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United States of America (USA)
In North America, medical residency programs are offered primarily in the United States and Canada, with structured accreditation systems and centralized application processes.
Application system: ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) → then matched through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), also known as “The Match.”
Accreditation: All residency programs are accredited by the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education).
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University hospitals (e.g., Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Mayo Clinic)
Academic medical centers
Community hospitals affiliated with universities
Some military hospitals (through the U.S. military match)
Examples of well-known U.S. residency programs:
Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard)
Mayo Clinic (Minnesota, Arizona, Florida)
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
Cleveland Clinic (Ohio)
UCSF Medical Center (California)
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Canada
Application system: CaRMS (Canadian Resident Matching Service).
Accreditation: Programs are accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (specialties) and the College of Family Physicians of Canada (family medicine).
Settings:
Major academic health centers (e.g., University of Toronto, McGill, UBC, McMaster)
Teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools
Examples of major residency sites in Canada:
University Health Network (Toronto)
Vancouver General Hospital (UBC)
McGill University Health Centre (Montreal)
Foothills Medical Centre (Calgary)
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