The number of pediatric residency positions offered and the number of U.S. seniors filling those slots both dropped in 2012, according to the National Resident Matching Program.
The number of positions offered in 2012 was 2,475 – a slight drop from the 2,482 available in 2011 – but the number of U.S. seniors joining pediatric residencies fell from 1,768 in 2011 to 1,732 in 2012, a drop of just over 2%, the NRMP reported. U.S. seniors filled just under 70% of pediatric slots in 2012, compared with 71.2% in 2011.
The total number of pediatric residency slots available each year has risen 6.3% since 2007, but the number of U.S. seniors filling those positions has gone up by only 2.2% over that period, according to NRMP figures.
Source: National Resident Matching Program