Laura A. Huppert, MD; Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd; Jennifer M. Babik, MD, PhD
March 19, 2021, was Match Day. This year, a record-setting 33 353 participants were successfully matched to first-year residency positions. Overall, 92.8% of graduating US MD students were matched to a residency training program a rate similar to the historical average of 93% to 94% while 89.1% of graduating osteopathic medical students were matched, a slight decline from 90.7% the previous year.
1 Although the outcome of this residency application season was similar to those before, the processes leading to it were unlike any other year. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted all aspects of the 2020-2021 residency application cycle. This year, essentially all residency interviews were conducted virtually; away rotations were suspended; both standardized test score reporting and the season start date were delayed; and applicants and programs alike encountered significant uncertainty about how best to opti
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The pandemic has disrupted traditional medical education, from upending trainee schedules to requiring students and educators to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and patient care.
But a research letter in the journal JAMA Network Open says it s also brought an uptick in internal medicine residency and fellowship applications.
Although those applications have been on the rise for years, data from the Electronic Residency Application Service, the online conduit for residency applications, finds last year s increase of 6% was twice that of any of the previous five years.
Dr. Cheryl O Malley, associate dean of graduate medical education at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, said she s seen similar patterns, but is less inclined to interpret the data as pointing to a major shift.
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Boston, MA (April 30, 2021) - Research presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, shows that the six year Integrated Cardiothoracic (CT I-6) residency continues to be the most challenging to match, while the pool of applicants has become more diverse. The study, which aimed to identify applicant characteristics associated with a successful match, used data from the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for Thoracic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Otolaryngology (ENT), Plastic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery for 2010-2020.
Data compared number of applicants and residency positions, gender, race, and qualifications among CT I-6 applicants with those of other competitive surgical subspecialties, including Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery. Competitive subspecialties analyzed include
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