on their website
 
does anyone know anything about shsu-com match rate for their first class? I have not seen anything on their socials or on their website
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Me forgetting SHSU-COM exists.
 
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does anyone know anything about shsu-com match rate for their first class? I have not seen anything on their socials or on their website

Their first class (2024) will undergo the match next year. They are still OMS III’s I believe.
 
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Blood bath incoming March 2024.

The Step 1 DO fail rate in 2022 (which is when those undergoing the 2024 match will have taken Step 1) was 11% for DOs, up from 6 percent in 2021. It was also 9% for MDs, up from 5% in 2021. Fail rate for IMGs was a whooping 26%.

But it gets more interesting -
the number of DOs taking Step 1 actually went down despite the extra 6 COMs. Number tested was 4722, down from 5365. This is because of the rule change now allowing students to bypass step 1 and directly go to step 2.

Given all of these numbers, I suffice it to say that the DO students who took and passed Step 1 on the first attempt should be just fine. The expansion of DOs in the match applicant pools seems to be those who are failing or not taking Step.
 
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The Step 1 DO fail rate in 2022 (which is when those undergoing the 2024 match will have taken Step 1) was 11% for DOs, up from 6 percent in 2021. It was also 9% for MDs, up from 5% in 2021. Fail rate for IMGs was a whooping 26%.

Next year will be…. Insane.
Where did you get this data? I can only find MD fail rate
 
The Step 1 DO fail rate in 2022 (which is when those undergoing the 2024 match will have taken Step 1) was 11% for DOs, up from 6 percent in 2021. It was also 9% for MDs, up from 5% in 2021. Fail rate for IMGs was a whooping 26%.

But it gets more interesting -
the number of DOs taking Step 1 actually went down despite the extra 6 COMs. Number tested was 4722, down from 5365. This is because of the rule change now allowing students to bypass step 1 and directly go to step 2.

Given all of these numbers, I suffice it to say that the DO students who took and passed Step 1 on the first attempt should be just fine. The expansion of DOs in the match applicant pools seems to be those who are failing or not taking Step.
Wow thats like 900 fewer passes. I actually feel better.
 
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Wow thats like 900 fewer passes. I actually feel better.

Considering that there are around 32,000 DO students total, it comes down to around 8,000 per year. Last year just above 4,000 DO students took and passed step 1, so only about half of all DOs going into the 2024 match will be doing so with a pass on Step 1.

Just to be clear, I am not bashing our field. I love being a DO medical student because it keeps me grounded and OMM has actually tremendously helped my mom and wife because I do a lot of OMM on them and it helps their pain. But the fact that the numbers of DOs are going UP but the pass rates and those taking step are going DOWN indicates that something is seriously wrong.
 
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Considering that there are around 32,000 DO students total, it comes down to around 8,000 per year. Last year just above 4,000 DO students took and passed step 1, so only about half of all DOs going into the 2024 match will be doing so with a pass on Step 1.

Just to be clear, I am not bashing our field. I love being a DO medical student because it keeps me grounded and OMM has actually tremendously helped my mom and wife because I do a lot of OMM on them and it helps their pain. But the fact that the numbers of DOs are going UP but the pass rates and those taking step are going DOWN indicates that something is seriously wrong.
To be fair everyone else went down too. P/f just caught a lot of people off guard. And for some reason some people think that the test that was formerly the most important thing when it comes it matching is now irrelevant.
 
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But the fact that the numbers of DOs are going UP but the pass rates and those taking step are going DOWN indicates that something is seriously wrong.
I'd wait until this year and the next year before making any assumptions about there being a trend in DO pass rates declining. We only have 1 cohort's worth of data to look at, and it can largely be attributed to students massively underestimating the difficulty in passing Step 1 after it went P/F.
 
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Moderator note: There are lots of other threads where you can discuss general DO school trends and tests.
Let’s please keep this thread focused on 2023 Match results so it’s easier to find the results you might be searching for.
Thanks
 
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I'd wait until this year and the next year before making any assumptions about there being a trend in DO pass rates declining. We only have 1 cohort's worth of data to look at, and it can largely be attributed to students massively underestimating the difficulty in passing Step 1 after it went P/F.

I hope you’re right
 
So I just got off a zoom meeting with one of the people in the surgical department at Campbell (current medical school) and they said that we got 8 people matching into gas, 7 into GS, 1 into ophthalmology, and that one person who got into Duke Ortho.

