WASHINGTON, March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National
Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released Results and Data
Specialties Matching Service®, 2022 Appointment Year for
physician Fellowship Matches conducted by the NRMP Specialties
Matching Service (SMS®). The report shows 13,586 active
applicants (those submitting certified rank order lists of
programs) competed for 12,571 fellowship positions offered by 5,436
programs, making the 2022 appointment year the largest on
record.
"I am pleased to see continued growth in the Specialties
Matching Service, especially the number of active applicants, which
rose 26.1 percent from 10,778 to 13,586 between 2018 and 2022. The
growth in U.S. DO graduate participation in particular is even more
striking at 81 percent in five years, likely due in part to the
transition to a single accreditation system in 2020," said NRMP
President and CEO Donna L. Lamb,
DHSc, MBA, BSN.
The SMS report includes data on 71 subspecialties in 21
Fellowship Matches conducted in 2021 and early 2022. Because
Fellowship Matches occur throughout the year, and Match
appointments may begin anywhere from six to 14 months after their
respective Match Days, data are reported for the appointment year
instead of the Match year. The report provides insight into
physician workforce trends along with five-year trend data by
specialty, a state-by-state breakdown of participating programs,
and match rates by applicant type.
Program Highlights
Three new subspecialties joined the SMS for 2022 appointments:
Global Emergency Medicine as part of the Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Match, Critical Care Medicine as part of the Medical
Specialties Matching Program, and the Emergency Radiology as part
of the Radiology Fellowship Match.
Other highlights:
- Of the 12,571 positions offered through the SMS, 11,078 (88.1%)
were filled.
- Of the 5,436 participating programs, 4,407 (81.1%) filled all
positions.
- Of the 71 participating subspecialties, 37 filled 90 percent or
more of the positions offered; 21 filled less than 75 percent.
- Among specialties offering at least 30 total positions, the
five with the highest percentages filled by U.S. MD graduates
include Pediatric Surgery (95.3%), Gynecologic Oncology (94.6%),
Reproductive Endocrinology (89.8%), Maternal-Fetal Medicine
(88.2%), and Hand Surgery (87.8%).
- Among specialties offering at least 30 total positions, the
five with the highest percentages filled by U.S. DO graduates
include Sports Medicine (36.6%), Spinal Cord Injury (35.3%),
Emergency Medical Services (27.2%), Global Emergency Medicine
(22.7%), and Pain Medicine (21.5%).
- Among specialties offering at least 30 total positions, the
five with the lowest percentages filled overall include Medical
Genetics (44.2%), Geriatric Medicine (51.1%), Pediatric Infectious
Diseases (52.4%), Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (54.2%),
and Spinal Cord Injury (54.8%).
Applicant Highlights
- Of the 13,586 active applicants in the Match, 11,078 (81.5%)
obtained positions.
- Participation rates increased among nearly all participant
groups:
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- The number of active U.S. MD medical school graduates totaled
7,141, 319 more than last year and a 4.7 percent increase.
- The number of active U.S. DO medical school graduates totaled
1,991, 261 more than last year and a 15.1 percent increase.
- The number of active U.S. citizen graduates of international
medical schools (IMGs) totaled 1,791, 124 more than last year and a
7.4 percent increase.
- The number of active non-U.S. graduates of international
medical schools totaled 2,619, 27 fewer than last year and a
1.0 percent decrease.
View full Match report and infographic.
The NRMP Match
The Match uses a computerized
mathematical algorithm to align the preferences of applicants with
the preferences of program directors in order to fill training
positions available at U.S. teaching hospitals. Research using the
NRMP algorithm was a basis for awarding The Sveriges Riksbank Prize
in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel in 2012.
About NRMP
The National Resident Matching Program®
(NRMP®), or The Match®, is a private, non-profit organization
established in 1952 at the request of medical students to provide
an orderly and fair mechanism for matching the preferences of
applicants for U.S. residency positions with the preferences of
residency program directors. The NRMP conducts Fellowship Matches
for more than 65 subspecialties through its Specialties Matching
Service® (SMS®) and conducts the Main Residency Match® for
more than 48,000 registrants.
Contact:
media@nrmp.org
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