Most of SGU students do their rotations in NY or NJ. They get excellent exposure to network and get residency in those states (as well as others).
http://www.sgu.edu/website/sguwebsite.nsf/news-events/news-archives07-HHC.html
See the link to residency match for this year and the years before and please do compare to other DO schools and their residency match list.
http://www.sgu.edu/ERD/2008/ResidPost.nsf/BYPGY?OpenView&RestrictToCategory=PGY1&Count=-1
DO and SGU are looked upon about the same when try for allopathic residencies from what i hear from friends. Both of you are at a disadvantage when you apply for residencies because it is a US allopathic residency. Some hospitals favor DO's over IMG, some hospitals favor IMG's
DO have the advantage for having their own residencies. DO and sgu have around the same rates in matching into their first or second choice (73ish percent) in allopathic residencies. When you look at osteo schools at their match rate in just their first choice in the AOA match it is around 88%. That is the added benefit.
When you look at a school like NYCOM which rotates around the same locations as SGU, you see residencies such ENT, Optho, ortho, and derm. Granted alot of them are DO residencies, but they have that added benefit. You rarely see any SGU graduate match into that. Even though just their fall class is bigger than NYCOM class for the whole year.
NYCOM VS SGU is a great comparison because they both have alot of NY residents and rotate there. NYCOM match's 45 percent to primary care. As for touro it is a new school, but the north east is fairly DO friendly and schools in that area UMDNJ, PCOM and NYCOM do well in the match.
SGU will throw their match list around and show you the numbers that matched and say its all great but 70% student's do primary care. They are going to have close to 1000 students now a year maybe even over (fall+spring+gsp). Of course you will get a few radiology, surgery, etc with that many students. Overall i wasn't impressed at sgu residency match at all.
I too had the choice between DO vs Caribean MD (SGU Gernada). I chose DO for the reason why i stated above. But in the end it matters if you are content with being a DO, do you like to learn OMM, Do you mind traveling to a foreign country.
I have stated this before
I have the pgy 2 sgu list on an excel sheet and looking at right now, They were 20 anesthesia 11 radiology, 3 ortho,1 opto, 2 radiation oncology, 14 gen surgery 148 internal medicine, 59 family medicine, 53 peds, 23 obgyn, 28 emergency med,etc.. there were 424 matches reported. 69% of sgu grads did primary care (internal med + family med+obgyn+peds). There is 7 more Family med then they were anestheisia+rads+ortho+opto+derm+rad onc+surgery
Another argument people make is DO are not allowed to practice everywhere, well so its SGU
"St. George's University graduates have been licensed to practice medicine in at least 35 countries, as well as in all 50 states in the United States. As with all educational institutions,"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George's_University
DO's are allowed to about the same amount of countries. I think it is about 40.
In the end if you want to go to allopathic residency, It matters more on you then what school you go, or what degree you get.
