•••quote:•••Originally posted by wsu:
•crazy,
actually, its not that hard to match into residency. if you look at scutwork.com. They list the unfilled residency spots for 2002.
You can notice that there are a lot of unfilled spots in genreal surgery, ped., internal med, and family pracatice. and some path.
•••••Keep in mind that many of those (and the vast majority of general surgery) positions are Preliminary - meaning they are not FULL training positions. These *may* offer an entry into the US residency network, but they are hardly what most people want as there is no guarantee of future employment/training.
That said, there are a number of unfilled positions in most specialties each year - although the vast majority are filled during the scramble process.