A retrospective analysis of specialty match rate and gender trends in Canadian residency applications (2019-2024).

PLoS One · 2025 · PMC12574843 · PMID 41166335

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a positive trendno p-value reported

Six specialties exhibited a positive trend in match rate (medical genetics and genomics, emergency medicine, psychiatry, public health and preventive medicine, pediatrics, pediatric neurology).

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a negative trendno p-value reported

Two specialties exhibited a negative trend in match rate (radiation oncology, physical medicine and rehabilitation).

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