DOs Residency Merger with ACGME

A good number of primary care matches are in IM and peds. Some of those people will probably subspecialize, but even if they don't, a good number will end up being hospitalists, which isn't usually considered primary care. Also, a lot of not terribly competitive specialties aren't primary care. I think more DOs are going into anesthesia and rads than before, and it doesn't seem like the number of DOs going in to EM has taken much of a hit. There's also neuro (which has several subspecialties of its own), PM&R, preventative medicine, path, psych, OB/Gyn (kinda sorta primary care but it depends on practice type). Also a >>0 number of DOs are in surgery.

There will probably always be a greater proportion DOs entering primary care than MDs, but the proportion of DOs entering subspecialties is never going to be equal to or near zero.

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DOs Residency Merger with ACGME