sunymed
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(10/29/00 9:40:17 am)
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Number of ortho spots
I was wondering just how many first year residency spots there are in orthopedics. I have read numbers
ranging from 280 to 559. Does anyone know or can direct me to a place where I can find this info. If
there are 559 positions in ortho, then shouldn't it be much, much easier to get into than ENT or
Urology, which only have some 230-240 first year positions. My medical school itself has double the
number of ortho spots compared to uro/ENT (6 vs. 3). Your responses will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason
aaos staff
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(10/30/00 11:54:15 am)
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1998 stats from the AMA
Results
Selection Criteria
Specialty/Subspecialty: Orthopaedic Surgery
General Program Information
Number of accredited programs
157
Academic year
1998
Length of accredited training
4/5
Minimum number of prior years required
1/0
Offers graduate year 1 (GY1) positions, available immediately upon
medical school completion
No
Application Information
Average number of GY1 applications
310.0
Average number of GY1 interviews
48.9
Residents
Number of active residents/fellows
2759
Percent females
7.2%
Percent international medical graduates
2.1%
Faculty
Average number of full-time physician faculty
14.9
Average number of part-time physician faculty
2.7
Average number of volunteer physician faculty
24.3
Resident Work Hours (During Program Year 1)
Average hours on duty per week
67.7
Average maximum consecutive hours on duty
30.5
Average days off duty per month
5.2
Work Environment and Compensation (During Program Year 1)
Average percent of training in hospital outpatient clinics
29.6%
Average percent of training in non-hospital ambulatory care
community settings
6.0%
Average percent of training in managed care settings
8.2%
Average resident/fellow compensation
$34,486
ABC123
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(10/30/00 2:16:37 pm)
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Re: Number of ortho spots
Check out medschool.com specialty profiles. You can also look at Freida online for general info as well.
ENT-less spots with fewer applicants vs. ortho=very competitive
ORTHO-more spots with more applicants=still damn competitive
sunymed
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(10/30/00 4:23:08 pm)
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Re: Spots
So then I guess urology and ENT are harder than orthopedics to get into. I don't quite understand the
AAOS staff member's information. If there were 310 applications for ortho, and there are 559 spots,
then shouldn't everyone have gotten a spot? Also, where can I find this same information on ENT and
Urology. I don't think FREIDA online has this info, unless I am mistaken. Does anyone have any
thoughts on why ortho. suddenly became a lot less competitive last year (from 21% unmatch rate to
14% unmatch rate) Thanks,
Jason
OrthoDoc
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(10/30/00 7:39:08 pm)
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Re: Spots
I assume that those stats are average number of applications per program which is consistent with
where I trained. We usually received around 300-400 applications per year for 4 residency spots.
However, you have to remember that most people in the application pool is applying to 40+ programs a
year which drives up the number of applications per program.
