I agree, but we should stop s***ing on radoncs in a radonc thread.
No one here is encouraging DOs to go into radonc, because no one here is encouraging anybody to go into radonc.
DOs are fine and the MD schools dropped the ball by not considering judicious expansion over the past several decades IMO.
But, I do think it is a mistake to deny that there is such a thing as academic excellence when it comes to teaching medicine.
I am a community doc and take pride in it. But, I am not preparing 20 hours for a definitive "Diagnosis and Management of acute Renal Failure" lecture, and I am not taking 2 hours a day to turn clinical cases into teaching experiences when a DO student rotates through.
Point is, at the best MD schools, MS3 is probably the time of greatest meaningful learning, and a fair bit of it is through formal didactics and deeply committed academic docs, who don't have to get through a high volume community day or have a ton of help in doing so.
If DO schools ever want to close the gap, they need to offer structured clinical year programs like the best MD schools. I would encourage DO grads to advocate for such or consider how this can be done.
Everyone here is aware that the prestige of radonc was artificial and in fact probably harmful to the field. However, you may want to peruse the online bios of PGY-2s at top ten radonc programs even today.