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发帖数: 212 | 1 IMG Performance in the 2012 Match
March 27, 2012
Filed under: 2012 Match
For the tenth consecutive year, the number of first-year (PGY-1) residency
positions offered through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Main
Residency Match increased. A total of 24,034 first-year positions were
offered in the 2012 Match. This represents an increase of 613 positions
compared to last year and an increase of more than 3,400 positions since
2002.
The number of IMGs, including Fifth Pathway participants, who matched to
first-year positions increased by 260 compared to 2011. Of the 11,134 IMGs
who participated in the 2012 Match, 4,886 (43.9%) matched. In the 2011 Match
, 4,626 (44.2%) IMGs were matched to first-year positions.
Of the 6,828 IMG participants who were not U.S. citizens, 2,775 (40.6%)
obtained first-year positions. The number of non-U.S. citizen IMGs who
obtained positions in 2012 increased by 54, after declining for the two
previous years.
Of the 4,279 U.S. citizen IMG participants, 2,102 (49.1%) were matched to
first-year positions, an increase of 218 over last year. This is the ninth
consecutive year that there has been an increase in the number of U.S.
citizen IMGs matching to first-year positions.
Of the 27 Fifth Pathway participants in the Match, 9 (33.3%) were matched to
first-year positions.
It is important to note that the total number of IMGs who will fill PGY-1
positions for the 2012-2013 academic year will be higher than the number
obtaining positions through the 2012 Match. Although the majority of PGY-1
positions in the United States are filled through the Match, a significant
number of IMG applicants obtain positions outside of the Match. For example,
while 4,686 IMGs obtained PGY-1 positions through the 2010 Match, 7,023
IMGs entered PGY-1 for the 2010-2011 academic year.
The 7,023 IMGs entering PGY-1 for the 2010-2011 academic year is a decrease
of 312 from the prior year but an increase of 950 since the 2002-2003
academic year.
About the Match
The annual NRMP Match is the system by which applicants are matched with
available residency positions in U.S. graduate medical education (GME)
programs. Participants submit to the NRMP a list of residency programs, in
order of preference. Ranked lists of preferred residency candidates are
likewise submitted by U.S. GME programs with available positions. The
matching of applicants to available positions is performed by computer
algorithm. The Match results announced in March of each year are for GME
programs that typically begin the following July.
Additional Resources on the Match and Match Results
The preceding data are taken from the Advance Data Tables for the 2012 Main
Residency Match compiled by the NRMP. These tables provide detailed
information on the positions offered and filled by the Match in 2012 and
prior years. To access these tables, or to obtain further information on the
NRMP, visit www.nrmp.org.
The June issue of Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of
American Medical Colleges, usually offers an analysis of Match results from
the preceding March. For more information, visit your medical school’s
library or www.academicmedicine.org.
The September issue of JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
traditionally provides an in-depth analysis of graduate medical education
in the United States. This analysis includes the number of IMGs entering and
continuing in U.S. GME programs and a breakdown of IMG resident physicians
by specialty and subspecialty. Visit your medical school’s library or http://jama.ama-assn.org.
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