R-1 Main Residency Match

Application process - Second iteration match process

Updated January 27, 2012

The second iteration of the CaRMS R-1 Main Residency Match is open to eligible applicants who are applying for positions left unfilled after the first iteration of the match.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

The second iteration is available to all applicants who meet one or more of the following descriptions:

1. Applicants who submitted a rank order list for the first iteration but went unmatched;
2. Applicants who participated to any degree in the first iteration but discontinued participation*. Please note that applicants who meet this description must e-mail CaRMS at help@carms.ca before the applicant rank order list deadline and request to be moved into the second iteration application pool. Otherwise, the applicant will be required to pay a fee to be moved after the first iteration rank order list deadline;
3. Applicants who are only eligible for the second iteration, based on the provincial criteria found here: http://www.carms.ca/eng/r1_eligibility_prov_e.shtml

*In Quebec, to be considered in the second iteration an applicant must have submitted their application to at least one program at one of the four Quebec universities in the first iteration.

PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS

The second iteration of the CaRMS R-1 Main Residency Match includes only those programs that did not fill their training positions during the first iteration. No new programs or additional quota are added in the second iteration.

PROCESS/LINKS

Timetable
The second iteration timetable can be found here: http://www.carms.ca/eng/r1_2ndIteration_e.shtml

Registration
Applicants who are entering the 2012 match for the first time in the second iteration must request registration during the designated application period as indicated on the timetable. Applicants who wish to apply after the application period has ended will have a late registration fee added to their account. NOTE: applicants cannot apply to the second iteration after the late registration date passes.

Filling out the application
For applicants who are entering the 2012 match for the first time in the second iteration, the application can be filled out once registration is completed. Changes to the My Application section cannot be made after the application has been submitted.

Documents
All applicants are able to add documents to their second iteration application until March 26, 2012. After that date, the ability to create new documents will be disabled in the Applicant Webstation (AWS).

Program selection
Applicants will be able to apply to programs once the second iteration begins and their application has been submitted. All applicants will have the opportunity to apply to their first four programs of interest for no additional charge. Any additional programs carry a per program fee. To review the fees, click here. Please note that any programs that an applicant applied to in the first iteration will not be carried forward to the second iteration. This means that if an applicant has applied to a program in the first iteration that went unfilled after the match, they will have to re-apply to that program if they wish to be considered by that program during the second iteration.