CaRMS Match
The following tables are taken from the CaRMS PGY-1 2003 Match Report[7]. Note the specialities in bold to help guide you in looking at the tables from a gender perspective.
Specialties | ||||||||
Female n=610 | Male n=621 | |||||||
Specialties | 1st Choice | Matched to 1st | 1st Choice | Matched to 1st | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
Anesthesia | 37 | 6.1 | 27 | 4.4 | 46 | 7.4 | 35 | 5.6 |
Diagnostic Rad | 21 | 3.4 | 11 | 1.8 | 59 | 9.5 | 32 | 5.1 |
Emergency Med | 11 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.6 | 17 | 2.7 | 10 | 1.6 |
Family Med* | 197 | 32.3 | 194 | 31.8 | 111 | 17.9 | 107 | 17.2 |
Internal Med | 90 | 14.8 | 78 | 12.8 | 96 | 15.5 | 80 | 12.9 |
Lab Med | 7 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 15 | 2.4 | 13 | 2.1 |
Neurology | 11 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.8 | 10 | 1.6 |
Obs/Gyn | 52 | 8.5 | 40 | 6.6 | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | 0.8 |
Pediatrics | 65 | 10.7 | 46 | 7.6 | 26 | 4.2 | 21 | 3.4 |
Psychiatry | 36 | 5.9 | 33 | 5.4 | 36 | 5.8 | 31 | 4.9 |
***Surgery | 58 | 9.5 | 39 | 6.4 | 176 | 28.3 | 129 | 20.8 |
***Other | 25 | 4.1 | 17 | 2.8 | 22 | 3.5 | 18 | 2.9 |
Total 1st Career Choice | 610 | 100.00 | 508 | 83.3 | 621 | 100.00 | 491 | 79.1 |
Matched to second choice career and lower | 63 | 10.3 | 54 | 8.7 | ||||
Unmatched | 39 | 6.4 | 76 | |||||
* includes rural family medicine, 10 military programs and 1 integrated rural family medicine and community medicine
2003 Residency Match in Surgery
Surgery | ||||||||
***Surgery | Female n=610 | Male n=621 | ||||||
Specialties | 1st Choice | Matched to 1st | 1st Choice | Matched to 1st | ||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
Cardiac Surgery | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.7 |
General Surgery | 17 | 2.8 | 17 | 2.8 | 29 | 4.7 | 29 | 4.7 |
Neurosurgery | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 21 | 3.4 | 16 | 2.6 |
Ophthalmology | 5 | 0.8 | 5 | 0.8 | 17 | 2.7 | 12 | 1.9 |
Orthopedic Surgery | 8 | 1.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 44 | 7.1 | 36 | 5.8 |
Otolaryngology | 8 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.5 | 19 | 3.1 | 9 | 1.5 |
Plastic Surgery | 11 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 19 | 3.1 | 9 | 1.5 |
Urology | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 23 | 3.7 | 14 | 2.3 |
58 | 9.5 | 39 | 6.4 | 176 | 28.3 | 129 | 20.8 | |
Some interesting points:
Why isn’t OB/Gyn listed as a surgical specialty ?
The pool of women choosing obstetrics/gynecology increased by 70% from 2002.
Six men chose obstetrics/gynecology in 2003, compared to seven in 2002.
7.1% of males ranked orthopedic surgery as their first choice, up from 5.2% in 2002.
4.7% of males ranked general surgery as their first choice, down from 6.9% in 2002.
The number of men and women choosing anesthesia, diagnostic radiology, and internal medicine increased from 2002.
The number of men choosing psychiatry increased from 2002.[7]
Note the gender differences in certain specialities and the lack of one in others.
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7. Canadian Resident Matching Service. PGY-1 Match Report 2003. [Website] . Accessed on-line July 26, 2004.
