Making Matching Into Internal Medicines Easier for IIMGS Like Us
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56570/jimgs.v1i2.11Keywords:
Internal medicine positions, Non-U.S. IMGs, Residency match 2022, India and Pakistan applicants, Egypt IMGsAbstract
There were 9380 internal medicine positions, out of which 8915 were filled for the year 2022. The number of non-U.S. IMGs who applied was 4200, out of which 2435 matched in 2022, with an increase of 215 positions from 2021. The highest IMG applicants were from India, followed by Pakistan, and finally, the Middle Eastern countries, of which Egypt has the highest number of IMGs.
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