Submission ID 78251
| Code | OH-3-1 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Clinical faculty, practicing physician |
| Title | Exploring the Initial Residency Match Intentions of Applicants to the Pgy 3 Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine Program |
| Background/Purpose | The purpose of this project is to understand the initial PGY 1 residency match intentions of Family Medicine residents who later apply to enhanced skills training in Emergency Medicine |
| Methods | A retrospective analysis using data from the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) to analyze the original first choice discipline at the time of PGY 1 match for family medicine residents who are applicants to enhanced skills training in emergency medicine. The participant pool was applicants to enhanced skills training in emergency medicine in Canada between 2016 and 2020. |
| Results | There is an increased proportion of residents who apply to enhanced skills training in Emergency Medicine that had a non-family medicine first choice discipline in their initial residency match relative to the overall cohort of family medicine residents. There is a higher proportion of male applicants and Canadian Medical Graduate applicants to the enhanced skills training program in Emergency Medicine relative to the overall cohort of family medicine residents. |
| Discussion | Enhanced skills training in Emergency Medicine in Canadian family medicine training programs draws an applicant pool more likely to have had a non-family medicine first choice discipline in the original first year residency match. This is an important consideration from a residency selection and training point of view and from a health human resources perspective as we consider numbers of family medicine trainees across the country in the context of what their future practice patterns will ultimately be. |
| Keyword 1 | Family Medicine |
| Keyword 2 | Enhanced skills training |
| Keyword 3 | Emergency Medicine |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Residency Education |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Admissions |
| Authors | Vishal Bhella Vishal Bhella Stephen Wetmore Robert Petrella |
