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New York Tech's Med School Achieves 100% Match Rate
All students from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine's Class of 2023 were placed into residencies.
On March 17, soon-to-be physicians from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine's (NYITCOM) Class of 2023 learned where they will spend the next several years completing their medical residencies after graduation.
NYITCOM, which is based in Old Westbury and has a second location in Jonesboro, Ark., trains future doctors of osteopathic medicine, or D.O.s. Just like M.D.s, D.O.s complete four years of medical school and residencies after graduation. They also go on to practice in all medical specialties, including primary care, pediatrics, OBGYN, emergency medicine, psychiatry, and surgery.
This year NYITCOM achieved an impressive 100 percent match rate, with all members of the Class of 2023 placed into residencies. This was well above the 93.7 percent national average for fourth-year M.D. students.
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The annual event, known as “Match Day,” takes place on the third Friday of March, with NYITCOM students joining thousands of medical students across the country in discovering the next chapter of their medical education journey. Residencies typically last three to seven years, depending on the specialty.
During their final year of medical school, students apply and interview for residencies. Once they have completed their interviews, students rank their preferred programs, and the programs rank the preferred candidates they have interviewed.
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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education then uses an algorithm to “match” candidates with programs based on rankings. Results are kept top-secret from both the future doctors and the matching hospitals until they are opened.
This year, graduating students from NYITCOM’s Long Island campus gathered at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury, where they received sealed envelopes containing their much-anticipated results.
The Class of 2023 secured residencies at impressive institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic (anesthesiology), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (multiple specialties), University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (neurology), Duke University Medical Center (pediatrics), and many others.
NYITCOM students also matched into some of the most competitive specialties, including interventional radiology, dermatology, radiation oncology, urology, neurological surgery, and ophthalmology.
