2024 Residency Match Results; AOGME Annual Business Meeting

By Sandra Snyder, DO
AOGME Chair 

March 27, 2024

This month marks another successful NRMP residency match for DO applicants. U.S. DO seniors achieved a match rate of 92.3 percent, which is an all-time high match rate for this group. This year’s match rate for U.S. DO seniors also reflects an increase of 0.7 percent from last year and an increase of 4.2 percent from the 2019 residency match. Additionally, this year’s match results reflect the osteopathic profession’s long tradition of commitment to primary care, as the top two specialties that U.S. DO senior applicants matched into were internal medicine (24.1 percent) and family medicine (20.1 percent). Continue reading for upcoming AOGME activities, events and opportunities, including the 2024 AOGME Annual Business Meeting on April 9, 2024.

2024 AOGME Annual Business Meeting

Join us on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 from 4:00–5:00 PM ET for the 2024 AOGME Annual Business Meeting via Zoom videoconference. The meeting will include announcements of the newly elected AOGME Board members. This year’s AOGME Award recipients and Collegium of Fellows inductees will also be recognized. We encourage all new and existing members to attend! A calendar invitation for the meeting has been disseminated to all AOGME members. Please contact us at aogme@aacom.org if you have not received the meeting invitation or have any questions.

RSVP for the 2024 AOGME Reception and UME-GME Task Force Meet & Greet at Educating Leaders 2024

AOGME invites you to attend the 2024 AOGME Reception and UME-GME Task Force Meet & Greet at the AACOM Educating Leaders 2024 annual conference on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 from 6:30–8:30 PM at the Loews Kansas City Hotel. This year, in addition to the AOGME Awards and Collegium of Fellows ceremony, we will also host a meet and greet for members of the AACOM UME-GME Task Force during this reception.  Space is limited, RSVP today.

Final Reminder: GME Development Opportunity: Third Round Application is Open for Residency Programs that want to Apply for New Residency Slots

Section 126 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 authorized the distribution of 1,000 additional Medicare-funded residency positions. A maximum of 200 positions may be distributed to qualifying hospitals each fiscal year beginning in FY2023. The deadline to submit an application for FY2025 is March 31, 2024. View more information and submit an application.

AOGME Pre-Conference Workshop on GME Development Strategies in Underserved and Community-Based Settings

Register and join us on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 for the AOGME Pre-Conference Workshop at Educating Leaders 2024, the AACOM Annual Conference. This full-day workshop will feature the following speakers:

• Capt. Paul Jung, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Medicine and Dentistry in the Health Resources and Services, Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce
• Ted Epperly, MD, President and CEO of Full Circle Health (formally Family Medicine Residency of Idaho),
• Lori Rodefeld, MS, Director of Rural GME Development at the Wisconsin Collaborative for Rural Graduate Medical Education (GME)
• Russell Maier, MD, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education at PNWU College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Alan Douglass, MD, RPS Consultant, trains new Residency Directors the Academic Council of the National Institute for Program Director Development (NIPDD)
• Ward Stevens, DHSc, Vice President for Graduate Medical Education and Chief Executive Officer for Academic Practices for the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
• David Schmitz, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
• Richard Terry, DO, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Elmira
• Marina Shapiro, PhD, Osteopathic Recognition: Why or Why Not OR
  

Topics will include best practices in GME development in underserved (rural and urban) and community-based settings, strategies to create and sustain GME programs in primary and non-primary care specialties, GME funding opportunities and solutions at the federal and state level will be explored with real-life exemplars and case studies. Approaches to recruit program leadership, faculty and residents, ACGME accreditation and osteopathic training models for GME programs will also be addressed. View the agenda and register now.

FREE Training Opportunity: UME-GME Task Force Pre-Conference Workshop: Train-the-Trainer Hands-on Workshop for Osteopathic Preceptors

AACOM’s UME-GME Task Force is hosting a hands-on half-day pre-conference workshop during Educating Leaders 2024 on April 16, 2024, from 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM CT. Please share this opportunity with DO and MD preceptors of osteopathic medical students and residents who may be interested in refreshing their osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) skills or exploring academic careers. This half-day event is ideal for those who are seeking a refresher or those eager to better enhance their understanding of OMM. If you are an interested resident or fellow, please email us directly at aogme@aacom.org to register. View the promotional flyer and register today!

CORP Pre-Conference Workshop: Advising and Career Development Strategies to Maximize Residency Match Success

On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, AACOM's Council on Residency Placement (CORP) is hosting a full-day pre-conference workshop on Advising and Career Development Strategies to Maximize Residency Match Success at Educating Leaders 2024, AACOM's annual conference. This workshop will examine and present best practices on the transition from undergraduate medical education to GME, focusing on residency selection and match strategies. View the agenda and register today.

AOGME Webinar Series: Upcoming Webinars

Be sure to join us for several upcoming webinars of the AOGME Webinar Series. Upcoming webinar topics include VA-funded GME expansion opportunities, tips on what to do after the residency match for recently matched students, strategies to develop OB/GYN residency programs in rural and underserved settings, resident moonlighting and more.

On Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET, AOGME and AACOM’s Government Relations department are hosting a GME Development Series webinar featuring Ryan Scilla, MD, associate director of medical and dental education at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Academic Affiliations, who will highlight GME expansion opportunities funded by the VA and upcoming opportunities to establish new partnerships or enhance existing partnerships with VA to facilitate GME expansion. Register for the webinar.

On April 8, 2024, at 7:00 PM ET, the AOGME RFC will present a Transitions in Medical Education webinar on what to do after the match. This interactive webinar featuring Zoom breakout rooms will provide newly matched students with a comprehensive overview of what to do to prepare for residency. Register for the webinar.

On April 24, 2024, at 4:00 PM ET, Ryan Spencer, MD, MS and Lori Rodefeld, MS, will present a GME Development Series webinar on strategies to launch OB/GYN residency programs in rural and underserved settings. Register for the webinar.

On May 21, 2024, at 7:00 PM ET, Susan Sanford, JD, an expert in resident moonlighting legal policies and implications, and AOGME RFC member Brie Howerton, DO, will present a webinar on resident moonlighting to educate residents on moonlighting policies and implications. Register for the webinar.

AOGME Webinar Series: Webinar Recordings Available

On March 21, 2024, Cheryl Dickson, MD, MPH and Dimitri Tito, DO, presented an AOGME Academic Careers webinar on an academic medicine writing fellowship program for medical students, residents, fellows and faculty. View the webinar recording.

On March 6, 2024, Lori Rodefeld, MS, and John Boll, DO, presented a GME Development Series webinar on strategies to launch rural residency programs in critical access hospitals. The presenters discussed models of rural GME, described available start-up resources and shared case examples of residency training in critical access hospitals. View the webinar recording.

On February 26, 2024, and March 11, 2024, AOGME’s Residents and Fellows Council (RFC) and AACOM’s Council on Residency Placement (CORP) hosted two webinars on an introduction to research for osteopathic medical students. The first webinar provides a thorough roadmap to guide you in initiating successful research projects during your early years in medical school. The second webinar was interactive and offered a unique opportunity for students to engage in one-on-one conversations with seasoned research experts. View the first webinar recording, and view the second webinar recording.

Please feel free to reach out to us at any time with direct inquiries by emailing aogme@aacom.org or calling us at 301-657-7881.

Thank you for your continued engagement and dedication to AOGME!

Thank you,

Sandra Snyder, DO
Chair, AOGME