WRONG Again-
What exactly are you wrong about? For one thing,integrated plastics isn't the same as a plastic fellowship. You are wrong about implying that it is more difficult for a DO to match into allo ortho than allo derm, neurosurgery, opthalmology and integrated plastics. And I find your numbers to be a little sketchy. Ever heard of a URL. For one thing, 20 DO's in allo derm would mean 4 DO's per year were accepted into an allopathic derm program. Knowing that in some years 1 or no DO's were taken, I find it hard to believe that 6 or 7 DO's matched allo derm in a given a year.
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/longk/DermMatch2003.htm
Count the number in each class. Oohh, how ya like that
Okay, I tried to be nice but since you are trying to cover your ass after being proven wrong, I will just stick it to you. Unfortunately, we were not talking about percentages, we were talking about the likelihood that a DO could nail an allo ortho spot vs. allo derm,
INTEGRATED plastics, optho and neuro. Also, we were not talking about the total number of spots granted in a 5 year period. For all we know, 25 or 30 ortho positions could have been granted in the previous 5 years.
How many DO's matched in ortho vs. Integrated Plastics, Neurosurgery, Derm and Optho last year? Also, there is a difference between integrated plastics and plastics genius.
Integrated plastics are the 5-6 year programs you match into directly out of medical school. I'm not talking about a plastics fellowship attained after a general surgery fellowship. There has not been one DO that has ever matched in integrated plastics. And just so there isn't any confusion, I clearly stated INTEGRATED plastics in my initial post. Looks like I'm keeping that house. Also, even if only 4 DO's matched in Ortho last year, that is definitely more than all of the DO's that matched in Derm(1), Neurosurgery(o), and Plastics (o) for LAST YEAR. Also, find me a match list where one DO matched in Neurosurgery in the last 3 years? I know one DO Neurosurgeon who transferred to an MD program at Cal Davis.
Okay smart guy since I know you will try to offer some weak rebuttal, go to the General Residency and the Osteopathic forum and post a thread stating that it is harder for a DO to match into allo Ortho Surgery than Allo Derm, Plastics, Neurosurgery and Optho. That should be entertaining. Don't worry, I know you don't have the balls to do that because nearly everyone of us "misinformed" people would laugh at you.