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Results and Data 2018 Main Residency Match® April 2018 www.nrmp.org 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 [email protected]. Questions about the NRMP should be directed to Mona M. Signer, President and CEO, NRMP, at [email protected]. Suggested Citation National Resident Matching Program, Results and Data: 2018 Main Residency Match®. National Resident Matching Program, Washington, DC. 2018. Copyright © 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 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, 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 member Officers • Chair: Susan Guralnick, M.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, University of California, Davis • Chair Elect: Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., Dean of the Commonwealth Medical College • Secretary/Treasurer: Kenneth B. Simons, M.D., Sr. Associate Dean for GME and Accreditation, Medical College of Wisconsin • Immediate Past Chair: Maria C. Savoia, M.D., Dean for Medical Education, University of California, San Diego • President and Chief Executive Officer: Mona M. Signer, M.P.H., National Resident Matching Program Board Members, 2017-2018 • C. Bruce Alexander, M.D., Professor of Pathology Emeritus, University of Alabama at Birmingham • Zaid I. Almarzooq, M.B.B.Ch., Resident Physician, Weill Cornell Medicine • Keith B. Armitage, M.D., Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Case Medical Center • Jennifer Bai, M.D. Candidate, University of Maryland School of Medicine • Carol D. Berkowitz, M.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.E.P., Executive Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center • Deborah S. Clements, M.D., Chair, Family and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine • Donna D. Elliott, M.D., Ed.D., Senior Associate Dean for Student and Educational Affairs, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California • Jessica G. Fried, M.D., Resident Physician, University of Pennsylvania • Holly J. Humphrey, M.D., Dean for Medical Education, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine • Kipp Johnson, M.D./Ph.D. Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai • Marc J. Kahn, M.D., MBA, F.A.C.P., Senior Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, Tulane University School of Medicine • Elliott D. Kozin, M.D., Resident Physician, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University • Daniel W. Morrissey, O.P., Public Member • Mallika Sabharwal, M.D. Candidate, University of Louisville • Edward S. Salsberg, M.P.A., Director of Health Workforce Studies, Health Workforce Institute, George Washington University Results and Data 2018 Main Residency Match® i Results and Data 2018 Main Residency Match® ii Table of Contents NRMP Board of Directors .......................................................................................................................................... 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 U.S. 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 U.S. Seniors and All Applicants, 2014-2018 .......................... 21 Figure 5. Number of Positions Offered and Filled for Selected Specialties, 2018 ................................................. 25 Table 8. Positions Offered and Percent Filled by U.S. Seniors and All Applicants, 2014-2018 ........................... 26 Table 9. All Applicants Matched to PGY-1 Positions by Specialty, 2014-2018 ................................................... 28 Table 10. U.S. 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 U.S. Seniors and Independent Applicants Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2018 ............................................................................... 36 Figure 6. Percentages of Unmatched U.S. Seniors and Independent Applicants Who Ranked Each Specialty as Their Only Choice, 2018 ............................................................................... 37 Table 15. Matches from U.S. Seniors' and Independent Applicants' Rank Order Lists, 1997-2018 ....................... 38 Figure 7. Percent of Matches by Choice and Type of Applicant, 2018 .................................................................. 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 Results and Data 2018 Main Residency Match® iii Results and Data 2018 Main Residency Match® iv About the NRMP The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is a (Figure 1), the sixteenth consecutive annual increase. private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to The total number of positions, at 33,167, also was an optimize the rank-ordered choices of applicants and all-time high. program directors. The NRMP is not an application processing service; rather, it provides an impartial venue The trend in the total number of applicants is more for matching applicants' and programs' preferences for each dramatic, starting with 6,000 in 1952 and rising to 36,056 other using an internationally recognized mathematical in 1999. After a decline of 5,052 applicants from 1999 to algorithm. 2003, the number has risen each year since the 2004 Match. In 2018, the number of registrants reached an The first Main Residency Match® ("the Match") was all-time high of 43,909, an increase of 752 over 2017. conducted in 1952 when 10,400 internship positions were available for 6,000 graduating U.S. medical school seniors. For more information about the NRMP, please visit: By 1973, there were 19,000 positions for just over 10,000 www.nrmp.org. Additional data and reports for the Main graduating U.S. seniors. Following the demise of Residency Match and the Specialties Matching Service® internships in 1975, the number of first-year post-graduate (SMS®) are