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Students Matched to First Choice Discipline in 2003
Canadian Graduates 2003 PGY-1 Match Results, First Iteration Match
Match Results for All Graduates, Prior Graduates and Couples, 2003
Positions Vacant After First Iteration by Faculty of Medicine & Discipline, 2003 Match
Career Choices of Canadian Students & Graduates
Results of the Second Iteration of the 2003 Match by Discipline
Second Iteration Results for Prior Year Grads of Canadian Medical Schools 1995-2003
Second Iteration Match Results for International Medical School Graduates 1995-2003
Unfilled Positions after Second Iteration, 2003 Match

Students matched to first choice discipline in 2003

Residency programs	% of students matched to first ranked program	% of students matched to first choice of discipline
Anesthesia	40	75
Cardiac surgery	44	78
Community medicine	100	100
Dermatology	25	42
Diagnostic radiology	29	54
Emergency medicine	29	71
Family medicine incl Rural FM & MOTP	87	98
Integrated Rural FM & Community medicine	50	50
General surgery	80	100
Internal medicine	50	85
Laboratory medicine	73	88
Medical genetics	50	75
Neurology (adult)	42	67
Neurosurgery	50	77
Nuclear medicine	0	0
Obstetrics/gynecology	48	78
Occupational Medicine	100	100
Ophthalmology	41	78
Orthopedic surgery	54	81
Otolaryngology	40	48
Pediatrics	27	74
Physical medicine and rehabilitation	100	100
Plastic surgery	27	40
Psychiatry	65	89
Radiation oncology	55	90
Urology	29	54

Canadian Graduates 2003 PGY-1 Match Results, First Iteration Match

Match Results for All Graduates, Prior Graduates and Couples, 2003

	# in Match	# matched to first ranked choice	% matched to first choice	# matched within top three programs	% matched within top three choices	% Unmatched
All Applicants	1231	695	56.5	944	76.7	9.3
Prior Year Graduates	23	7	30.4	10	43.5	47.8
Couples	28	9	32.1	17	61.0	3.6

Positions Vacant After First Iteration by Faculty of Medicine & Discipline, 2003 Match

Discipline	Mem	Dal	McG	Ott	Qu	Tor	Mac	Wes	Man	Sas	Alb	Cal	BC	Total
Anatomical Pathology	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	5
Cardiac Surgery	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Community medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2
Emergency medicine	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Family medicine incl Rural FM	9	9	13	7	-	-	22	10	19	12	30	3	5	139
General pathology	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
General surgery	3	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	10
Hematological pathology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Internal medicine	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Laboratory medicine	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Neurology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2
Nuclear Medicine	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Obstetrics/gynecology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Occupational Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
P M&R	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	4
Psychiatry	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	13
Radiation oncology	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
Total	21	13	15	13	1	1	23	10	25	18	39	3	7	189
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

2003 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	83	66	66	0
Anatomic pathology	5	10	5	5
Cardiac surgery	9	8	7	1
Community medicine	3	7	5	2
Dermatology	12	5	5	0
Diagnostic radiology	80	46	46	0
Emergency medicine	28	22	21	1
Family medicine* (includes 10 military sponsored) & Rural FM	306	494	355	139
Integrated family medicine & Community medicine	2	1	1	0
General pathology	1	3	1	2
General surgery	46	70	60	10
Internal medicine	186	181	180	1
Laboratory medicine (includes hematological pathology)	16	18	15	3
Medical genetics	4	3	3	0
Medical microbiology	0	1	1	0
Neurology	19	18	17	1
Ped neurology	3	3	2	1
Neurosurgery	22	17	17	0
Nuclear medicine	2	5	4	1
Obstetrics/gynecology	58	49	48	1
Occupational medicine	1	3	1	2
Ophthalmology	22	17	17	0
Orthopedic surgery	52	43	43	0
Otolaryngology	25	12	12	0
Pediatrics	91	74	74	0
Physical medicine & rehabilitation	5	10	6	4
Plastic surgery	30	12	12	0
Psychiatry	72	81	68	13
Radiation oncology	20	21	19	2
Urology	28	17	17	0
Totals	1231	1317	1128	189

Results of the Second Iteration of the 2003 Match by Discipline

Discipline	Students graduating 2003	Previous-year medical graduates	International medical graduates
Anatomical Pathology	2	0	3
Community medicine	0	1	1
Family medicine incl Rural FM	61	8	47
General pathology	0	0	2
General surgery	8	1	0
Internal medicine	1	0	0
Laboratory medicine	0	0	2
Nuclear medicine	0	1	0
Neurology	1	0	0
Pediatric neurology	0	0	1
Obstetrics/gynecology	1	0	0
Occupational medicine	0	0	2
Physical medicine & rehabilitation	3	0	1
Psychiatry	2	2	8
Radiation Oncology	2	0	0
Totals	81	13	67

Second Iteration Results for Prior Year Grads of Canadian Medical Schools 1995-2003

Year	# of Prev Yr Grads in match	# Matched	%
2003	27	13	48.2
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 1995-2003

Year	# of IMGs in match	# Matched	%
2003	625	67	10.7
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, 2003 Match

Discipline	Mem	McG	Ott	Mac	Wes	Man	AB	Total
Cardiac Surgery	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
Emergency medicine	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Family medicine	1	1	6	3	3	8	1	23
General surgery	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Hematological Pathology	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Psychiatry	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Total	1	3	6	4	3	9	2	28
Note: Mem = Memorial; McG = McGill; Ott = Ottawa U; Mac = McMaster; Wes = Western; Man = Manitoba; AB = Alberta


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