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cd
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03/20/07 - 05:39 AM

An E-Newsletter for International Medical Graduates Pursuing Graduate
Medical Education in the United States

Issue 111 - March 19, 2007

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IN THIS ISSUE:

- 2007 MATCH PERFORMANCE -- NUMBER OF IMGS MATCHING INCREASES

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2007 MATCH PERFORMANCE -- NUMBER OF IMGS MATCHING INCREASES

For the fifth consecutive year, the number of first-year (PGY-1)
residency positions offered through the Match increased. A total of
21,845 first-year positions were offered in the 2007 Match, held
earlier
this month. This represents an increase of 186 positions compared to
last year and an increase of 1,243 positions since 2002.

The number of IMGs who matched to first-year positions increased by
145,
compared to 2006. Of the 9,686 IMGs who participated in the 2007 Match,
4,527* (46.7%) matched. In the 2006 Match, 4,382 (49.4%) IMG
participants were matched to first-year positions.

There was an increase in the number of matches for both U.S. citizen
IMGs and IMGs who are citizens of other countries.

Of the 6,992 IMG participants who were not U.S. citizens, 3,180 (45.5%)
obtained first-year positions. The number of non-U.S. citizen IMGs who
obtained positions in 2007 increased by 29 compared to last year. This
is the sixth consecutive year that there has been an increase in the
number of non-U.S. citizen IMGs matching to first-year positions.

Of the 2,694 U.S. citizen IMG participants, 1,347 (50.0%) were matched
to first-year positions, an increase of 116 over last year. This is the
fourth consecutive year that there has been an increase in the number
of
U.S. citizen IMGs matching to first-year positions.

*Note: The total number of IMGs who will fill PGY-1 positions for the
2007-2008 academic year will be higher than this number, since a
significant number of IMGs obtain PGY-1 positions outside of the Match.

vancomycin
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03/20/07 - 01:20 PM

percentage of matched imgs is decreasing

b/w they did not mention tht a lot of imgs matched this yr also had ukce

misty
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03/20/07 - 02:24 PM

hw do u know dat?

vancomycin wrote:
percentage of matched imgs is decreasing

b/w they did not mention tht a lot of imgs matched this yr also had ukce

DrOrange
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03/20/07 - 02:28 PM

I agree vancomycin!!!

platinum
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03/20/07 - 02:36 PM

misty.. that stats ar all there in parantheses.. dont look at the absolute numbers which have increased.

misty
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03/21/07 - 10:28 PM

lol...no u all got me wrong. I meant to ask how does vancomycin know that "many" had UKCE?

platinum
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03/21/07 - 10:37 PM

lol

whiterabbit

03/22/07 - 05:22 AM

I understand that IMG's means American's with med schooling in other countries too.

Correct me if I am wrong.

seri
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03/22/07 - 06:15 AM

wr, thats right.

vancomycin
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03/22/07 - 01:16 PM

#10

hey misty

if u visit this forum as frequently as i am then u will know this FAct

misty
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03/25/07 - 11:03 AM

#11

I really dont think we can extrapolate the observations from this forum to the whole IMG crowd. But its all personal opinion, i believe.

misty

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03/25/07 - 11:23 AM

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white rabbit i agree with u

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