Residency Placements and Match Results
51С»Æ³µCOM Residency Placements
51С»Æ³µCOM is one of the top 10 medical schools in the nation for matching graduates with their first-choice residency program, according to U.S. News & World Report. Recent graduates have accepted residencies in Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine; Family Medicine; Internal Medicine; Pediatrics; Neurology; Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pathology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Psychiatry; and General, Orthopedic, Neuro, and Vascular Surgery.
Residency Match Information
| 51С»Æ³µClass Year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class Size | 176 | 163 | 169 | 166 |
| Number of Students Placed in GME | 173 | 162 | 167 | 164 |
| American Osteopathic Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education | 167 | 156 | 158 | 155 |
| Military | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Deferred post-graduate training by 1 year | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Placement Rate | 98% | 99% | 99% | 99% |
Residencies by Specialty
51С»Æ³µCOM Class of 2021 matched in a variety of specialties and will be training in sites across the country.
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Post-Graduate Training Destinations
Post-graduate training destinations and specialties for 51С»Æ³µCOM graduates from 2017–2021.
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COM By the Numbers
percentage of our graduates that practice in primary care disciplines
provider of physicians for Maine.
We rank in the top 10 medical schools where graduates are residency program
We rank in the top five for mean score on the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the U.S. Levels 1 and 2.
COMLEX-USA
All osteopathic medical students are required to take COMLEX Levels 1 and 2. COMLEX Level 3 is taken during post-graduate medical training. The provides the following description of the COMLEX exams:
"The COMLEX-USA series is designed to assess the osteopathic medical knowledge and clinical skills considered essential for osteopathic generalist physicians to practice medicine without supervision. COMLEX-USA is constructed in the context of medical problem-solving which involves clinical presentations and physician tasks." For additional information on the NBOME and COMLEX exams, please refer to the website.
Students take the COMLEX level 1 following completion of their second year and level 2 after completion of their third year. Level 3 must be taken after graduation and during residency.
First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX-USA Level 1
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | National Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| May 2018–April 2019 | 98.8% | 93% |
| May 2019–April 2020 | 97.8% | 94.3% |
| May 2020–April 2021 | 98.1% | 93.7% |
| May 2021–April 2022* | 94.4% | 92.2% |
| May 2022–April 2023* | 96.9% | 94.9% |
| May 2023–Sept 2023* | 98.7% | 93.8% |
First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX Level 2 Cognitive Evaluation (CE)
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | National Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| June 2018–May 2019 | 98.9% | 95.6% |
| June 2019–May 2020 | 99.4% | 96.8% |
| June 2020–May 2021 | 98.3% | 96.5% |
| June 2021–May 2022* | 97.6% | 95% |
First-Time Pass Rates for COMLEX-USA Level 2 Performance Evaluation (PE)
The NBOME indefinitely postponed the COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE in 2020. .
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | National Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|
| March 2017–February 2018 | 92.4% | 93.2% |
| March 2018–February 2019 | 92.8% | 93.2% |
| March 2019–March 2020* | 90.4% | 92% |
First-Time Pass Rate for COMLEX-USA Level 3
| Testing Cycle | First-Time Pass Rate | Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| September 2018–December 2019 | 99.1% | 229 |
| January 2020–December 2020 | 98.7% | 156 |
| January 2021–December 2021 | 97.5% | 157 |
| January 2022–December 2022 | 98.5% | 196 |
*Data represent all test takers during the specified cycle. First-time test taker results for these cycles are not yet available from NBOME.