U.S. applicants fill more family medicine residencies
Match Day last week saw 11 percent more U.S. applicants matched to family medicine residencies than in 2010, according to the Advance Data Tables for the 2011 Main Residency Match of the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
Among primary care specialties, family medicine programs continued to experience the strongest growth in the number of positions filled by medical school seniors from the U.S., according to the NRMP.
In this year’s match, U.S. seniors filled nearly half the 2,708 family medicine residency slots, and there were 100 more family medicine positions offered this year. Two other primary care specialties—pediatrics and internal medicine—also increased in popularity among U.S. applicants. Most CMIOs have a background in internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics, according to 2011 CMIO Compensation Survey data.
NRMP match data show:
The 2011 Main Residency Match was the largest in NRMP history, with more than 26,000 positions and almost 38,000 applicants, according to NRMP, a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education in the U.S.
Among primary care specialties, family medicine programs continued to experience the strongest growth in the number of positions filled by medical school seniors from the U.S., according to the NRMP.
In this year’s match, U.S. seniors filled nearly half the 2,708 family medicine residency slots, and there were 100 more family medicine positions offered this year. Two other primary care specialties—pediatrics and internal medicine—also increased in popularity among U.S. applicants. Most CMIOs have a background in internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics, according to 2011 CMIO Compensation Survey data.
NRMP match data show:
- Internal medicine: 5,121 positions were offered in 2011, 5,065 were filled and 57 percent went to U.S. applicants. In 2010, 4,999 positions were offered, 4,947 were filled and U.S. seniors filled 54.5 percent of those.
- Family medicine: Of the 2,708 positions offered, 2,555 were taken and 48 percent went to U.S. applicants, representing an 11 percent increase from 2010, when 44.8 percent of positions went to U.S. seniors out of 2,608 offered and 2,384 filled.
- Pediatric medicine: There were 2,482 pediatrics positions offered, 2,465 were filled and 71.2 percent were filled by U.S. seniors. In 2010, 2,428 positions were offered, 2,383 were filled and 70.5 percent went to U.S. seniors.
- Emergency medicine: There were 1,607 positions offered, and 1,602 were filled. Of these, 78.9 percent were taken by U.S. seniors in 2011. In 2010, 1,556 positions were offered, 1,540 were filled and 76 percent were taken by U.S. seniors.
The 2011 Main Residency Match was the largest in NRMP history, with more than 26,000 positions and almost 38,000 applicants, according to NRMP, a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education in the U.S.