- Planning 4th Year
- Residency/Application
- Personal Statement
- VSLO Short Bio
- Interviewing for Residency
- Matching Programs
- Advice From Upperclassmen
- How to Find Research
- CV/Transcripts
- Residency Letter of Recommendation
- Away Rotation Letters of Recommendation
- Archived Videos of Programs and Class Meetings
Specialty Information
Specialty Profiles
Careers in Medicine Specialty Profiles
These pages
provide a wealth of information about each specialty, including:
- Description of the specialty
- Subspecialties available
- Characteristics of Entering Residents
- including: mean USMLE step scores, mean number of extracurricular/ research experiences, etc.
- Length of training
- Average hours worked per week and median salary
DUCOM Student Interest Groups
Drexel University College of Medicine has several student-run specialty interest groups. Click here for a full directory of student interest groups.
Pathway System
Students will declare a pathway during the Pathway Meeting during the winter of MS3. These pathways are specialty-specific and will determine required courses.
- Please visit the Clinical Education website for:
- Information about the pathway system
- Required courses and recommended electives
- Pathway director contact information
- Drexel-affiliated residency programs in each specialty
Residency Application & Program Rank Data
Specialty |
Average Application Count (2021) |
Average # of Ranked Programs (2018-2020) |
||
|
DUCOM |
National |
DUCOM |
National |
Anesthesiology |
55.9 |
50.3 |
11.2 |
10.8 |
Child Neurology |
19.5 |
12.2 |
13.2 |
12.5 |
Dermatology |
76.8 |
52.2 |
10.8 |
9.8 |
Emergency Medicine |
49.7 |
50.3 |
14.3 |
13.8 |
Family Medicine |
41.8 |
35.8 |
15.2 |
13.0 |
Internal Medicine |
37.3 |
33.1 |
13.6 |
12.4 |
Internal Medicine-Peds |
29 |
27.5 |
13.1 |
13.0 |
Interventional Radiology |
30.5 |
18.1 |
4.8 |
9.5 |
Neurological Surgery |
83.2 |
79.1 |
17.0 |
18.3 |
Neurology |
30.3 |
31 |
9.0 |
8.8 |
ObGyn |
63.8 |
61.5 |
14.6 |
13.3 |
Ophthalmology |
Unavailable |
79 |
Unavailable |
Unavailable |
Orthopedic Surgery |
73.2 |
77.8 |
13.8 |
13.5 |
Otolaryngology |
81.4 |
77.3 |
16.4 |
15.1 |
Pathology |
32 |
23.2 |
14.8 |
12.0 |
Pediatrics |
34.4 |
27.3 |
13.3 |
13.1 |
PM&R |
45.6 |
31 |
9.0 |
9.6 |
Plastic Surgery |
63 |
66.4 |
Unavailable |
15.0 |
Psychiatry |
66 |
27.1 |
12.5 |
11.8 |
Radiation Oncology |
30 |
23 |
Unavailable |
13.5 |
Radiology |
78.4 |
46.5 |
14.9 |
13.2 |
Surgery |
63.3 |
48.9 |
15.6 |
14.0 |
Thoracic |
16.5 |
17.7 |
Unavailable |
12.0 |
Transitional |
15.4 |
12.5 |
3.4 |
4.1 |
Urology |
63 |
75.5 |
Unavailable |
7-15* |
Vascular |
52 |
38.6 |
Unavailable |
19.0 |
*Urology statistics for # of ranked programs are taken from 2021 only. Nationally, the average number of names on a matched applicant's preference list was 15 and on an unmatched applicant's preference list was 7. There is no available data for DUCOM applicants.