What the research profiles of this year's 11 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, authorship, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Source: CaRMS program descriptions
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Strong academic and clinical abilities and personal characteristics
- Keen interest in anesthesiology and related subspecialties
- Motivation to learn in a competency based system
- Compassion, professionalism, collegiality and teamwork
- Leadership roles and research experience, described as assets
- A well rounded commitment to serving societal needs
Where research appears
In file review, research is noted when an applicant has significant primary research experience, and scholarly activities are also evaluated at interview.
201 to 400
applicants per year
26 to 50%
interview invite rate
About 52 to 200 Estimate only
interviews per year
Estimate calculated as 201 applicants at a 26 percent invite rate to 400 applicants at a 50 percent invite rate. It is not an interview count stated by the program.
Inference, not the program's wording
The program does not publish exact weights, and research has no separate weight. It is described as an asset in file review and is evaluated at interview, so it can help at both stages.
Gaps: The page states an aim to interview about 60 CMG and 8 to 10 IMG candidates and gives no rank list size, and its own applicant and position counts are not fully consistent.
10 of the 11 residents in this cohort are Canadian medical graduates and 1 is an International Medical Graduate. Schools are shown as a set only and are not matched to the individual profiles below.
0
adjacent specialty research
No indexed publications, preprints, or abstracts were found in public sources, so there is no research bar to display for this profile.
Notable: sustained peer tutoring and a selected student leadership program focused on supportive learning environments.
* Includes 1 paper dated 2026, after match day.
0
adjacent specialty research
Two systematic reviews with meta-analysis, one first authored and one middle authored. The first-authored review is directly relevant to anesthesia and the other sits in another medical field. The relevant paper carries a 2026 date, so it may have been listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication at the time of the match, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking against this profile.
Notable: presented review work at national and international scientific meetings.
Papers by an unconnected author with a similar name were reviewed and excluded.
0
adjacent specialty research
Three published papers, all in health systems topics rather than anesthesia, with 2 in a first or second author position. None is directly relevant to anesthesia or critical care.
Notable: education resource development for undergraduate medical learners, anesthesia education content, and advocacy work.
Journal details for the three counted papers were not listed in the original research and were taken as reported.
0
adjacent specialty research
No publications, abstracts, or posters were found despite searches across public databases and student research award lists, so there is no research bar to display for this profile.
Notable: prior clinical work in a healthcare profession before and during medical school. No presentations, teaching, or leadership roles were found in public sources.
One paper with a matching name was reviewed and excluded because its institution and timeline do not fit this resident.
0
adjacent specialty research
One second-authored scoping review in a clinical area outside anesthesia, published before the match. It counts as other medical.
Notable: science writing and involvement in anesthesia education initiatives, neither of which is counted.
One 2026 paper under a similar but differently spelled author name, with a different institution, was excluded as an unconfirmed match.
* Includes 1 paper dated 2026, after match day.
1
adjacent specialty research
The only directly relevant paper is a sole-authored perspective piece, so it carries no new data. The second-authored paper is the cohort's only critical care crossover, and the remaining paper sits outside anesthesia. The relevant paper carries a 2026 date, so it may have been listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
Notable: presented preliminary findings at a national scientific meeting, and is involved in online anesthesia education outreach.
0
adjacent specialty research
One first-authored analysis completed during medical school. It sits outside anesthesia, so it counts as other medical.
Notable: basic science research experience before medical school, which is not counted, and an organizing role on a medical education conference.
Pre-medicine basic science papers were excluded from the counts as unrelated to anesthesia.
* Includes 1 paper listed as in press at match day.
0
adjacent specialty research
One directly relevant paper in a middle author position, and one second-authored paper outside anesthesia. The second paper was listed as in press, so it was most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication at the time of the match, which is worth keeping in mind when benchmarking against this profile.
Notable: presented a research project at regional and international meetings, along with open-access education work and student interest group leadership.
One non-medical paper under a similar name was excluded as an unconfirmed match.
0
adjacent specialty research
One middle-authored clinical trial report on a large collaborative byline. It is original clinical research but sits outside anesthesia, so it counts as other medical.
Notable: no public records of extracurricular or leadership activity were found, though such roles are often recorded only on restricted institutional platforms.
0
adjacent specialty research
No publications, preprints, abstracts, posters, or case reports were found despite searches across public databases and researcher profile sites, so there is no research bar to display for this profile.
Notable: prior healthcare experience before medical school. No awards, teaching, or committee work were found in public sources.
One paper with a matching name was reviewed and excluded because its timing does not fit this resident and nothing ties it to them.
0
adjacent specialty research
The strongest specialty relevant record in the cohort, with all three papers second authored and two directly relevant to anesthesia. The relevant work is methods oriented rather than a pure literature summary, and the third paper sits outside anesthesia.
Notable: led a quality improvement project related to anesthesia, shared as a conference output and not counted as a publication.
Additional items reported in the original research could not be independently confirmed, or were conference outputs or repository documents, and are excluded from the counts above.
Written descriptions on this page are intentionally general to protect resident privacy. Counts and authorship figures are unchanged.
Reading this data
Research output in this cohort is low and uneven. The average is 1.5 confirmed publications per resident, three residents show none, and no one has more than three. Only 4 of 11 have any directly anesthesia relevant paper, and just 1 shows critical care crossover, so a specialty specific publication record is the exception here rather than the norm.
What this cohort has more of is non-research depth: education and curriculum work, interest group and leadership roles, and prior clinical careers. For an applicant, the pattern suggests that a small amount of specialty relevant research, paired with sustained involvement in anesthesia education, leadership, or clinical background, was enough to appear in this cohort. Program weightings may change from year to year.
All data on this page was gathered from publicly available sources and verified to a high but not absolute degree of confidence. This profile is intended to give prospective applicants a general sense of what previously matched residents looked like, not to serve as a definitive or exhaustive record.
