NRMP SMS Nephrology Match for Appointment Year 2015

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51% of Training Tracks Went Unfilled in AY 2015

Author

Kurtis A. Pivert, MS

Published

December 3, 2014

On December 3, 2014, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) released preliminary results of the Specialties Matching Service (SMS) Match for Appointment Year (AY) 2015 (see Table 1). At first glance the results continue the recent trend for declining interest in nephrology careers, with 51% of training tracks (68 of 134, Figure 1) and 32% of positions (120 of 374, Figure 2) going unfilled. This represents a 6.3% and 23.7% increase in the number of unfilled training tracks and unfilled positions, respectively, in just 1 year. Of note, the number of training tracks withdrawn from this year’s Match doubled over 2014, from 9 to 19.

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Figure 1: Unfilled Programs in Nephrology Match
Figure 2: Unfilled Positions in Nephrology Match

In AY 2015, there were 0.68 applicants per nephrology fellowship position (Figure 3), a 55% decline in the span of 5 years. In AY 2015, nearly every nephrology applicant matched, for a 95.2% Match rate (Figure 4).

Figure 3: Applicants Per Position
Figure 4: Percentage of Applicants Preferring Nephrology Matched

Table 1

Nephrology Match Results—NRMP SMS
Appointment Years 2009–2015
Variable 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Positions Offered 367 374 380 397 416 403 374
Positions Filled 348 352 345 360 369 306 254
Percent Filled 94.8% 94.1% 90.8% 90.7% 88.7% 75.9% 67.9%
Training Tracks Offered 142 142 146 142 148 145 134
Training Tracks Unfilled 15 15 24 24 34 64 68
Total Applicants 578 576 510 446 421 323 254
U.S. Grads 149 139 97 102 100 91 79
Osteo 28 15 23 23 18 22 22
U.S. IMG 68 84 86 78 84 66 44
Non–U.S. IMG 331 336 301 242 217 142 107
Other 2 2 3 1 2 2 2

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@online{a. pivert2014,
  author = {A. Pivert, Kurtis},
  title = {NRMP {SMS} {Nephrology} {Match} for {Appointment} {Year}
    2015},
  pages = {undefined},
  date = {2014-12-03},
  url = {https://data.asn-online.org/posts/ay_2015_match},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
A. Pivert, Kurtis. 2014. “NRMP SMS Nephrology Match for Appointment Year 2015.” December 3, 2014. https://data.asn-online.org/posts/ay_2015_match.