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Each year, the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) connects candidates with training programs across Canada and releases their results. These results are broken down by first and second iteration, along with a full summary analysis. The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) is following with interest and would like to share the available CaRMS results for family medicine.
 

2023 CaRMS Match

  • First Iteration

    Table 1. 2023 CaRMS Match – First iteration basic national statistics for family medicine

      2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Total Number of Family Medicine Positions (all streams) 1,629
    +60
    1,569
    +6
    1,563
    -10
    1,573
    +21
    1,552
    +24
    1,528
    -3
    1,531
    +10
    1,521
    +9
    1,512
    +25
    1,487
    Total Filled 1361 1,344 1,356 1,403 1,414 1,370 1,375 1,390 1,400 1,387
    Total Unfilled 268 225 207 170 138 158 156 131 112 100
    Fill Percentage 83.5% 85.7% 86.7% 89.2% 91.1% 89.6% 89.8% 91.4% 92.6% 93.3%

    Family medicine filled a total of 1,361 positions with an overall national 83.5 per cent fill rate. It is encouraging to see an overall increase in the number of students entering family medicine, even though the position fill rate declined in comparison to previous years. We will have a more complete picture after the second iteration is finished in late April.

  • Second Iteration

    Table 2. 2023 CaRMS Match – Second iteration basic national statistics for family medicine

      1st Iteration 2nd Iteration
    % Filled Available Filled Unfilled % Filled Available Filled Unfilled
    2023 83.5% 1,629 1,361 268 63.6% 264 168 96
    2022 85.7% 1,569 1,344 225 56.0% 225 126 99
    2021 86.7% 1,561 1,354 207 57.4% 209 120 89
    2020 89.2% 1,573 1,403 170 71.2% 170 121 49
    2019 91.1% 1,552 1,414 138 76.1% 138 105 33
    2018 89.7% 1,532 1,374 158 58.9% 158 93 65
    2017 89.7% 1,535 1,377 158 64.6% 158 102 56
    2016 92.2% 1,518 1,399 119 65.5% 119 78 41
    2015 93.4% 1,509 1,409 100 55.6% 99 55 44
    2014 94.1% 1,485 1,397 88 69.3% 88 61 27
    2013 91.5% 1,422 1,301 121 63.2% 117 74 43

    168 out of the 264 family medicine positions available in this round were filled. When combined with the first iteration results, a total of 1,529 family medicine positions have been filled so far, representing a 94.1 per cent fill rate. The full breakdown of the results has not been released but will be available on May 4th when CaRMS hosts their annual forum.

  • Summary Analysis

    May 4,  the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) hosted its 2023 virtual CaRMS Forum, sharing detailed data, statistics, and insights from this year’s R-1 Main Residency Match (first and second iterations). In taking a closer look at the 2023 match cycle, here are the following highlights:

    • 30.3 per cent of Canadian medical graduates (CMGs) ranked family medicine as their first-choice discipline in the first iteration (down from 30.7 per cent last year as part of a gradual downward trend over the past five years)
    • There was a total of 3,390 program applications to family medicine compared to 3,352 applications in 2022, seeing a slight increase
    • A total of 1,629 family medicine residency positions were offered in the first iteration (an increase from 1,569 positions last year and part of a gradual increasing trend over five years)
    • A total of 1,529 family medicine residency positions were filled after the second iteration compared to 1,470 positions filled in 2022
    • The CMG supply-to-demand ratio for family medicine positions in the first iteration was 1.58 (same ratio as last year)
    • The match rate for CMGs choosing family medicine was 99.4 per cent (slightly decrease than last year’s CMG match rate of 99.7 per cent)

    You can access the presentation and full analysis through the CaRMS site.


Please reach out if you have any questions or comments you would like to share with the CFPC and our Academic Family Medicine team ([email protected]).

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