Alastriss Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Hi all, Wondering if anyone knows of a source similar to this: http://www.r4match.ualberta.ca ..but more up to date on the competitiveness of the R4 Match. CaRMs has a ton of statistics but not all are very helpful and I wanted to get an idea for how "competitive" is competitive for some of these subspecialties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 I think this table from CaRMS is probably as good as it gets: http://carms.ca/pdfs/2012R4_MatchResults/R-4%20-%20table%203%20-%20Discipline%20Choices%20of%20Applicants_en.pdf Generally speaking cardio and GI are the most competitive with everything else less so, and things like nephro, geriatrics, rheum, and (interestingly) critical care much less so. Are you thinking of an area already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech10 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Job outlook for critical care is terrible right now, so interest has waned recently. Similar story for nephro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastriss Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 I think this table from CaRMS is probably as good as it gets: http://carms.ca/pdfs/2012R4_MatchResults/R-4%20-%20table%203%20-%20Discipline%20Choices%20of%20Applicants_en.pdf Generally speaking cardio and GI are the most competitive with everything else less so, and things like nephro, geriatrics, rheum, and (interestingly) critical care much less so. Are you thinking of an area already? I had an area or two in mind (ICU then maybe cardio) but I intend to not put the blinders on and explore all areas as I've made a big 180 for residency choice as it is. I saw that chart but it has regular vs particulier category and I am not sure what the latter is about. Secondly I was wondering if these candidates, like say for GI and cardio apply coast to coast. I was told by an R3 who matched to cardiology that when it comes to the subspecialty match people don't apply as broadly since everyone is older and less willing to move. Not sure how accurate that is. Even looking at the first subspecialty on that document, it says cardio had 61 as top choice discipline and 56 matched with 3 spots vacant, so that's 5 people who could have probably matched if they applied more broadly or they must have not been strong to not match despite vacancies. Just trying to make sense of it all, correct me if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureGP Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Job outlook for critical care is terrible right now, so interest has waned recently. Similar story for nephro. what's a typical pay for nephro? the last chart i saw nephrologists were paid quite well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wachaa Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Nephrologists in small to large communities in Vancouver are paid around 600-800k a year. No doubt the work load varies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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