Pinsky, MD, President and CEO of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates | Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (ECFMG ®|FAIMER ®), said that he was pleased with the outcome of the Match for IMGs. The journey to the 2021 Match for IMGs was fraught with changes and challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, including worldwide disruptions to medical education and changes to the certification process for IMGs.

An infographic on IMG performance in the 2021 Match can be found here. The match rates for U.S.-citizen and foreign national IMGs are 59.5% and 54.8%, respectively. The number of positions obtained by foreign national IMGs is 4,356, an increase of 134 compared to last year. citizens, a decrease of two, compared to last year. The 7,508 IMGs who matched represent an overall IMG match rate of 57% in this highly competitive process. The number of first-year residency positions offered in the 2021 Match increased by 928 (2.7%) to 35,194 over 2020. programs of graduate medical education (GME), an increase of 132 from last year, according to results of the 2021 Main Residency Match ® announced Friday by the National Resident Matching Program ® (NRMP ®). More than 7,500 international medical graduates (IMGs) obtained first-year residency positions in U.S.

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