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Docs Left Behind @DocsLeftBehind

Bringing the Truth Forward About the Physician Shortage #DocsLeftBehind

Joined October 2021
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Bryan Carmody@jbcarmody
18 Feb 2023
Since this came up again recently, here’s your periodic reminder that that the NRMP’s Match statistics underestimate the real number of doctors who are unable to get a residency position. (🧵)
Graphic showing match rates for various groups by educational background. Two match rates are shown. One is the NRMP Match rate, which includes only active applicants. The other, lower match rate includes in the denominator all applicants who didn’t withdraw from the Match. For MD seniors, these figures are very similar: 92.9% vs. 92.2%. For US IMGs, however, the match rate is 61.4% for the former calculation and 51.1% for the latter.

ALT Graphic showing match rates for various groups by educational background. Two match rates are shown. One is the NRMP Match rate, which includes only active applicants. The other, lower match rate includes in the denominator all applicants who didn’t withdraw from the Match. For MD seniors, these figures are very similar: 92.9% vs. 92.2%. For US IMGs, however, the match rate is 61.4% for the former calculation and 51.1% for the latter.

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Adejoke Dada-Bello@AdejokeDadaBell
8 Apr 2022
The last 4 weeks since #match2022 have been a roller coaster of emotions, the tears just keep rolling down. Despite the tears, I am looking at ways to improve. Giving up is not an option! #Match2023 we are in this together! #awsumpowers #imgjourney #storiesimg #IMG_advocate
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Daniel Brito MD, FACC@BritoCardio
27 Mar 2022
Today I heard, by far, the best example of perseverance. A friend of mine match in Internal Medicine after the 5th attempt. 5th!! Perseverance is a quality you’re borne with, never learned! Follow your dream! Now, go get’em Tiger!! #Match2022 #MedTwitter
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Specialities with the Highest # of First - Year (PGY-1) Residency Positions in Match 2021 and 2022 #DocsLeftBehind
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Henna Sawhney, MD@HennaMD
17 Mar 2022
Know you are worth so more than all of this. And don't fall into the darkness I fell into. Don't isolate yourself. This system has a lot of problems, but there's always innovative ways to make meaningful change. Tomorrow will always be brighter and definitely more colorful.
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In this year’s Match, only 36,277 first-year PGY-1 Residency Positions and 47,675 Match Applicants #DocsLeftBehind
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According to the AAMC, the US could see an estimated shortage of between 37,800 - 124,000 physicians by 2034 There’s less than 37,000 first-year PGY-1 Residency Positions in 2022
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Dawn stern@SternDs233547
16 Mar 2022
Replying to @DocsLeftBehind @Inside_TheMatch
I knew nothing about Match. I do know I have waited almost two months to get a primary care appointment, as long to see specialists So frankly this current system doesn’t work for aspiring doctors or patients
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Specialties with Highest Number of Transfers in 2020 - 2021 #DocsLeftBehind
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2,062 Residents Left the Program Before Finishing in 2020-2021 #DocsLeftBehind
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Marc Wasserman, MD 🧠@synapse2000
16 Mar 2022
I didn’t realize until being onTwitter how many medical students don’t match. It’s ridiculous. There’s a pandemic and a massive physician shortage. These are highly qualified both national and international students. We need all hands on deck. Some expansion is in order.
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R.Block,MD@RBlockMD
17 Mar 2022
Replying to @obstatsinc @EllenMcKnightMD
Let’s stop supporting a system that can’t graduate a doctor who is ready to practice. If med schools have students that graduate but don’t match (pass boards etc) the system is broken.
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Doctor Elle
@EllenMcKnightMD
16 Mar 2022
Does it make sense to have a system which trains and graduates MDs but doesn’t finish the process because there aren’t an adequate number of residencies slots? It a tremendous waste of time/money and it leaves educated medical doctors in limbo. #MatchDayIsBroken #Match2022
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W. Sainval, MD, MBA, MPH@SainvalMd
16 Mar 2022
Parents, grandparents, aunts, students, friends, brothers, and sisters, we all need to hold @AAMCtoday, @AmerMedicalAssn, medical schools and their cronies for their inaction with regards to the GME mess they have created and sustained. #GuaranteedPGY1 for all applicants.
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Kelly T@kellbelle_t
16 Mar 2022
I need a thread/exposé on unfilled prelim gen Surg IM programs 1) why do they go unfilled pre-SOAP 2) why do they go unfilled post-SOAP 3) how can they mess with folks’ minds by making them think spots are available when they’re not??? @jbcarmody @mahad_minhas @DocsLeftBehind
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Specialties with the Highest Number of First-Year Residency Positions (PGY-1) in SOAP 2021 With only 2 Specialities that provide the full 3-year training option Surgery-Prelim, Medicine-Prelim, and Transitional are only 1-year training options #DocsLeftBehind
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48,700 Match Applicants, less than 36,000 First-Year Residency Positions (PGY-1) in the Match and not a single specialty with 10,000 First-Year Residency Positions (PGY-1) #DocsLeftBehind
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