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Hi everyone,
I'm a med student north of the border but would like to keep my options open for doing a residency in the US. The main problem up here is that there is almost a "residency crisis" where we have a nearly exact 1:1 ratio of applicants to spots. If our government keeps dragging their feet on this issue (by increasing med school spots without increasing # residency spots), there may come a time in the next few years where people graduate from med school and won't have a residency spot!
With that said....How can I keep myself eligible for the US scramble in the event I don't match up here?
Is it possible for me to apply through NRMP for American residencies, interview, not rank any programs and try to scramble IF I don't get into the residency I want up here?
The problem here is that if the US match happens first (which it will this year I think), I would get withdrawn from our match north of the border (at least that's how I understand it). So in summary, I'd like to try for a spot up here and use the US as a backup (without matching in the first round). Is this doable? (Immigration issues don't apply to me cause I have rights in the US, and I am interested in FP so I'm not worried about competitive residencies or anything like that)
I'm a med student north of the border but would like to keep my options open for doing a residency in the US. The main problem up here is that there is almost a "residency crisis" where we have a nearly exact 1:1 ratio of applicants to spots. If our government keeps dragging their feet on this issue (by increasing med school spots without increasing # residency spots), there may come a time in the next few years where people graduate from med school and won't have a residency spot!
With that said....How can I keep myself eligible for the US scramble in the event I don't match up here?
Is it possible for me to apply through NRMP for American residencies, interview, not rank any programs and try to scramble IF I don't get into the residency I want up here?
The problem here is that if the US match happens first (which it will this year I think), I would get withdrawn from our match north of the border (at least that's how I understand it). So in summary, I'd like to try for a spot up here and use the US as a backup (without matching in the first round). Is this doable? (Immigration issues don't apply to me cause I have rights in the US, and I am interested in FP so I'm not worried about competitive residencies or anything like that)
