BlondeDoctor Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Which residencies are considered to be competitive in Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosuperman Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 It isn't a simple answer but check out the carms stats [here] and specifically stuff like [this]. Derm, Rads, Optho, Vascular Surg, Anesthesia, and Emerg have usually had a decent number more applicants than positions. That said take the data with a grain of salt because you've got to look at getting into residencies that are your first choice (i.e. program and location) vs. getting into them down the list or in places you didn't exactly want to go or in the scramble that may occur after or even switching into them from different programs later on. All of these things can skew "competitiveness" figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 It isn't a simple answer but check out the carms stats [here] and specifically stuff like [this]. Derm, Rads, Optho, Vascular Surg, Anesthesia, and Emerg have usually had a decent number more applicants than positions. That said take the data with a grain of salt because you've got to look at getting into residencies that are your first choice (i.e. program and location) vs. getting into them down the list or in places you didn't exactly want to go or in the scramble that may occur after or even switching into them from different programs later on. All of these things can skew "competitiveness" figures. Also, a major issue with Vascular Surgery being on your list is that it's currently in a state of flux. Vasc Surg as a stand alone residency has only existed for 2 years. Before this, and currently to a lesser degree, it is a fellowship after general surgery. In the past 2 years of CaRMS only a limited number of residency spots were available because many locations were still offering vasc surg fellowships. As a result, residency spots were limited. In the future, the fellowship training will be phased out and only spots in full residency training programs will be offered. More of these spots will be offered than the past 2 years to make up for the lack of fellows. However, the number of CaRMS applicants to vasc surg will likely remain the same as the past 2 years. As a result you will see more available CaRMS spots, for roughly the same number of applicants, resulting in a significant decrease in competitiveness. You also forgot to include ENT and Urology, both of which are traditionally quite competitive (although 2012 was pretty relaxed for Uro if you look at the numbers). Looking at a longer trend, both of these specialties are in the upper levels of competitiveness, even more so than rads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyDLuffy Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 What can med students do to improve their chances of matching into these competitive specialties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 What can med students do to improve their chances of matching into these competitive specialties? Check out the CaRMS subforum. Lots of discussion there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey's Anatomy Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Check out the CaRMS subforum. Lots of discussion there. Do you (or anyone) happen to have a link for that? Sorry, I couldn't find it. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Do you (or anyone) happen to have a link for that? Sorry' date=' I couldn't find it. Thanks![/quote'] http://premed101.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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