Navigating CaRMS and the R-1 Match

Medical school is almost finished and residency is looming, but first: CaRMS. Are you ready? The match process can be one of the most stressful moments in your transition to residency, but we’re here to help you through it.

The CMA would like to thank the Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS), the Fédération médicale étudiante du Quebéc (FMEQ) and the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) for their support, review and guidance in the production of this video.

As of the 2022 R-1 Main Residency Match, CaRMS has introduced a new fee structure that can greatly reduce application costs for most participants. Applicants pay a program application fee for each program over and above the four included in the match participation fee. For programs with multiple training sites at a university, the program application fee is charged for the first site an applicant applies to. Any other sites they apply to within the same discipline at that university are not subject to an additional program application fee. There is no minimum or maximum number of programs to which applicants must apply. Full details are available here: https://www.carms.ca/pdfs/2022-R-1-fe...

0:00 - Introduction
4:07 - Applications
10:39 - Interviews
22:41 - Ranking
24:21 - Matching
29:50 - Key takeaways

Resources:
The CMA’s CaRMS Interview Preparation Program: https://www.cma.ca/resources-medical-...

The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS): https://www.cfms.org/

La Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ), including wellness resources: https://fmeq.ca/en/

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Virtual Interview Handbook: https://afmc.ca/sites/default/files/p...

The CaRMS R-1 match timeline: https://www.carms.ca/match/r-1-main-r...

CaRMS R-1 program descriptions: https://www.carms.ca/match/r-1-main-r...

The Medical Council of Canada’s examinations: https://mcc.ca/examinations/

CFMS school-specific wellness resources: https://www.cfms.org/what-we-do/stude...

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