How to Find the Most IMG Friendly Residency Programs

Since its inception in 2004, Match A Resident has been the pioneer of IMG Friendliness and IMG Friendly Residency Lists.Because IMGs are faced with additional and often difficult barriers to getting into residency programs, IMG friendliness has been an extremely important factor when it comes to finding and applying to residency programs.

Match A Resident has been an integral player in making residency in the USA a viable option for IMGs from all over the world - as can be seen by the increasing number of IMG residents year after year.As an IMG, finding these programs can be critical to a successful residency Match.

Part of Match A Resident’s program criteria - which is updated each and every year - is IMG Friendliness. We determine the relative ratio of IMGs for every program that discloses this information.