Edit: I don't have the match locations because first years and second years don't get that. But I heard that they were going to release the match list this year.
 
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OUHCOM Dublin 100% match rate no students had to SOAP (its what I heard from faculty) not sure about the other campuses
 
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Match Day 2023: Winners & Losers
This is always a good read

 
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WesternU COMP admin quoted ~93% match rate pre-SOAP and 100% post SOAP
 
Does anyone have the list for the new Incarnate Word DO school in San Antonio?

I am still surprised they got that school approved and now the main hospital they were using for teaching is closing down.
 
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Does anyone have the list for the new Incarnate Word DO school in San Antonio?

I am still surprised they got that school approved and now the main hospital they were using for teaching is closing down.
Closing down ?! Damn why
 
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NYIT-COM 100% match rate. List coming soon
 
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Arkansas campus posted the same results. Is this 100% match rate or placement rate?
I think most DO schools are reporting their placement rate as their match rate.
 
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I think most DO schools are reporting their placement rate as their match rate.
Exactly. I think the strategy with a lot of these schools are to see who matches or SOAPs, and then when (inevitably) a couple students don't match/SOAP, move them to next year's graduating class. It explains the discrepancy between # of individuals matching and typical class sizes (often a difference of up to 10%).
 
Arkansas campus posted the same results. Is this 100% match rate or placement rate?
Probably most definitely placement rate. I think most schools, even MD schools, report placement rate , after the SOAP.
 
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Exactly. I think the strategy with a lot of these schools are to see who matches or SOAPs, and then when (inevitably) a couple students don't match/SOAP, move them to next year's graduating class. It explains the discrepancy between # of individuals matching and typical class sizes (often a difference of up to 10%).
I agree! TCOM said that their match rate this year was 100% but this popular med student influencer who goes there said that she did not match initially, but later found a placement through SOAP.
 
The idea that any DO school matches 100% just does not seem possible to me. Even at the best schools there will always be that one student, probably more, that is applying ortho or derm that doesnt match. Also there is nothing wrong with that, that student deserves the chance to try, but its hard to match these specialties. They would have matched if they applied FM so who cares about the match rate. Thats why I dont mind schools reporting placement rates. Though people need to be more careful with their wording. From what Ive seen schools are usually good with using the word placement. But some people seem to think thats the same as match.
 
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Does anyone have the list for the new Incarnate Word DO school in San Antonio?

I am still surprised they got that school approved and now the main hospital they were using for teaching is closing down.

UIW student here. Texas vista isn't our main training hospital for medical students. Its home to our psych and IM residency via TIGMER. From what I've heard, psych residency will be fine. Idk about the IM residency tho. Match rate 96%, placement 99%. Notable matches: ortho match at UTH San Antonio, urology in the military match? at San Diego military medical center
 
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MSUCOM off of the top of my head

9 ortho
2 Urology
3 Ophtho
1 CT surgery
1 Derm
1 ENT
1 or maybe 2 IR
Multiple gen surg, anesthesia, PMR and a few DR.
 
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Duke ortho match absolutely crushed her research year at Duke. Developed some great connections with people who were higher up and in the room making decisions. I remember talking to her at some point and she definitely had hope going into the cycle. Definitely proud of her considering Duke told me 2 years ago they would never consider a DO, as well as the other Campbell grad that ended up at GW a few years ago lol.

Dartmouth is far less reputable in the ortho world and often forgotten exists, but still impressive someone ended up there with a rotation. I will put some respect on the OU and Indiana matches as well, since these programs are more well-known/reputable in the ortho world than Dartmouth.
UT San Antonio match was no surprise, guy is an absolute stud and as humble as can be, and glad he ended up staying home. There were 2 other absolute stud DO ortho applicants with multiple MD interviews I know of that actually chose to stay at reputable osteopathic programs because of connections they have there, so I'm sure they could've ended up at a traditionally MD program if they wanted.

Ortho match was absolutely brutal this year, for MD and DO's alike. I'm just glad I made it with a <50% match rate and only 5 interviews. Think the game for DO's is drastically gonna change this upcoming cycle however. Think the strategy is/should be stick to former AOA programs to maximize chances of matching, cause on the other side with the MD's, it's gonna be an either further bloodbath with P/F step and increased application/re-application counts.
 
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