Headed to residency More than 5,000 DO students and grads match in largest NRMP Match ever A record high number of DO students and graduates participated in this year’s NRMP Match. March 15, 2019Friday The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Today, nearly 5,080 DO students and graduates learned the location of their residency placements via the largest National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match of all time. This year’s NRMP Match saw more than 38,370 active applicants compete for more than 35,180 positions, both all-time highs. This was due in part to the record-high number of DO student and graduate participants in this year’s NRMP Match. Nearly 85 percent of DO student and graduate applicants successfully matched, a record-high as well. This year, the final AOA Match took place in February as the profession transitions to a single system of graduate medical education accreditation. Learn more about what that means for today’s students. Next year, most DO graduates and fourth-years will match in the NRMP Match. Most competitive specialties NRMP noted the specialties with more than 30 positions that filled all their slots in a statement. They include the following: Integrated interventional radiology Otolaryngology Physical medicine and rehabilitation Integrated plastic surgery Surgery (categorical) Thoracic surgery Other specialty trends The NRMP Match had nearly 8 percent more first-year primary care positions this year than last; the total number of positions was nearly 15,950. Specialties that had significant growth in the number of positions offered include emergency medicine, psychiatry, radiation-oncology, anesthesiology and ob-gyn. More in Training Balancing act: Navigating motherhood in medical school As a second-year medical student and mother of a 2-year-old, I am hoping to share my experience with others who are in my position or thinking about starting a family in medical school. 6 states in 12 months: A guide to life on the road during fourth year Fourth year is what you make it. Rachel Pray, OMS IV, shares how she embraced travel and adventure as much as possible during her fourth year. Previous articleAOA board certification will soon include two pathways Next articleThe private DO schools that award the most financial aid
Balancing act: Navigating motherhood in medical school As a second-year medical student and mother of a 2-year-old, I am hoping to share my experience with others who are in my position or thinking about starting a family in medical school.
6 states in 12 months: A guide to life on the road during fourth year Fourth year is what you make it. Rachel Pray, OMS IV, shares how she embraced travel and adventure as much as possible during her fourth year.