Exploring Options: Residency Program Descriptions

 

As you start to narrow the field of specialty options, you may wish to consult the training options available to you within a given discipline or two. This will assist you in knowing if the practicalities of training for that discipline correspond well with your understanding and expectations.

  1. CaRMS – this is the agency that runs the Canadian residency match; all Canadian residency positions are matched through CaRMS. On their website, you will find program specific information for training in each discipline, including approximate number of available residency positions, curriculum structure, training sites, and links to individual program websites
     

  2. FREIDA  – this is a searchable database of all available residency positions in the US, with details about number of available positions, training sites, and links to individual program websites

 

 

 

 

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