TRI Year? - in 2016

[KobeBryant824]

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Can someone explain what the significance of TRI is?

I looked at my school's match list & it has TRI listed.

Is TRI for people who cannot match into any specialty and therefore must do a TRI instead of sitting at home?

or do people choose to do TRI because they want to increase their chances at a more competitive residency?



and does TRI hurt or help your application for the next year?



Also Does anyone have TRI match statistics vs. FM match stats or vs. IM match stats (preferably stats for DO)

 

[hallowmann]

Can someone explain what the significance of TRI is?

I looked at my school's match list & it has TRI listed...

A TRI is an internship that is ideally used as the first year for advanced residency programs (e.g. Anesthesia, Radiology, RadOnc, Neuro, PM&R, etc.). In addition, AOA Derm programs require applicants to apply during their TRI year. It is also a fallback for people that don't match and want to apply again next cycle.

...Is TRI for people who cannot match into any specialty and therefore must do a TRI instead of sitting at home?

or do people choose to do TRI because they want to increase their chances at a more competitive residency?

and does TRI hurt or help your application for the next year?...

Answered the first question above. The only real scenario where doing a TRI would improve chances is AOA Derm, because you can't match into it as advanced position.

From what I've heard, doing a TRI almost universally hurts chances of matching into AOA programs. I have heard of people on ACGME side occasionally viewing it as an advantage, but not sure how accurate that is.

That said, doing a TRI is better than a non-medical year if you don't match. Also, TRIs are usually more open to accommodating off-schedule residents, so some people who graduate off-schedule and can't find a program that'll accommodate them may do a TRI then apply.

A TRI on a match list might mean the person scrambled because they didn't match or it means they have an advanced position lined up and needed an unconnected internship.

There are also some (5) states that require DOs to do a TRI in order to get licensed, but this might be changing soon as TRIs will all become TYs when the AOA stops accrediting programs in 2020.

...Also Does anyone have TRI match statistics vs. FM match stats or vs. IM match stats (preferably stats for DO)

Its in the same place as all the other AOA match data.

https://www.natmatch.com/aoairp/aboutstats.html
http://www.aacom.org/reports-programs-initiatives/aacom-reports/special-reports/ogme-match-2014

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

That said, doing a TRI is better than a non-medical year if you don't match.

I've heard some people say that doing a year of research after fourth year is better than a TRI for competitive residencies, like Optho, Ortho, Neurosurg, GenSurg, Derm, etc. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think DOs that do this are at a better position to apply to ACGME positions or does it seem like a negative like you mentioned in your previous post. What about preliminary spots in general surgery? How would you rank these 3 options for DO students in turns of helping students match into more competitive specialities?
Curious what other students think about this as well.


Edit: I just reread what I posted and realized how complicated of a question it is lol. There are probably a hundred different factors, like GPA, class rank, board scores, etc. that would complicate the answer lol

 

[KobeBryant824]

thank you hallowman
much appreciated

 

[hallowmann]

I've heard some people say that doing a year of research after fourth year is better than a TRI for competitive residencies, like Optho, Ortho, Neurosurg, GenSurg, Derm, etc. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think DOs that do this are at a better position to apply to ACGME positions or does it seem like a negative like you mentioned in your previous post. What about preliminary spots in general surgery? How would you rank these 3 options for DO students in turns of helping students match into more competitive specialities?
Curious what other students think about this as well.


Edit: I just reread what I posted and realized how complicated of a question it is lol. There are probably a hundred different factors, like GPA, class rank, board scores, etc. that would complicate the answer lol

I wouldn't consider a research year to be an inherently "non-medical" year. As you said, I'm sure it varies a lot whether a research year would be considered better than a TRI. If research would make up for pitfalls in your app, I'd say sure, but if the issue is a generally poor app (board failures, bad grades, bad interview skills) a TRI might be better, especially at a place known to keep their TRIs for cat positions.

Far and away the best thing for MDs (who don't match) to do would be if their school agreed (its actually what most MD schools do) is to delay graduation leaving 1 or 2 required rotations or something and take an LOA to do research, that way you apply as a senior vs. graduate and don't have that stigma and you've got research under your belt. I honestly don't know if that would hold true for DOs.

 

[deleted564680]

Doing a TRI at a hospital that has other residencies such as IM or FM would also give you a huge leg up on shifting into one of those since the institution would get to know you (unless you stink, I guess, haha). This scenario being for someone who didn't match.