Results of the 2014 Match: U.S. and Caribbean Medical Schools

Recently, the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) hosted the algorithim-based process of aligning doctors with residency positions in the United States.  This competitive process, commonly known as "the Match," included over 52,000 applicants this year and amongst them were Trinity graduates from the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. The 2014 participants were vying for post graduate education positions which resulted in 25,687 matched applicants to first year positions. 

Trinity graduates broke new ground with residency placements being achieved in the fields of Anesthesiology and Radiology. Many were successful pursuing residency placements within hospitals and hospital groups where Trinity graduates from previous years have established a strong reputation for the capabilities of our students. These hospitals included Case Western MetroHealth in Ohio, St. Mary's Hospital in Connecticut and Mountainside Hospital in New Jersey. 

The following list details the specialty fields and geographies in which the 2014 Match Participants secured residency positions:

• Residency placement rate for our 2014 Graduates is currently 83%, we will continue to update the above list with new additions for members of this Class.

• 94% of Trinity's 2012 graduates have achieved a Residency Placement 

• 93% of Trinity's 2013 Graduates have achieved a Residency Placement 

The chart above combines two charts (from Chart 15, p. 22) published in the Charting Outcomes in the Match 2014 for IMGs detailing the U.S. Citizen IMG and Non-U.S. Citizen IMG Matched vs. Not Match rates for the 2013 National Residency Match, segmented by country of medical school.  

The chart below from the above publication is a subset of data specific to Caribbean medical schools and the residency Match rate for U.S. IMGs in 2013.

{Only countries with at least 50 U.S. IMG appolicants or non U.S. IMG Applicants are reported.  Given Trinity SOM's small class sizes, St. Vincent and the Grenadines contribution to the Match did not reach the reporting level.}

In the 2014 NRMP Match of the U.S. Citizen Students/Graduates of International Medical Schools 53% Matched while 50% of Non-U.S. Citizen Students/Graduates of International Medical Schools Matched.  

According to the National Residency Match Program data stores:

In 2013, 34,355 medical students and graduates participated in the Main Residency Match and submitted certified rank order lists. Half of the applicants (50.9%) were senior students from U.S. allopathic schools. Together, IMGs accounted for more than one third (36.8%) of the applicant pool, including 7,568 non-U.S. citizen IMGs and 5,095 U.S. citizen IMGs.

The USMLE Step 1 score is one of the most important criteria that residency programs use in evaluating candidates.

USMLE Step 1 scores are a measure of an applicant’s understanding of important basic science concepts and the ability to apply that knowledge to the practice of medicine. Although such knowledge is only one facet of applicant qualifications considered by program directors in their selection process, it is one that is comparable across applicants and available during the interview season and prior to the NRMP’s ranking deadline. Overall, matched U.S. IMG applicants had a mean USMLE Step 1 score of 217 and matched non-U.S. IMG applicants had a average score of 227. The dark red line in the chart above displays Trinity's average USMLE Step 1 score for 2013 and provides insight into the future opportunities for our graduates.  Interestingly, the specialties requiring the highest Step 1 scores in the chart above are in areas where our graduates Matched for a residency in 2014.

See for yourself what campus life was like for these successful students as well as current Trinity students who describe their Caribbean medical school experiences.