will there still be open spots next week?

[peppy]

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I did not match in psychiatry (I know that sounds odd, but it was a very competitive year). My ideal goal is to get a one year internship then try again for psychiatry next year, but I am finding that the majority of internship spots seem to be gone already. I have found a few places that at first indicated that they had spots but are now saying I may not have an answer about if there is any room for me to enter their program as a traditional rotating intern until Friday afternoon.

In contrast, I have received several offers of positions from a few DO IM programs who want me to take a spot for the whole 3 years in tehir IM residency. It seems like the DO spots are becoming scarce, so I am wondering if it would be a terrible mistake to wait until Friday when I have an answer about the TRI spots before I accept one of the IM program offers? Will the IM spots likely all be spoken for by then?
I don't want to wind up in the wrong specialty in haste, but I don't want to miss out on all the spots out there by waiting too long.
Any advice?

 

[heyjack70]

That is a tough situation. Do you have any interest in IM? If I put myself in your shoes (I'm a DO, too), I would be worried about getting any spot this year because everything seems more competitive. With the competitiveness of MD IM programs, I think a lot of DO's will be reverting back to DO IM residencies after not matching. I would want to snag one of those DO spots asap.

Of course, if you're not interested in IM at all, that would not be a fun 1+ years.

 

[time2go]

so why do DO's want to go to MD residencies, are their any real benefits? Sorry, I am about to enter DO school and would like to know. Thanks!

 

[Buckeye(OH)]

1. Because sometimes in some fields, the MD residencies are clearly superior
2. Sometimes there just arent any DO residencies in a given field, or very few eg PM&R
3. Sometimes people want to stay in a given area and there are no osteopathic residencies in the area eg Chicago for Peds