How Medicine CHANGED in 2021 // HARDEST Specialties, Residency Match Data, And What This Means...
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- An Overview from the 2021 Canadian and US medicine residency match ⚡️The Most Competitive Medical Specialties, The Least Competitive Specialties, Why Cardiac Surgery Was NOT Competitive and how the match rates have changed since 2016 📈 This is how medicine changed in 2021
Every year after finishing medical school, the newly graduated med students... now doctors, need to match into a residency training program. The results from the 2021 CaRMS match was just posted so we're taking a look at how medicine is changing and what that means for me as I finish my final year of med school and apply for residency!
#CaRMS #MedSchool #ResidencyMatching
🧩 Links to official sources -
CaRMS 2021 presentation: www.carms.ca/pdfs/2021-carms-...
US residency stats: mk0nrmp3oyqui6wqfm.kinstacdn....
CaRMS timeline: www.carms.ca/news/2021-r-1-ma...
CMA specialty info: www.cma.ca/canadian-specialty...
⏳Chapters -
Intro - 0:00
CMG match rates (2021) - 1:11
US Match rates (2021) - 1:47
Is the Canadian match rate trending downwards? - 2:24
IMG match rates (2021) - 2:51
Most Competitive Specialties - 3:45
Cardiac Surgery NOT Competitive - 5:12
Most competitive specialties 2021 vs 2020 - 6:47
Most competitive specialties from 5 years ago - 7:17
Least competitive specialties 2021 - 7:48
Closing Thoughts On Residency Matching - 8:17
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Love watching these carms stats videos!! Can’t wait to see you go through the process!
Thanks Laurel :D Great video with Molly the other day btw!
Great info as always! Thanks!
Np Jesse :D Thanks!
Awesome video man! Was looking for exactly this. Always difficult to decipher what the CARMS data ever actually means. You should do a video like this every year. Cheers from Australia!
Hey mate, thanks so much :) I'll definitely be doing more videos like this in the future as they come out. Best of luck with everything!
Your videos are awesome! I’m glad I came across your channel! I had a video suggestion I was hoping you can cover 😬
Could you potentially make a video about how to study in medical school? Specifically regarding practical techniques you use to learn, absorb and remember the extensive material, what you do during, after lectures, for readings, how to balance studying with required lectures & readings, and how you structure your studying schedule days before the exam? (A lot of points lol, just needed some tips in how you apply them!)
Thanks Z.P glad they've been helpful :D In the past I've done some videos going over my favorite study tips, but I will be sure to get a few more out during or after the process of studying for my board exams 🤙 It's been added to the list!
Big broh!! 💪Keep doing , you will get an awesome place for the residency 😇😉
Thanks Buddy 💪How can I not with support like that :)
Hey NXTgen it's been a while since I commented on one of your videos. This one I particularly enjoyed as CARMS seems so confusing, but this video really made the data very simple to understand. I would love a video on the top 5 unique specialties like anatomical pathology that could be fun!
Hey buddy long time no see :) Would definitely love to do a video like that in the future once I can find some time 🔥
Great video as usual!
Thanks bud! :D
Congrats on surpassing 8k subs Gianluca! 10K will be here in no time :)
Thanks Daniel :D Appreciate all the support from you and everyone else 💪 One day at a time!
I’ve left my journey to become a doctor. You are looking good! Best of luck my friend
We all need to decide what's best for us - whatever you end up doing, I'm sure that you'll find a way to be great with it :D 💪 Best of luck my friend, and thank you!
Love how you easily lay it out for Canada. Best vids of its kind. Cheers!
Thanks Calum 🤙 Glad they're helpful!
Hi NXTgenMD, I love watching your videos.
Thanks Joyleen :D
Great video!
Thank you!
Ah!! Can't wait to hear more! It's cool you say that don't hesitate to apply to more competitive specialties! Give us hope! Hope you are also applying to U of T! I know many students from McMaster choose U of T as their first choice due to relatively more number of hospitals in Toronto Downtown compared to Hamilton. :) Not sure about your batch but most students from my batch at McMaster wanted to apply to U of T and the ones at U of T wanted to apply to McMaster... Hahaha...Wish you good luck in your application!! I am sure it will be great once in a life time experience!!
