Applicants from medical schools without an affiliated residency program make up a minority of ophthalmology matches, according to research presented at Real World Ophthalmology.
Ruby Hollinger and colleagues wrote in a poster that these “home programs” may be a factor in the reduction in match rate over the last several years.
“Matching into ophthalmology has become increasingly competitive,” they wrote. “The 2022 match rate was 68%, down from 74% in 2021, despite the addition of 10 residency spots.”
Using publicly available information, Hollinger and