- USMLE Step 1 score: 225
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 235
- Research: 2.2
- Abstracts/Presentations/etc: 2.8
- Work: 4.8
- Volunteer: 5.0
- USMLE Step 1 score: 238
- USMLE Step 2 CK score: 245
- Research: 2.6
- Abstracts/Presentations/etc: 5.8
- Work: 6.3
- Volunteer: 4.5
Specialty Factors
In March 2022, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) conducted its survey of
directors of programs participating in the Main Residency Match ® with the primary purpose of characterizing the factors that Program Directors use to (1) select applicants to interview, and (2) rank applicants for the Main Residency Match. See results of the Program Director Survey for Internal Medicine below:
The Top 5 Most Important Internal Medicine Application Factors
- USMLE Step 2 CK score (93.7%)
- USMLE Step 1 score (90.5%)
- MSPE/Dean’s Letter (85.7%)
- Any failed attempt at USMLE (82.5%)
- Class ranking/quartile (76.2%)
- NRMP flag for match violation (4.8)
- Professionalism and ethics (4.5)
- Ability to work legally w/o visa (4.3)
- Visa status (4.3)
- Diversity characteristics, Audition elective/rotation in PD`s dept (4.2)
Total Training |
3 years |
Average Residency Salary |
$56,971.18 |
Average Physician Salary |
$264,000 |
Average Work Week |
54.9 Hours |
Peak Interview Months |
November, January |
Offers the following program training tracks: |
Preliminary (1 year) Categorical (Full training) |
Key Organizations and Societies: |
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine American College of Osteopathic Internists American College of Physicians (ACP) Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) Society of General Internal Medicine |
- Internal medicine is one of the most IMG-friendly specialties, with over 3,500 IMGs matching into the specialty in 2022.
994 /
11,154
Number of Programs/Positions
465
Post-Match SOAP Unfilled Positions
Program Track |
Participating Programs |
Filled Programs |
Positions Available |
Filled Positions |
Categorical |
88 |
75 |
451 |
427 |
Preliminary |
46 |
39 |
140 |
125 |
Program Track |
Categorical |
Preliminary |
Participating Programs |
88 |
46 |
Filled Programs |
75 |
39 |
Positions Available |
451 |
140 |
Filled Positions |
427 |
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- Adolescent Medicine
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
- Allergy and Immunology
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hematology
- Hematology & Oncology
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medical Oncology
- Nephrology
- Pulmonary Disease
- Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Endocrinology
- Rheumatology
- Sports Medicine
- Sleep Medicine
- Transplant Hepatology
- Allergy and Immunology