I know of at least one program in the east that holds 1-2 spots open every year specifically for the purpose of filling them post match. Is there a way I could find out which other programs do this?
My question is, why do some programs do this? Wouldn't they theoretically get the most competitive applicants through the match?
Happens in many programs. More often than not, a resident in another specialty in the same institution, has approached the program and states that they don't like/don't want to do the field they originally matched in anymore. These applicants are a 'known entity' since they have usually already done 1+ years of residency. I have a friend who was a 3rd yr urology resident who switched, as well as one who completed an IM residency, got boarded in IM, then started an anesthesia residency.
SUNY Downstate is one such program
I imagine you find out the rest on scramble Monday / Tuesday
My question is, why do some programs do this? Wouldn't they theoretically get the most competitive applicants through the match?
My question is, why do some programs do this? Wouldn't they theoretically get the most competitive applicants through the match?