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1 April and Data2018 Main Residency Match 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 about the nrmp should be directed to Mona M. Signer, President and CEO, nrmp ,at CitationNational Resident Matching Program, Results and Data: 2018 Main Residency Match . National Resident Matching Program, Washington, DC. 2018 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 . nrmp Board of DirectorsNATIONAL RESIDENT MATCHING PROGRAM2121 K Street, NWSuite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 The nrmp is governed by a 19-member Board of Directors, including: Chair, Chair-Elect, Immediate Past Chair, 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 memberOfficers Chair: Susan Guralnick, , Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, University of California, Davis Chair Elect: Steven J.

2 Scheinman, , Dean of the Commonwealth Medical College Secretary/Treasurer: Kenneth B. Simons, , Sr. Associate Dean for GME and Accreditation, Medical College of Wisconsin Immediate Past Chair: Maria C. Savoia, , Dean for Medical Education, University of California, SanDiego President and Chief Executive Officer: Mona M. Signer, , National Resident Matching ProgramBoard Members, 2017-2018 C. Bruce Alexander, , Professor of Pathology Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham Zaid I. Almarzooq, , Resident Physician, Weill Cornell Medicine Keith B. Armitage, , Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, University Hospital CaseMedical Center Jennifer Bai, Candidate, University of Maryland School of Medicine Carol D. Berkowitz, , , , Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Deborah S.

3 Clements, , Chair, Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University FeinbergSchool of Medicine Donna D. Elliott, , , Senior Associate Dean for Student and Educational Affairs, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Jessica G. Fried, , Resident Physician, University of Pennsylvania Holly J. Humphrey, , Dean for Medical Education, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Kipp Johnson, Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Marc J. Kahn, , MBA, , Senior Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, Tulane University School of Medicine Elliott D. Kozin, , Resident Physician, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University Daniel W. Morrissey, , Public Member Mallika Sabharwal, Candidate, University of Louisville Edward S. Salsberg, , Director of Health Workforce Studies, Health Workforce Institute, George Washington UniversityiResults and Data 2018 Main Residency Match iiResults and Data 2018 Main Residency Match nrmp Board of Directors.

4 I About the nrmp .. v Figure 1. Applicants and 1st Year Positions in The Match, 1952-2018 .. v Definitions .. vi Introduction .. 1 Table 1. Match Summary, 2018 .. 3 Table 2. Matches by Specialty and Applicant Type, 2018 .. 7 Table 3. Positions Offered in the Matching Program, 2014-2018 .. 11 Figure 2. Number of Active Applicants and Percent Matched to PGY-1 Positions, 2014-2018 .. 14 Table 4. Applicants in the Matching Program, 2014-2018 .. 15 Figure 3. Positions per All Active and Active Senior Applicant, 1976-2018 .. 16 Table 5. Number of PGY-1 Positions per Active Applicant, 1976-2018 .. 16 Figure 4. PGY-1 Match Rates by Applicant Type, 1982-2018 .. 18 Table 6. PGY-1 Match Rates, 1982-2018 .. 18 Table 7. Positions Offered and Number Filled by Seniors and All Applicants, 2014-2018 .. 21 Figure 5. Number of Positions Offered and Filled for Selected Specialties, 2018.

5 25 Table 8. Positions Offered and Percent Filled by Seniors and All Applicants, 2014-2018 .. 26 Table 9. All Applicants Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2014-2018 .. 28 Table 10. Seniors Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2014-2018 .. 30 Table 11. Osteopathic Students/Graduates Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2014-2018 .. 31 Table 12. Foreign-Trained Physicians Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2014-2018 .. 32 Table 13. Applicant Choices by Specialty, 2018 .. 34 Table 14. Match Results for Seniors and Independent Applicants Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2018 .. 36 Figure 6. Percentages of Unmatched Seniors and Independent Applicants Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2018 .. 37 Table 15. Matches from Seniors' and Independent Applicants' Rank Order Lists, 1997-2018 .. 38 Figure 7. Percent of Matches by Choice and Type of Applicant, 2018.

