treblechar
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for those who did not match and for those who are gunning for next year.  Mods, please delete if posted already.
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| B12
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if you look at the trend for IMG's, the total number of applicants have been increasing throughout the years... it's getting alot tougher and more competitive then ever, I only assume the trend will continue.. if you look at the total numbers of all applicants unmatched, that too has been rising as well...
amazing how this is happening and yet, there are shortages of physicians..
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| treblechar
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yeah, it really makes me scratch my head
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| dr_ayyad
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but the abosulte number of IMGs obtaining positions have been almost the same over the last ten years...what is going on that there are increased number of applicants and a constant number of positions..overall we can't formulate a certain trend regarding IMGs matching as a whole ..I think we should avoid bias by dividing them into excellent,average and poor creds ....the new trend is affecting mainly the third category ....in my home country this year was one of the best ever despite the competition because most of the applicants had very good creds
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| dr_ayyad
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I think that the increased number of applicants and the increased number of US grads will eventually be paralleled by an increase in the GME positions as well,regarding the concerns of a physician shortage in the US over the next years ........
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| praying4a99
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Thanks a lot. I was waiting to read these numbers.
Just 64.6% of positions were filled by Americans?!
This is from HMS:
"In a spring ritual played out in U.S. medical schools at the same time, members of the HMS Class of 2008 learned where they will spend their first year of residency and in what medical specialty. As in years past, primary care tops the list for HMS students, with 44% of the class of 171 matching in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. While matches in dermatology remained constant at 3% of the class, general surgery matches (7%) nearly doubled this year."
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| CocaCola
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praying4a99 wrote:
Thanks a lot. I was waiting to read these numbers.
Just 64.6% of positions were filled by Americans?!
They were only eligible to fill 68% of all positions offered -
15242 US seniors
22240 positions
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| praying4a99
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There were 22,626 US senior applicants and 22,240 positions offered. Sorry didn't get it.
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| praying4a99
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This is something else that catched my eye:
U.S. Citizen Students/Graduates of International Medical Schools
51.9% of Them were accepted while,
Non-U.S. Citizen Students/Graduates of International Medical Schools
42.4% of Them were accepted.
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| CocaCola
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praying4a99 wrote:
There were 22,626 US senior applicants and 22,240 positions offered. Sorry didn't get it.
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| treblechar
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we can use this data as well as the others posted from the different associations/societies to plan for the next match. I think 1 key for having a greater chance of matching is intelligently planning. I have seen IMGs who applied to > 100 programs and yet was able to gather 5 or less interviews, and then not matched at all. so definitely we cannot just do a shotgun approach. Let's dissect the available data (also from FREIDA, etc) to have a clearer picture regarding our chances and where we stand.
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| CocaCola
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praying4a99 wrote:
What you are looking at is the amount of applicants for the positions offered... remember just like us the AMG are applying for more than 1 position... so that number doesn't reflect the amount of people - it only refelects the amount of applications from US seniors for positions offered...
What you should be looking at is the total amount of US seniors applying in this years match - Table 4 - 15,242
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Great post.
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| praying4a99
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treblechar wrote:
we can use this data as well as the others posted from the different associations/societies to plan for the next match. I think 1 key for having a greater chance of matching is intelligently planning. I have seen IMGs who applied to > 100 programs and yet was able to gather 5 or less interviews, and then not matched at all. so definitely we cannot just do a shotgun approach. Let's dissect the available data (also from FREIDA, etc) to have a clearer picture regarding our chances and where we stand.
Exactly, In my opinion everyone should apply to a couple of stupid progrmas somewhere in the grand canyon (or if you prefer cold weather, in alaska) just as a safety net, plan B or what ever.
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| praying4a99
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My bad Cocacola, I just learned that they use "allopathic" as a synonym for mainstream medicine!
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