06/05/2013    

RESIDENCY SHORTAGE CRISIS

Unmatched Residency Placements Currently Stand at 92

The American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM) provides periodic status reports on residency placements from Match Day. The following is residency placement data as of May 31, 2013:

Class of 2013 Placements: Placed in Residencies 506 (88.5%)

Not Eligible/Not Seeking Training 10 (1.8%)

To Be Placed 56 (9.7%)

Total 572 (100.0%)

Class of 2012 and earlier Placements: Placed in Residencies 23 (39.0%)

To Be Placed 36 (61.0%)

Total 59 (100.0%)

The scores from the April APMLE Part II retake have been released, moving two applicants from the not eligible column to the “to be placed” column. When taking the overall placement stats into consideration, 84% (529) of the 631 residency applicants have found residency positions thus far this year. With nearly 2% (10) of residency applicants not seeking or ineligible for placement, it leaves just over 14% (92) total applicants that have yet to find a residency position for the 2013-14 training year.

Source: AACPM