Dhimitri A Nikolla, Kaitlin M Bowers, Brittany Smith, Christina L Elsayed, Abigail Daniels, Thomas Sandoval, Kyle J Hitchman, Irtaza Asar, Dillon C Kolacz, Vishnu Mudrakola
CONTEXT: It is unknown if US residency applicants of different educational backgrounds (US allopathic [MD], Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine [DO], and international medical graduates [IMG]) but comparable academic performance have similar match success. OBJECTIVES: Our objective was to compare match probabilities between applicant types after adjusting for specialty choice and United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 scores. METHODS: We performed a secondary analysis of published data in National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) reports from 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2022 for US MD seniors, DO seniors, and IMGs (US citizens and non-US citizens)...
April 15, 2024: Journal of osteopathic medicine