MEDICAL GRADS EXPECTING TO BE JOBLESS

    The strained national matching system leaves medical students with no guarantee they can practice where they’re most needed once they get their MD, or at all. Here’s the broken system that got us here and what needs to happen to reverse the trend.
   Medical students and faculty are calling for changes to the way graduates apply for and “match to” residency positions, amid expectations that a record-high number of Canadian graduates will go without a residency post in 2018.
    Graduating medical students are matched to available residency positions by the nationwide Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS) algorithm in two rounds. Students rank their top program choices, and medical schools, which run the residency programs, rank their top candidates.