why so many unfilled rad onc programs?

[yowhatup]

http://www.nrmp.org/data/resultsbystate2009.pdf

Why does it appear that there are so many unfilled programs? Does that not mean, that it is becoming easier to get as programs want to ensure themselves that they will fill.

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[medgator]

Some of those programs were not truly unfilled (i.e. computer glitch and/or human error had them in the match, when they had no spots available for that year).

In other cases, programs grossly miscalculated how many people to interview and/or rank.

 

[yowhatup]

Some of those programs were not truly unfilled (i.e. computer glitch and/or human error had them in the match, when they had no spots available for that year).

In other cases, programs grossly miscalculated how many people to interview and/or rank.

could you then through scramble match into a rad onc program?.... Also can a rad onc doc be 100% clinical, or is research a requirement?

 

[MHotep]

Scrambling into rad onc is probably tougher than matching into rad onc. Programs need to fill those positions in a year, not in a month.

Second, most radiation oncologists are not scientists, but most individuals who successfully match into radiation oncology have participated in research projects of some kind.