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[nitingarg]

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I was wondering how residency matching works? Like I want to pursue orthopedic surgery or internal medicine after osteopathic school. I was wondering if after medical school you have to declare a residency or how it actually works? also what are the chances of getting into orthopedic surgery and internal medcine from a reputable osteopathic school with a pretty high GPA, like mostly A's?

 

[wannabeOBGYN]

I was wondering how residency matching works? Like I want to pursue orthopedic surgery or internal medicine after osteopathic school. I was wondering if after medical school you have to declare a residency or how it actually works? also what are the chances of getting into orthopedic surgery and internal medcine from a reputable osteopathic school with a pretty high GPA, like mostly A's?

Why are you asking about "osteopathic school" (they are medical schools you know...) when you're pre-dental?

 

[koan]

He / she may have been Pre-Dental and is thinking about changing their mind, switching to Pre-Med...

Nitingarg, this is a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residency_(medicine)#United_States

Completing a residency is a required part of medical training, whether you go allopathic (MD) or osteopathic (DO) for med school. During your fourth year of med school you apply to a bunch of residency programs in the specialty of your choice (e.g. ortho / IM) and interview for a competitive spot in those programs. You rank your top programs, they rank you, and a magical algorithm "matches" you to your dream residency. Well, not always...

Some specialties are much harder to match into (i.e. higher ratio of applicants to positions, or higher caliber of applicant) the famous ones being ROAD (radiology, orthopedic surgery, anesthesiology, dermatology)... internal medicine is somewhat less competitive, partly because there are so many positions available.

Also see:
https://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/cim/specialties/
http://www.opportunities.osteopathic.org/search/search.cfm

 

[randomusername]

Some specialties are much harder to match into (i.e. higher ratio of applicants to positions, or higher caliber of applicant) the famous ones being ROAD (radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, dermatology)... internal medicine is somewhat less competitive, partly because there are so many positions available.

While ortho is very competitive (as is plastics), it's not a ROAD specialty just because the ROADs are lifestyle fields (high pay:time at work ratio) and ortho makes a lot but works long hours too.

 

[koan]

my bad... thanks for clarifying!