Results and Data - National Resident Matching Program

1 Results and data 2015 Main Residency Match . April 2015. Requests for permission to use these data as well as questions about the content of this publication or National Resident Matching Program data may be directed to Mei Liang, Director of Research, nrmp , at Questions about the nrmp should be directed to Mona M. Signer, President and CEO, nrmp , at Suggested Citation National Resident Matching Program , Results and data : 2015 Main Residency Match . National Resident Matching Program , Washington, DC. 2015. Copyright 2015 National Resident Matching Program , 2121 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20037 USA. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy and/or distribute any documentation and/or related images from this publication shall be expressly obtained from the nrmp .

2 nrmp Board of Directors National Resident Matching Program . 2121 K Street, NW. Suite 1000. Washington, DC 20037. The nrmp is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors, including: Chair, Chair-Elect, and Secretary/Treasurer Two graduate medical education Program directors Three medical students Three Resident physicians, one of whom is an international medical graduate One public member Officers Chair: Hal B. Jenson, , , Founding Dean, Western Michigan University School of Medicine Chair Elect: Maria C. Savoia, , Dean for Medical Education, University of California San Diego Secretary/Treasurer: Glenn A. Fosdick, , Former President/Chief Executive Officer, The Nebraska Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer: Mona M.

3 Signer, , National Resident Matching Program Board Members, 2014-2015. Sameer Ather, , Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham C. Bruce Alexander, , , Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Maya A. Babu, , , Neurological Surgery Resident , Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Carol D. Berkowitz, , , , Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA-Harbor Medical Center; Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles Pavan K. Cheruvu, , Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, University of California at San Francisco Rita K. Cydulka, , , , Former Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center Francis Deng, candidate, Washington University School of Medicine John DePaolo, candidate, Louisiana State University School of Medicine Michael H.

4 Duyzend, candidate, University of Washington School of Medicine Jane L. Eisen, , Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Susan Guralnick, , Director of Graduate Medical Education, Winthrop University Hospital Marc J. Kahn, , , , Senior Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, Tulane University School of Medicine Mahendr Kochar, , , , , Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, University of California at Riverside Daniel S. Morrissey, , Public Member Steven J. Scheinman, , President and Dean, The Commonwealth Medical College Kenneth B. Simons, , Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Accreditation, Medical College of Wisconsin Results and data 2015 Main Residency Match i Results and data 2015 Main Residency Match ii Table of Contents nrmp Board of Directors.

5 I About the nrmp .. v Figure 1. Applicants and 1st Year Positions in The Match, 1952-2015 .. v Glossary .. vi Introduction .. 1. Table 1. Match Summary, 3. Table 2. Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2015 .. 7. Table 3. Positions Offered in the Matching Program , 2011-2015 .. 11. Figure 2. Number of Active Applicants and Percent Matched to PGY-1 Positions, 2011-2015 .. 14. Table 4. Applicants in the Matching Program , 2011-2015 .. 15. Figure 3. Positions per All Active and Active Senior Applicant, 1976-2015 .. 16. Table 5. Number of PGY-1 Positions per Active Applicant, 1976-2015 .. 16. Figure 4. PGY-1 Match Rates by Applicant Type, 1982-2015 .. 18. Table 6. PGY-1 Match Rates, 18.

6 Table 7. Positions Offered and Number Filled by Seniors and All Applicants, 2011-2015 .. 21. Figure 5. Number of Positions Offered and Filled for Selected Specialties, 2015 .. 25. Table 8. Positions Offered and Percent Filled by Seniors and All Applicants, 2011-2015 .. 26. Table 9. All Applicants Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2011-2015 .. 28. Table 10. Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2011-2015 .. 30. Table 11. Osteopathic Graduates Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2011-2015 .. 31. Table 12. Foreign-Trained Physicians Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2011-2015 .. 32. Table 13. Applicant Choices by Specialty, 2015 .. 34. Table 14. Match Results for Seniors and Independent Applicants Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2015.

7 36. Figure 6. Percentages of Unmatched Seniors and Independent Applicants Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2015 .. 37. Table 15. Matches from Seniors' and Independent Applicants' Rank Order Lists, 1997-2015 .. 38. Figure 7. Percent of Matches by Choice and Type of Applicant, 2015 .. 41. Table 16. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2015 .. 42. Figure 8. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2015 .. 43. Table 17. Average Number of Ranked Applicants Needed to Fill Each Position by Specialty, 2011-2015 .. 44. Table 18. Participating programs and Positions Filled in SOAP, 46. Table 19. SOAP Applicants Accepting Positions by Type, 48.

8 Figure 9. Offers Extended in SOAP, 2014-2015 .. 48. nrmp Program Results 2015 Main Residency 50. Results and data 2015 Main Residency Match iii Results and data 2015 Main Residency Match iv About the nrmp . The National Resident Matching Program ( nrmp ) is a thirteenth consecutive annual increase in such positions. private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to optimize the rank-ordered choices of applicants and The trend in the total number of applicants since 1952 is Program directors. The nrmp is not an application more dramatic, starting with 6,000 in 1952 and rising to a processing service; rather, it provides an impartial venue high of 36,056 in 1999. After a decline of 5,052.

9 For Matching applicants' and programs ' preferences for applicants from 1999 to 2003, the number of applicants each other consistently. has increased each year since the 2004 Match. Applicants registered for the 2015 Match reached an all time high of The first Main Residency Match ("the Match") was 41,334, an increase of 940 applicants over 2014. conducted in 1952 when 10,400 internship positions were available for 6,000 graduating seniors. By 1973, there For more information about the nrmp , please visit: were 19,000 positions for just over 10,000 graduating Additional data and reports for the Main seniors. Following the demise of internships in 1975, the Residency Match and the Specialties Matching Service.

10 Number of first-year post-graduate (PGY-1) positions (SMS ) can be found at: dropped to 15,700. The number of PGY-1 positions Instructions on how to request nrmp data also are offered gradually increased through 1994 and then began provided. to decline slowly until 1998. This year, a record-high 27,293 PGY-1 positions were offered (Figure 1), the Figure 1 Applicants and 1st Year Positions in The Match, 1952 - 2015. 45,000. 40,000. 35,000. Total Applicants 30,000. 25,000. 20,000. Total PGY-1. 15,000 Positions 10,000. 5,000. 0. 1952 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010. Results and data 2015 Main Residency Match v Glossary ACGME Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Active Applicant An active applicant is one who submits a certified rank order list of programs Applicant Type The nrmp classifies applicants for the Main Residency Match into seven types: Senior of Allopathic Medical School ( Senior): A fourth-year medical student in a allopathic school of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) with a graduation date after July 1 in the year before the Match.