AwesomeO-DO said:
so if I match to an DO TRI, and it isn't tracked into anything, and I want to go on to do an allopathic residency the following year I can apply this year for both the TRI and a PGY-2 spot? Do I just ask the residency program if they have the ability to offer a PGY-2 spot in 2 years from now? Also, the residency will be in Med/Peds, which is 4 years, so would that mean I wouldn't be done with residency until 5 years after I graduate?
Wow, I don't check this thread for a while and so much confusion. Some of the things said previously are true and some aren't. I'll put in my 10 cents and try to address a number of things together.
There are some residencies(pm&r, radiology, anesthesia, etc.) that generally start at PGY2, but require you to apply for and Match a year early. So for example, the Match that passed this year in March. If you wanted a PGY2 position that starts in 2007, you would have applied and went through the Match in 2006 to start the residency in 2007. It is your responsibility to get accepted to a PGY1 position as that is a pre-req for moving on to the residency. For us DOs it's great b/c we can fulfill our AOA osteopathic internship requirement. So basically if you are applying ot one of those residency programs you would apply to both internship and residency positons at the same time.
To confuse things more, there are some programs that will require you to apply for their residency DURING your internship year. So basically you would apply for internship one year, and then go through the hell of applications the very next year for your residency choice.
It becomes your responsiblity to find out what programs require Matching internship and residency the same year and what programs require you to do it during internship.
Now someone mentioned med/peds. I do not believe that it would be a program that required internship first. So if you wanted to do an Osteopathic rotating internship first, then you'd have to apply med/peds DURING internship. Not 100% positive about that, but i'm pretty sure.
What DrMom said is correct. You will be pulled from the allo Match if you matched to an osteopathic spot that would overlap what you are applying allo for.
Applying to linked programs just complicates things. If you have osteopathic and allopathic linked programs, then you have a tough decision. Would you rather wait and possibly not match to an allo or do you want to take the chance of matching osteopathic and possibly not Match to a choice that is higher on your list, but it is allo.
Now getting back to a question asked to me, I applied to 5 internships in New York and I ended up only interviewing at 3 of them b/c I realized that I didn't really want to be at the other programs. I actually didn't go through the Osteopathci Match b/c one of my allo PM&R programs was a 4 year linked program so I took the chance. I didn't Match into that 4 year linked program and ended up scrambling for the current internship spot that I have, which is the spot that I wanted all along anyway. But again, like I said, it's easy to get a spot in Long Island.
Applications for allo and osteo programs is easy, its all on the computer, just point and click, but remember, you're paying to apply to these programs. Registering for both Matches should be explained to you by your school. To register for the osteo match, the school will help you out more than for the allo match. Make sure you keep up with what needs to be done. I believe that it starts with getting a registration number(I already forgot)
Sorry for the long reply, but I wanted to give you guys enough info.
Good Luck and feel free to ask for more info.
