Oteopathic Pediatrics Residency

[eyesarecool]

Is it easy to get into an osteopathic pediatrics residency? I am asking this because a program that I am interested in only matched 1 out of 4 positions. I just thought this was strange due to the fact that an allopathic pediatrics residency has almost 10 applicants for every spot.

AOA CODEINSTITUTION / CITY TYPE- - - - POSITIONS - - - -FUNDED FILLED OPEN

120652
UNTHSCTCOM/DRISCOLL CHILD HOSP
CORPUS CHRISTI PD 4 1 3

 

[eyesarecool]

Yes, I msspelled the thread title.

 

[DrYoda]

Yes, I msspelled the thread title.

Shame, I clicked in hope of learning about a new speciality.

For your question: It is generally easy to match into pediatrics, allopathic or osteopathic.

 

[Vita]

There are not many AOA pediatric residencies, though.

 

[Colbert]

Generally, pediatric residencies aren't very competitive compared to other fields. I don't know where you're getting your figures that allopathic pediatric residencies have ten applicants per spot, because they're not particularly difficult to land either.

 

[BobBarker]

All AOA primary care residencies are pretty easy to land, as a general rule.

 

[eyesarecool]

The residency only matched 1 out of its 4 positions, but they had 10 people being interviewed. Does this typically mean that the program is really selective, or is this a common occurence?

 

[Semicolon]

The residency only matched 1 out of its 4 positions, but they had 10 people being interviewed. Does this typically mean that the program is really selective, or is this a common occurence?

Isn't it possible that they may have accepted people to fill the spots, but only one of them decided to?

I'm far from sure how residency spots are filled, but that's my idea.

 

[Colbert]

I haven't gone through the match process yet, but from my understanding, you interview at many hospitals and then rank them based on their preference. The hospitals then rank you according to who they want. The match is going down the list and matching you to one of your preferences. For instance, if I rank hospital X as my #1, hospital Y as #2, and hospital Z as #3, and hospitals X and Y don't want me, I go to hospital Z. It's possible that the people they ranked highest didn't rank them highest, and vice versa, so that their favorites ranked them lower down the list, and less people matched there.

 

[DrMom]

10 interviews for 4 spots is very low, even in the DO world

 

[eyesarecool]

10 interviews for 4 spots is very low, even in the DO world

... and only one matched?

 

[DrMom]

that would suggest that either the 10 that interviewed, at least 9 of them did not rank the program #1 and matched with someplace that they ranked higher or that the program did not rank all of the 10 they interviewed choosing to take risks with the scramble.


All I can say is that I'm at a program (not peds) that has 4 spots a year. We interview more than 10 and we have been ranking more than 10 (but we do not rank everyone we interview) for our 4 spots.