Matching at another location?

[CuriousTorontonian]

Hi,

Just a quick question. How possible is it for one to match for a residency program outside of the city that they are doing medical school in? For instance, if someone is at Mac, and wants to match to Ottawa following medical school, how likely is that to happen? Is it harder to do so than matching in the same city as your medical school?

 

Thanks!

[UdeMed]

It happens in about 50% of CMGs applying. 

Diapo 36-37 https://www.carms.ca/pdfs/2019-CaRMS-Forum-data.pdf

 

[Edict]

On 6/26/2019 at 7:18 PM, CuriousTorontonian said:

Hi,

Just a quick question. How possible is it for one to match for a residency program outside of the city that they are doing medical school in? For instance, if someone is at Mac, and wants to match to Ottawa following medical school, how likely is that to happen? Is it harder to do so than matching in the same city as your medical school?

 

Thanks!

Its pretty likely if you want it. It all depends on where you want to go though and how badly you want it. Ottawa tends to be pretty desirable for residency, so its no guarantee, but people who had roots in Ottawa and wanted to go back I find more likely than not do end up matching back.