Applicant gender and matching to first-choice discipline: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Resident Matching Service (2013–2019)

SM Ruzycki, M Earp, IWY Ma - Canadian Medical Association Open …, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Previous studies examining potential sex and gender bias in the Canadian
Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) match have had conflicting results. We examined the …

Trends in representation of female applicants and matriculants in Canadian residency programs across specialties, 1995 to 2019

GR Lorello, JK Silver, G Moineau, K McCarthy… - JAMA Network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Disparities in representation between sexes have been shown at multiple career
stages in medicine despite increasing representation in the overall physician workforce …

[HTML][HTML] Gender trends in match rate to surgical specialties in Canada: A retrospective study from 2003–2022

M Bondok, MS Bondok, AXL Nguyen, C Law, N Nathoo… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background In Canada, there is a recognized underrepresentation of women in the field of
surgery. However, the extent to which this trend applies across various surgical specialties is …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing bias and lack of objectivity in the Canadian resident matching process

T Ryan - CMAJ, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
The number of unmatched medical graduates has been increasing steadily and has become
the focus of attention in recent months, including a CMAJ article entitled “What to do about …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of factors affecting Canadian medical students' success in the residency match

J Lakoff, K Howse, N Cofie, S Heeneman… - Canadian Medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In North America, there is limited data to support deliberate application
strategies for post-graduate residency training. There is significant interest in determining …

Helping to improve the CaRMS match

D Delva - Canadian Family Physician, 2021 - cfp.ca
Dianne Delva MD CCFP FCFP The Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) process
is stressful for Canadian medical students and is a resource burden for family medicine …

Evaluation of predictors for successful residency match in general surgery

Y Iwai, NR Lenze, CM Becnel, AP Mihalic… - Journal of Surgical …, 2022 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE To determine predictive factors for a successful residency match among
general surgery applicants from 2018 to 2021. DESIGN A retrospective cross-sectional study …

Does geographical bias impact the match for general surgery residents?

VK Dhar, DJ Hanseman, G Young, D Browne… - Journal of Surgical …, 2020 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE As the competitiveness of applicants for general surgery residency grows, it is
becoming challenging for programs to differentiate qualified candidates with a genuine …

[HTML][HTML] Post-CaRMS match survey for fourth year medical students

M Clark, S Shah, L Kolla, S Marshall… - Canadian Medical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: We aimed to analyze which medical school experiences contribute to success
in an increasingly competitive CaRMS match. Methods: We surveyed all matched University …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamental trends within falling match rates: insights from the past decade of Canadian residency matching data

AGX Zeng, CTA Brenna, S Ndoja - Canadian Medical Education …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The number of unmatched Canadian Medical Graduates (CMGs) has risen
dramatically over the last decade. To identify long-term solutions to this problem, an …