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Students Matched to First Choice Discipline in 2002
Canadian Graduates 2002 PGY-1 Match Results, First Iteration Match
Match Results for All Graduates, Prior Graduates and Couples, 2002
Positions Vacant After First Iteration by Faculty of Medicine & Discipline, 2002 Match
Career Choices of Canadian Students & Graduates
Results of the Second Iteration of the 2002 Match by Discipline
Second Iteration Results for Prior Year Grads of Canadian Medical Schools 1995-2002
Second Iteration Match Results for International Medical School Graduates 1995-2002
Unfilled Positions after Second Iteration, 2002 Match

Students matched to first choice discipline in 2002

Residency programs	% of students matched to first ranked program	% of students matched to first choice of discipline
Anesthesia	63	91
Cardiac surgery	15	46
Community medicine	100	100
Dermatology	23	39
Diagnostic radiology	34	69
Emergency medicine	45	72
Rural Family medicine	71	78
Family medicine	85	97
General surgery	68	89
Internal medicine	62	96
Laboratory medicine	82	91
Medical genetics	60	80
Neurology (adult)	28	67
Neurosurgery	60	93
Nuclear medicine	100	100
Obstetrics/gynecology	66	92
Ophthalmology	41	59
Orthopedic surgery	67	82
Otolaryngology	42	54
Pediatrics	45	84
Physical medicine and rehabilitation	36	93
Plastic surgery	15	41
Psychiatry	78	97
Radiation oncology	44	75
Thoracic surgery	0	0
Urology	37	50

Canadian Graduates 2002 PGY-1 Match Results, First Iteration Match

Match Results for All Graduates, Prior Graduates and Couples, 2002

	# in Match	# matched to first ranked choice	% matched to first choice	# matched within top three programs	% matched within top three choices	% Unmatched
All Applicants	1117	693	62	949	85	4.4
Prior Year Graduates	22	11	50	15	68.2	18.2
Couples	40	21	52.5	28	70	2.5

Positions Vacant After First Iteration by Faculty of Medicine & Discipline, 2002 Match

Discipline	Mem	Dal	McG	Ott	Qu	Tor	Mac	Wes	Man	Sas	Alb	Cal	BC	Total
Anatomical Pathology	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5
Anesthesia	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	8
Community medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4
Family medicine	10	14	5	-	-	12	2	11	9	12	5	9	1	90
Rural family medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	8	2	-	7	-	19
General pathology	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3
General surgery	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Hematological pathology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Internal medicine	2	3	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	13
Laboratory medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
Neurosurgery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2
Occupational Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
Obstetrics/gynecology	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	2	11
Pediatrics	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	4
Psychiatry	1	1	-	1	1	4	-	1	4	3	2	2	-	20
Radiation oncology	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
Total	23	19	8	2	4	16	4	21	25	24	13	23	6	188
Note: Mem = Memorial; Dal = Dalhousie; McG = McGill; Ott = Ottawa U; Qu = Queen's; Tor = Toronto; McM = McMaster; Wes = Western; Man = Manitoba; Sas = Saskatchewan; Alb = Alberta; Cal = Calgary; BC = British Columbia

2002 Career Choices of Canadian Students & Graduates in the First Iteration

Residency programs	No. of applicants first choice career selections	Quota offered*	Quota filled	Quota vacant
Anesthesia	54	61*	53	8
Anatomic pathology	2	8*	3	5
Cardiac surgery	13	6	6	0
Community medicine	2	8*	4	4
Dermatology	13	5	5	0
Diagnostic radiology	61	44	44	0
Emergency medicine	29	21*	21	0
Family medicine* (includes 7 military sponsored)	290	428	338	90
Rural family medicine	41	61	42	19
General pathology	0	3	0	3
General surgery	56	65	63	2
Internal medicine	151	176*	163	13
Laboratory medicine (includes hematological and neuropathologies)	11	14*	11	3
Medical genetics	5	5	5	0
Medical microbiology	2	1	1	0
Neurology	18	14*	14	0
Ped neurology	3	1	1	0
Neurosurgery	15	16	14	2
Nuclear medicine	1	2	2	0
Obstetrics/gynecology	38	49*	38	11
Occupational medicine	1	3	1	2
Ophthalmology	27	16	16	0
Orthopedic surgery	39	35	35	0
Otolaryngology	26	14	14	0
Pediatrics	74	71*	67	4
Physical medicine & rehabilitation	14	13	13	0
Plastic surgery	27	11*	11	0
Psychiatry	58	78*	58	20
Radiation oncology	16	15*	13	2
Thoracic surgery	0	1	1	0
Urology	30	15	15	0
Totals	1117	1260	1072	188
* Quota reversions during the running of the match affect overall quota

Results of the Second Iteration of the 2002 Match by Discipline

Discipline	Students graduating 2002	Previous-year medical graduates	International medical graduates
Anatomical Pathology	0	0	4
Anesthesia	6	0	0
Community medicine	0	2	2
Family medicine	10	5	36
Rural family medicine	0	0	11
General pathology	0	0	2
General surgery	2	0	0
Internal medicine	3	1	8
Laboratory medicine	1	1	0
Neurosurgery	1	0	1
Obstetrics/gynecology	2	0	7
Occupational medicine	0	0	2
Pediatrics	2	0	2
Psychiatry	5	5	7
Radiation Oncology	0	1	1
Totals	32	15	83

Second Iteration Results for Prior Year Grads of Canadian Medical Schools 1995-2002

Year	# of Prev Yr Grads in match	# Matched	%
2002	23	15	65.2
2001	14	5	35.7
2000	13	5	38.5
1999	27	14	51.9
1998	38	6	15.8
1997	36	18	50.0
1996	25	7	28.0
1995	23	11	47.8

Second Iteration Match Results for International Medical School Graduates 1995-2002

Year	# of IMGs in match	# Matched	%
2002	496	83	16.7
2001	387	60	15.5
2000	294	39	13.3
1999	231	35	15.2
1998	205	19	9.3
1997	208	16	8.0
1996	236	11	4.6
1995	240	23	9.6

Unfilled Positions after Second Iteration, 2002 Match

Discipline	Mem	McG	Ott	Tor	Mac	Wes	Man	BC	Total
Anatomical pathology	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Anesthesia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Family medicine	9	4	-	5	2	10	5	1	36
Rural family medicine	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	8
General pathology	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Internal medicine	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Obstetrics & gynecology	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Psychiatry	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	3
Total	14	4	1	5	2	13	13	1	53
Note: Mem = Memorial; Dal = Dalhousie; McG = McGill; Ott = Ottawa U; Qu = Queen's; Tor = Toronto; McM = McMaster; Wes = Western; Man = Manitoba; Sas = Saskatchewan; Alb = Alberta; Cal = Calgary; BC = British Columbia


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