Regarding the article “Medical grads, seniors learn where they're going in record Match Day”, while appreciating the coverage of this important day in the lives of future physicians, the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine must take this opportunity to correct an often misconstrued statistic concerning the match rate of osteopathic (DO) physicians.
Osteopathic physicians have more than one opportunity to match and have historically achieved 99% GME placement rates, when all GME placement opportunities have concluded at the end of a yearly cycle. In addition to the national program to which the article refers, osteopathic physicians have opportunities in the American Osteopathic Association match.
With 25% of freshman medical students now being osteopathic students, it is important to accurately reflect the stellar placement record of osteopathic students.
