Osteopathic students match into orthopedic surgery at lower rates vs. allopathic students
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Key takeaways:
- Osteopathic students had less success matching into orthopedic surgery vs. allopathic students.
- From 2019 to 2023, 74.5% of allopathic students and 59.9% of osteopathic students matched into orthopedic surgery.
From 2019 to 2023, osteopathic medical students were less successful matching into orthopedic surgery compared with allopathic medical students, according to published results.
Researchers used annual reports from the National Residency Match Program and the Association of American Medical Colleges electronic residency application service to perform a retrospective review of match rates for osteopathic and allopathic medical students from accredited residency programs between 2019 and 2023.
Researchers found 74.5% (n = 3,473) of allopathic students and 59.9% (n = 571) of osteopathic students successfully matched into orthopedic surgery from 2019 to 2023.
“We also found that during each application cycle, osteopathic applicants who did match into orthopedic surgery were less likely to match at [a] former allopathic program as opposed to [a] former osteopathic program and that there continues to be a low number of osteopathic residents training at former allopathic programs,” the researchers wrote in the study.
Researchers noted 1.7% (n = 58) of medical students in postgraduate orthopedic surgery positions at former allopathic programs during the 5-year span had an osteopathic degree.
They also noted 8.4% (n = 47) of medical students in postgraduate orthopedic surgery positions at former osteopathic programs during the 5-year span had an allopathic degree.
“These findings highlight that the single accreditation system has expanded opportunities for allopathic students matching into orthopedic surgery more so than it has for osteopathic applicants,” the researchers concluded.
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