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Last week was match week – an anxious yet joyful time. How did IMG’s fare in this match cycle? Keep listening as we look at the numbers!
According to the NRMP:

There were 39205 total positions available in the match this year which increased by 2.9% when compared to that of 2021.
The Total number of PGY1 positions was 36277 which was also up by 3.1% compared to 2021.
58-60% match rate for IMG’s.
465 spots went unfilled for both FM and IM Categorical.

Doctors such as one of my co-authors of the book Beyond Challenges landed a residency position outside of the match cycle, so it is possible!
The statistics continue as follows:

Surgery preliminary: 518 unfilled spots.
Surgery categorical: 3 unfilled.
Psychiatry: 17 unfilled.
Plastic surgery: 0 unfilled.
IM categorical: 2435 non-US IMG’s, 1133 USIMGs
FM: 457 non-US IMG’s, 777 US IMG’s.
EM: 45 non-US IMG’s, 176 US IMG’s, out of 2921 applicants.
Dermatology: 1 non-US IMG out of 30 positions, 2 unfilled.
Anesthesiology: 61 non-US IMG’s, 57 US IMG’s out of 1500 positions.
Thoracic Surgery: 5 IMG’s out of 47 positions.
Vascular surgery: 7 IMG’s out 84 positions, 0 unmatched.
Neurology: 163 non-US IMG, 64 US IMG’s, out of 772 positions.
OB: 40 to non-US IMG’s, 42 to US IMG’s, 4 unfilled, out of 1503 positions.
ENT: 4 out of 361 positions went to IMG’s.
Orthopedic Surgery: 19 out of 873 spots went  to IMG’s.
Pediatrics categorical: 81 unfilled spots, 2943 total categorical spots, 574 went to IMG’s.
Plastic surgery: 194 total, 11 went to IMG’s, 0 unfilled.
Pediatric and Child psychiatry both saw no IMG matches.

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Group Coaching.
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