Atlantic
University
School of Medicine
MARCH 2017
Volume 6, Issue 3
THE PULSE @ AUSOM
NRMP Match Success 2017
Inside this issue
Match Success ............................ 1
Congratulations .......................... 2
White Coat March 2017 .............. 2
IMG’s & Match 2017 .................. 3
Campus News ............................. 4
ECFMG Updates………………………..4
Honoring A Leader…………………….5
The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) announced the results of the 2017 Main Residency Match®, the
largest in its history. A record-high 35,969 U.S. and international medical school students and graduates vied for 31,757
positions, the most ever offered in the Match. The number of
available first-year (PGY-1) positions rose to 28,849, 989 more
than last year.
Atlantic University graduates rank within these released statistics. Our graduates have matched in Surgery, Pediatrics,
Neurology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Pathology and Family Medicine. We are proud of the continued success of our
graduates and wish them a rewarding life-long career. #NRMP—AUSOM
Special points of interest
• AUSOM Alumni Match
• IMG’s Grow in Match
• USMLE News
• Women & Medicine
• Contact AUSOM
www.ausom.edu.lc
Tel: (516) 368-1700
[email protected]
Looming Physician Shortage in the USA
The United States will face a
shortage of between 40,800 and
104,900 physicians by 2030, according to a new study commissioned by the AAMC. Released
March 14, 2017, the study found
that the numbers of new primary
care physicians and other medical specialists are not keeping
pace with the demands of a
growing and aging population.
“There is going to be a significant
workforce shortage under all of
the likely projections. We see
that, quite frankly, only getting
worse as the population ages,”
said Janis M. Orlowski, MD,
AAMC chief health care officer.
For all specialties, retirement decisions of practicing doctors will
have the greatest effect on future physician supply, the report
notes. More than one-third of all
active physicians will be 65 or
older in the next 10 years.
-AAMC March 2017
“Medical School is not difficult, it requires passion”
Congratulations White Coat Recipients
March 2017
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IMG’s & Match 2017
While the 43,157 Match registrants set a record this year, the increase was due largely to growth in
US allopathic medical school seniors and students/graduates of US osteopathic medical schools, the
NRMP says.
The number of US allopathic medical school senior registrants was 19,030, 362 more than last year;
of those, a record-high 18,539 submitted program choices, and 17,480 (94.3%) matched to first-year
positions. The 94% PGY-1 match rate for US seniors has held steady for several years.
The number of US osteopathic medical school applicants this year was a record high 5000, with 3590
submitting program choices, an increase of 608 over 2016; 2933 (81.7%) matched to PGY-1 positions,
also a record high.
This year, the number of US citizen international medical school students and graduates (IMGs) who
submitted program choices declined by 254 to 5069; however, 2777, or 54.8%, matched to PGY-1 positions, the highest match rate since 2004.
The number of non–US citizen IMGs who submitted program choices also went down, from 7460 in
2016 to 7284 this year, but 3814 (52.4%) matched to first-year positions, 45 more than in 2016 and
the highest match rate since 2005.
"Although the numbers of US citizen and non–US citizen IMGs declined, their match rates were the
highest in more than a decade," Signer told Medscape Medical News.
"We do not know whether the declining number of non-US IMGs resulted from the executive order
[by President Trump] because NRMP does not collect citizenship information during the Match registration process," she said.
Applicants who did not match to a residency position could participate in the NRMP's Match Week
Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). This year, 1177 of the 1279 unfilled positions
were offered during SOAP. The SOAP results will be unveiled in the full Match report published in
May. ~ NRMP / Medscape March 2017
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CAMPUS NEWS—SAINT LUCIA
ECFMG UPDATE
A short video designed to
help examinees interpret
the USMLE score report,
and understand decisions
and actions that can be
taken based on exam performance, is available on
the USMLE website.
The video is part of a USMLE Program effort to
address frequently asked
questions from examinees
and others about the USMLE examination process. Additional videos
will be forthcoming.
Examinees should monitor the USMLE website for
the latest information.
http://www.usmle.org/
transcripts/
Schedules at all test centers fill up quickly. We
strongly encourage examinees to complete their
scheduling before May
31 of the calendar year in
which they plan to test.
Based
on
scheduling
trends, if you try to schedule after August 1, you
may find that there are no
available testing appointments through the end of
the year unless there are
cancellations.
Appointment
availability
changes frequently, so if
you are unable to schedule an appointment during
a particular time period,
please continue to check
the Step 2 CS scheduling
website. Additional appointments may become
available 60 days in advance of a test date.
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E. Blackwell A Heroine for Women
Though gender inequality remains an issue for women in
medicine, great strides have been made over the past century.
Women now make up almost half of medical students in the
United States and a third of physicians - an accomplishment
that can be largely attributed to Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.
In 1849, British-born Dr. Blackwell graduated from Geneva
Medical College in New York, becoming the first woman in
the U.S. to receive a medical degree.
"The significance [of this] cannot be overestimated, as this
was a time when a woman being a physician was not the social norm," Dr. Shelley Ross, secretary general of the Medical
Women's International Association (MAIA), told Medical News
Today.
Until her death in 1910, Dr. Blackwell was a strong advocate
for women in medicine, spending much of her time campaigning for women's rights and establishing institutions dedicated to training female medical students in both the U.S.
and the United Kingdom. - NEJM February 2017
“ There are no differences between us:” - Aristotle
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