6 41 Table 16. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2018 .. 42 Figure 8. Number of Couples in the Match and Match Outcome, 1987-2018 .. 43 Table 17. Average Number of Ranked Applicants Needed to Fill Each Position by Specialty, 2014-2018 .. 44 Table 18. Participating Programs and Positions Filled in SOAP, 2017-2018 .. 47 Table 19. SOAP Applicants Accepting Positions by Type, 2017-2018 .. 49 Figure 9. Offers Extended in SOAP, 2012-2018 .. 49 nrmp Program Results 2018 Main Residency Match .. 51 Table of ContentsiiiResults and Data 2018 Main Residency Match ivResults and Data 2018 Main Residency Match About the NRMPT otal ApplicantsTotal PGY-1 Positions05,00010,00015,00020,00025,0003 0,00035,00040,00045,00050,00019521960197 01980199020002010 Figure 1 Applicants and 1st Year Positions in the Match, 1952 - 2018 The National Resident Matching Program ( nrmp ) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to optimize the rank-ordered choices of applicants and program directors.

7 The nrmp is not an application processing service; rather, it provides an impartial venue for matching applicants' and programs' preferences for each other using an internationally recognized mathematical first Main Residency Match ("the Match") was conducted in 1952 when 10,400 internship positions were available for 6,000 graduating medical school seniors. By 1973, there were 19,000 positions for just over 10,000 graduating seniors. Following the demise of internships in 1975, the number of first-year post-graduate (PGY-1) positions declined to 15,700. The number of PGY-1 positions gradually increased through 1994 and then began to decline slowly until 1998. This year, an all-time high 30,232 PGY-1 positions were offered (Figure 1), the sixteenth consecutive annual increase. The total number of positions, at 33,167, also was an all-time trend in the total number of applicants is more dramatic, starting with 6,000 in 1952 and rising to 36,056 in 1999.

8 After a decline of 5,052 applicants from 1999 to 2003, the number has risen each year since the 2004 Match. In 2018, the number of registrants reached an all-time high of 43,909, an increase of 752 over more information about the nrmp , please visit: Additional data and reports for the Main Residency Match and the Specialties Matching Service (SMS ) are at: and Instructions on h ow to request nrmp data also are provided. vResults and Data 2018 Main Residency Match DefinitionsACGMEA ccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Applicant An active applicant is one who submits a certified rank order list of In PolicyBeginning with the 2013 Main Residency Match, any program registering for the Match must attempt to fill all positions through the Match or another national matching plan. Applicant TypeThe nrmp classifies applicants for the Main Residency Match into seven types: Senior student 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.

9 Seniors are sponsored by their medical schools. Previous Graduate of Allopathic Medical School ( Grad): A graduate of a allopathic school of medicine accredited by the LCME with a graduation date before July 1 in the year before the Match. Previous graduates are not sponsored by the medical school. Student/Graduate of Canadian Medical School (Canadian): A senior student or graduate of a Canadian school of medicine accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). Student/Graduate of Osteopathic Medical School (Osteo): A senior student or graduate of a medical school accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). Graduate of Fifth Pathway Program (5th Pathway): A graduate of a Fifth Pathway program. Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School ( IMG): A citizen who attended an international medical school.

10 Citizen Student/Graduate of International Medical School ( IMG): A citizen who attended an international medical this report, applicant types are sometimes combined into a smaller number of groups. Foreign-Trained Physicians: citizen and citizen students and graduates of international medical schools. Independent Applicants (IA): All applicant categories excluding allopathic seniors. Others: Includes previous graduates and Canadian, Osteopathic, and Fifth Pathway Any two applicants can register as a couple in the Match. The nrmp allows couples to form pairs of choices on their primary rank order lists, which are considered in rank order when the matching algorithm is processed. The couple will match to the most preferred pair of programs where each partner has been offered a & PGY-2 Post-graduate year one and post-graduate year TypeThe nrmp classifies programs for the Main Residency Match into five types: Advanced (A) programs: Programs that begin in the PGY-2 year after a year of prerequisite training.