Medical WHICH MEDICAL SPECIALTIES MATCHED THE MOST INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES?

You attend a foreign medical school and are considering applying for the residency match in September. According to the National Residency Match Program, 6,301 international medical graduate applicants matched last year (March 2015). Which specialties matched the most international medical graduates? See the list below for the top five specialties for IMGs.

Top Five Specialties​

(Foreign-trained physicians matched to PGY-1 positions by specialty, 2015)

1. Internal medicine (categorical), 2,763 applicants matched
2. Family medicine, 1,046 applicants matched
3. Pediatrics (categorical), 428 applicants matched
4. Psychiatry (categorical), 342 applicants matched
5. Medicine-preliminary (PGY-1 only), 271 applicants matched

Source: http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Main-Match-Results-and-Data-2015_final.pdf, p. 32

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