Whats the outlook of these residencies as a future DO student?

[Zepman]

Hello, I will be a DO student in the next few months. I am just curious, how competitive are emergency medicine and anesthesiology as a DO?

I understand there are previous posts asking questions like these, however I feel like the competitiveness might be changing.

Would an average student be able to obtain such residencies?

Thanks for your help!

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[puahate]

Doable

 

[CoomassieBlue57]

Meh, pretty much the same as it has been. DOs have notoriously matched both EM and anes. People on here will say they are getting more competitive now, but those same people will also say FM is more competitive (which doesn't even make sense).

 

[Crayola227]

Doable

I see what you did there

 

[Deecee2DO]

Its SDN lol every specialty is competitive now

 

[Deecee2DO]

But seriously gas and EM are DO friendly specialties

 

[CaptainWEMT]

How DO friendly is infectious disease?

 

[culturekweenXx]

How DO friendly is infectious disease?

I had the same question. Previous forum posts seem to indicate it's friendly to DOs. Don't know how to confirm that though

 

[DO2015CA]

How DO friendly is infectious disease?

You’ll be more than fine. People get ID from community IM programs. ID is a multi year fellowship for less pay so it’s not competitive

 

[AlbinoHawk DO]

Anesthesia is becoming less competitive than before. EM is steady. The problem is not how competitive things are today but how much they are by the time you apply. The year before I entered medical school psychiatry was still seen as only requiring a pulse. By the time we graduated, 8 of 13 psychiatry applicants went unmatched