I've spoken with many doctors and students who actually recommend that students from Mac do residency at U of T and that U of T med students do residency at Mac. I'm not sure exactly why this is but I'd wager that it's something to do with the different philosophies of the schools and how it'll make you more well rounded as a doc 🔥Thanks so much for the well wishes though :D and definitely! As a med student, it's easy to compare yourself to other students (especially when residency applications come 😅) But I have no doubts at all that if I were passionate about any of the more competitive specialties, then I could find a way in. And its the same for my classmates as well 🤙
@@nxtgenmd Agreed! Passion is the main driving force! Otherwise, we can't survive in such long and continuing nature of training in Medicine! Hope you all get residency at U of T! Being a past Mac student and coming to U of T has been one of the most valuable and exciting experience! Walking on the university avenue and running between hospitals is great! All the hospitals are super close so just cross university avenue and run for different tasks! I agree! doing residency in different institute does make you a well rounded doc. :)
Great video. Thank you for the insight.
I personally think looking R value is not the best way to analyze the competitiveness of specialties.
Most people who I know of do not even think about applying to derm because it is notoriously known for its competitiveness. This also applies to plastic surgery, ENT, and neurosurgery.
On the other hand, specialities like ophthalmology and EM are in high demand because many students think that they are still "reachable."
I believe this is why Step scores and the number of research publications are analyzed more commonly than R values when analyzing the competitiveness of specialities.
Thanks David and thanks for the insight 🤙 I don't disagree with your points, but things work a little bit different here in Canada from what I understand. The scores from our board exams aren't even received by residency directors until we've already matched, and research (while incredibly important to some programs), can be substituted with other experiences that fill the CANMEDS roles. It's true that a student gunning for family medicine will have a hard time matching plastic surgery if they wake up at the start of their final year and totally change their mind on career paths, but on the other hand, as long as people are flexible with geography / institutional preferences, I know students who dual planned and still ended up with a more "intuitively competitive" residency position. I'll learn more about the process as I go through it :)
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DPM here. It’s getting harder and harder each year. Not sure if I would do it again.
Hey just curious was looking for thoughts, I decided to go with humanities as my premed (classics specifically), people told me to take what I'm interested in undergrad, (not that I don't love science). i love Greek mythology, specifically the origins of medicine, but I can't help but sometimes feel that I'm shooting myself in the foot. I watched your video on the best premed programs, would switching to sciences better and help prepare me for the MCAT?
Edit: just saw your last post on insta, really motivational, and pretty applicable to my situation, I feel alot better about this whole thing now, keep up the great work rooting for you.
Hey Abhay, thanks for the support and I'm glad that the post was motivational :D Truthfully, not having a background in sciences is a detriment to the MCAT in the same way that not having a background in business is a detriment to students who want to write the GMAT. It's still possible to do well, but will require much more work in all likelihood to achieve a top score.
People get accepted to medicine from all sorts of programs here in Canada - statistically its more common to do so from a premed program but that decision is best made by you. My question to premeds who choose not to do science is always, "why don't you want to do science?" Followed up by, "why doesn't whatever bothers you about science bother you about medicine?" Since allopathic medicine is a lot of applied science plus working with people 🤙 Just some things to think about and potentially interview questions that may show up at your med school interviews one day :) Best of luck with everything!
Hey men, thanks for the information first of all, is very useful and it is possible for example to do the specialty in surgery first and then do neurosurgery or cardiovascular surgery or plastic surgery , or you have have to star in any of these from your first application.
Hey Brayan, great question :) For cardiac surgery, there are actually 3 ways to become fully certified according to the CMA. You're best off checking this website for a proper explanation www.cma.ca/sites/default/files/2020-10/cardiothoracic-surgery-e.pdf
@@nxtgenmd ok thanks men en what about neurosurgery oh I forgot tell you I'm a IMG is that a huge problem or coul be posible for my case
Hi! I was just wondering if you had any recommendations for practice suture kits/pads? Cause I saw that you were using one in a previous video and was just wondering where you bought it. Thanks!! :)
Hey Sarah, definitely :) I've used 2 different ones in the past and this is the one that I now recommend to students - amzn.to/3yecmJJ
Finding the actual sutures themselves can be expensive until you start working at the hospital (they will sometimes give you expired sutures for free to practice with 🔥) so just choose one on amazon with a good pad, some decent tools and at least 10 sutures
@@nxtgenmd thank you so much! Also are there any videos/resources you would recommend for learning how to suture?
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Is there anyone get residency who completed MD in IUHS or OUM
I’m a sophomore in college deciding what I want to do during the year and summer to help boost my application. Did you do any research in undergrad? If so did you publish any? Also, should I get an internship or try and volunteer?
he has a video where he goes through his entire med school application. He did some research but it wasn't published.
@@jorgelopez00 Thanks Jorge :)
I think the most important thing in your position now would be to lay out your entire application and see where the holes are. It's hard to say that "research" will be the deciding factor, or "volunteering" or "insert other category here." I've talked about my concept of a "5 year plan" before - for when I didn't apply to med after my 4th year of undergrad because my application wasn't very strong.
