The number of applicants in this year’s Main Residency Match rose by 642 for a total of 38,377 participants. Internal medicine, anesthesiology and emergency medicine saw the largest increases in 2012, and emergency medicine filled every available position. The number of family medicine positions increased only slightly (1.1 percent) following notable increases over the last two years. Other notable trends from this year’s match results include the following:
• Dermatology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, plastic surgery, radiation oncology, thoracic surgery and vascular surgery were the most competitive fields for applicants.
• Emergency medicine programs offered 61 more positions and filled all 1,668 available positions.
• Anesthesiology programs offered 78 more positions, and U.S. seniors filled 725 of the 919 positions offered.
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