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It is not a physician employer nor is it a financial planner for institutions. The NRMP has come a long way, but we recognize that the residency selection process still is fraught with stress and uncertainty, albeit for reasons different from those that prompted creation of the Match.

Application inflation, debt, and a disproportionate reliance on licensure exam scores have contributed to a climate that makes the transition to residency perhaps as stressful as when the Match was created nearly 70 years ago. The authors wish to thank Dr. Steven J. Michael G. Ethical approval: Reported as not applicable. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U.

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Before the Match There are few practicing physicians today who can accurately describe for medical students what the high-pressure struggle for internships was like before the Match. A Match to Support Learners By , a centralized clearinghouse for internship placement had been proposed.

Open in a separate window. Reflecting on the Past to Guide the Future In the first Match in , approximately 10, internship positions were offered to 5, graduating U. As Stalnaker and Smith 16 wrote in Thus, in full freedom of choice, the plan works as a clearing house, not interfering with, but giving effect to the choices of both hospital and student.

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Roth AE, Peranson E. The redesign of the matching market for American physicians: Some engineering aspects of economic design. Am Econ Rev. American Osteopathic Association.. Final DO Match day produces primary care residents. The number of DOs who filled pathology positions in the MRM was divided by the total number of pathology positions filled in the MRM to calculate the percentage of DO-filled pathology positions. A traditional rotating internship is one year of training that is unaffiliated with a specific medical specialty.

An Option 1 residency e. An Option 2 residency e. Thus, Option 3 residencies are not PGY-1 positions. Fifteen major medical specialties defined in a prior study were analyzed, including anesthesiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, psychiatry, radiology-diagnostic, and surgery.

MD seniors. At the same time, the number of pathology residency positions filled in the MRM increased by only a modest Thus, the percentage of filled pathology residency positions taken by DOs increased from 7.

Although there was a strong trend of more DOs choosing pathology residency over the past decade, there was a substantial decline in an outlier year , followed by a three-year resumption of the long-term rising trend.

No obvious trend reversals were noted when comparing the time before single GME accreditation years — to the time during introduction of single GME years — The number of DOs filling pathology residency positions in the MRM, compared to the total number of pathology positions filled, years — MRM, main residency match.

The percentage of pathology residency positions filled in the MRM that were taken by DOs, with a linear trendline. Next, we studied the proportion of DOs that chose pathology over the past decade. This large increase coincides with a significant increase in enrollment at osteopathic medical schools four years earlier. In academic year —, first-year enrollment at DO medical schools was 4,, compared to 7, in academic year — Thus, the percentage of DOs choosing pathology increased only slightly from 1.

Overall, the trendline for the entire decade showed a slight decline. Interestingly, no substantial differences were apparent when comparing the time before and during the introduction of single GME accreditation. The percentage of filled pathology residency positions taken by DOs in Among the 15 major medical specialties, a median of Option 3 residencies were excluded because, unlike Option 2 residencies, they require a separate internship year.

In the past decade, the number of DOs choosing pathology for residency training has more than doubled. Concurrently, nearly twice as many DOs entered PGY-1 residency programs, consistent with the significant growth in osteopathic medical school enrollment. Surprisingly, the proportions of DOs matching into pathology before and during introduction of the single GME accreditation system were similar.

The low ranking of pathology in terms of percentage of filled residency positions taken by DOs in year suggests that DOs, perhaps based on the structure of their education, prefer or are guided toward other medical specialties.

In contrast to DOs, prior reports have shown that both the absolute number and the proportion of US MD seniors choosing pathology have decreased substantially in recent years. Our study had several limitations.

First, the full impact of single GME accreditation could not be evaluated. This is because year was the first and only year evaluated in which AOA residency programs were fully integrated into the MRM. A future study will be needed to assess residency trends five years after completion of single CME accreditation system implementation — Some schools teach pathology as a distinct course while others use a case-based or systems-based curriculum, where it may not stand-out as a distinct specialty; these educational differences and their influence on eventual residency program matches warrant further study.

Although economic factors were not evaluated in this study, specialty salaries warrant attention. However, Medscape physician-compensation surveys have shown that pathology salaries ranked 15th out of 25 specialties in the report 33 and 16th out of 29 specialties in the report. Thus, pathology salaries have remained relatively stable compared with other medical specialties.

Based on this conflicting data about salary correlation, a more detailed consideration of economic factors is needed. A recent study attributed the decline in US MD seniors choosing pathology residency to concerns expressed about the pathology job market on SDN. Why is pathology so unpopular? Will it stay unpopular? However, a comprehensive study of the pathology threads in these forums would be needed to draw a definite conclusion.

A recent discussion group 43 with six allopathic medical students revealed other possible reasons why US MD seniors are losing interest in pursuing pathology. The stable percentage of DOs choosing pathology may be due to multiple factors. Thus, the single GME accreditation system may have increased the relative percentage of DOs pursuing pathology.

Perhaps competing promoting and deterrent factors negated each other, resulting in a net stable percentage of DOs choosing pathology. Despite the move to a single GME accreditation system and a significant decline in US MD seniors choosing pathology residency, the proportion of DOs matching into pathology residency has remained relatively stable over the past decade.

However, our study did not seek to identify the reasons for the steady stream of DOs into pathology or the reasons that substantially fewer US MD seniors are choosing pathology. The separate trends could be explained by differences in osteopathic and allopathic student demographics, economic factors, or social media influence e.

Future studies, including discussions with DO medical students about pathology perceptions, are warranted to more carefully examine these critical issues. Author contributions: All authors provided substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; all authors drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content; all authors gave final approval of the version of the article to be published; and all authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

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