Lay your entire application out in front of you and see what needs to be fixed. Then come up with a plan to get it done :) and best of luck dude
@@nxtgenmd thank you so much 🙏🏼 I checked out your med school app video and it was very helpful!
If more family medicine doctors are in residency and go into practice, how come it is impossible to find a Canadian educated and trained GP?
We can assume that more IMGs match into family medicine than other specialties given the relative abundance of spots (which are there because we need more family doctors). Also though, the ~1500 new family doctors per year need to supply the entire country. This means that depending on where you live, there is still a relative shortage of family doctors especially since the majority of new grads who grew up in bigger cities usually practice in bigger cities and not smaller communities where they could be needed most. It's a problem that I don't think we have a complete answer to yet unfortunately.
@@nxtgenmd I live in the big city, still difficult to impossible to find a decent GP. The one I jumped at cuz they were taking new patients is a male chauvinistic pig who treats women second class. His culture is that way with women.
Make more money in the US where there is no nationalized healthcare.
i have a weird question Doc, why i cannot see any room for Endocrinology/diabetology residency ? isnt it available in Canada ?
Endocrinology is a subspecialty after internal medicine :) Try looking at the MSM match data for 2021
Only considering R value does not take into account the level of performance required to match or consider applying. EM might seem competitive with it’s R value but the average USMLE scores are nowhere near the competitiveness of Dermatology for example. Interesting video though.
There is no USMLE in Canada so the R value is the single best metric we have to estimate competition. Also, step 1 will be made pass fail in January 2022 💪
Yet to watch the video but my guess regarding decrease in CV surgery popularity is the absolutely atrocious work-life balance.
As a student who's rotated through surgery.. can confirm that it's not a job for everyone 😶
Hi!! A quick question, i got accepted to Western university for health sciences. Is it a good pre med? I wanna get into med school in Canada. (Uoft is my dream uni for md) ... also please keep up the hardwork with the videos!! They are awesome!😃😃
Any program can get you into medical school and medical schools don’t care about anything other than certain prerequisite courses. So as long as you can get those done you are good!
hey, im actually entering my 4th year at Western for Kin so im in the same faculty as you. As far as "pre-med" goes, what really matters are your GPA and MCAT here in Ontario. My family doctor told me "it doesnt matter if you have a Noble prize, if you dont have the grades you aren't getting in".
@@budtalks Thank you!
@@jorgelopez00 Great, Thanks!
Just want to reiterate some of the advice from the other commenters :) Focus on GPA, MCAT, Extracurriculars and Reference Letters. Go to a school and enrolled in a program that will allow you to focus on those categories 💪 I like Western as a school and I gave health sciences an "A" on my tier list video if you wanted to check it out. Good luck buddy!
how does an international apply for residency in Canada?
Check out my video on that topic on my channel 🤙 and good luck
Sir , I am from India and I am in 3rd year of my mbbs degree , I want to do my pg in Canada and wanna settle there , please make a video how can I do this , please make a video so I can start my prep from now , please sir 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Palash please see my other videos on this topic and good luck :)
@@nxtgenmd thanks sir
how young are you brother ? Just curious
Just turned 25 🔥
Where is Interventional Radiology? I heard that it was the big dog this last year.
Can't find anything specific about IR in the Canadian Data, but Diagnostic Radiology was at an R of 0.90 for 2021. The most current US data that I could find for IR in the US was from 2020 when the match rates was reported at "1.28 applications per position" www.prospectivedoctor.com/how-competitive-is-an-interventional-radiology-residency/
If you find anything else, feel free to link it in this thread :D
@@nxtgenmd The overall competitiveness level of interventional radiology is High for a U.S. senior. With a Step 1 score of 200, the probability of matching is 30%. With a Step 1 score of >240, the probability is 62%.
@@barrywertz6274 Thanks Barry. Will be interesting to see how those stats change in 2022 if Step 1 becomes P/F like they're suggesting
Doesn't medical school take 4 years in Canada?
There are 2 programs (Calgary and McMaster) that offer an accelerated 3-year MD program instead of the traditional 4 year degree 🤙
Can Canadian medical students apply for US residencies?
Yes, but only if they have completed step 1 and 2. They also need their PR or citizenship requirements 🤙
Yeah medicines changed for sure. Thousands of people are not matching and it’s getting worse. Last year over 10,000 people didn’t match. The government needs to lift the restrictions and or stop having residencies be strictly government funded. Thousands of physicians cannot get into a residency.