Is that GoodSam OBGyn match to Banner GoodSam in Phoenix?
I think they might call it banner university medical center now though, so maybe not?
Wow I had no idea there were so many Good Samaritan's out there! Haha.
This is specifically the Tri Health Bethesda / Good Samaritan in Cincinnati. Looks like my school matched 2 into ob/gyn, 2 into FM, and 1 into gen surg (
Education | TriHealth) there.
Yes. I believe they are the only program in the country that lets you match directly into ESIR instead of waiting to R1 or whenever it is.
Oh cool! Yeah we matched someone into their ESIR program last year. I heard great things about the program. It's unfortunate though that not everyone in ESIR eventually is able to match into "Independent IR residency" though, esp when there's more DR or ESIR residents interested than spots offered.
Do you think TCOMs success stems from having high expectations from students, and thus a culture of shooting for the stars? Because this list is pretty well rounded with solid specialties / locations all across the nation. Surely its not due to reputation.
Reputation is decent enough for anywhere in Texas. And at some places outside of TX where graduates match consistently and reflect TCOM well (i.e. Cincinnati peds, UAMS ophtho/rads, MUSC IM, UW PM&R, Mayo everything lol, etc). And yeah, the school does play a major part in helping us, but we prob have just as many problems as any other school out there. I think the main reason TCOM students do well on boards and in the match is due to student caliber. TCOM tends to get a significant number of MD-caliber students bc the same kids applying to Texas A&M, UTSW, or Dell Med are also applying for first year spots at TCOM through the TMDSAS match. Many rank TCOM #1 on their rank list due to location or family but the majority (from what I hear) actually rank TCOM b/w #3 and 9 out of the <10 TMDSAS II's they get, then match here and have no other option. As someone who ranked TCOM dead last on my rank list, I'll be honest and include myself in that cohort. That said, I'm SUPER glad I matched here bc I've felt a level of support from admin that's almost disproportionately high when compared to my friends at other TX schools.
Another factor is that we usually don't really have that many people here with a specific, early interest in primary care. There is a huge push by faculty for primary care but we were able to recently convince admin to eliminate a 40-hr required preceptorship in primary care. I think they realized that the majority of us have an interest in more specialized fields (like psych, ob/gyn, gen surg, IM subspecialties, etc) and were frustrated by the requirement to spend so much time shadowing docs in family med, general internal medicine, or peds. So yes, they do have high expectations for us BUT the specialization trend is entirely against the grain. If we matched every graduate into FM, IM, and Peds, they'd be happier than a camel on hump day.
I will add that one major disadvantage (currently) is that there simply isn't sufficient advising for those of us interested in non-primary care fields. We only have 4 (or 5) departments, for example (
https://www.unthsc.edu/texas-college-of-osteopathic-medicine/departments/), in FM/OMM, Peds, IM/Geriatrics, "Medical Education", and JPS Ortho (if that counts). It's pretty amazing that we manage to match people into fields like ENT or IR bc our exposure to those fields is almost zilch. In addition, although we do tend to score higher on COMLEX than every other DO school out there, our Step 1 average is usually ~230ish, so just at or below national average. What's encouraging is that now students get 6 months of UWorld for free and have unrestricted access to faculty mentors and specialty advising from our sister MD school (UNTHSC/TCU Med). So hopefully the advising and Step 1 scores will improve.
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