What the research profiles of this year's 3 incoming residents actually look like, by specialty relevance, authorship, and notable activity, not just publication count.
Selection weights
Selection weights not published
What the program says it looks for
- Demonstrated interest in orthopedic surgery, shown through electives
- Three specialist references, using the Canada wide structured reference letter
- CanMEDS attributes
- Academic excellence
- Research experience, listed among the program's goals
- At interview, the ability to explain previous research experiences
Where research appears
File review lists demonstrated initiative and follow through, which is not research specific on its face. Interviews cover past research, and the curriculum requires a project in each of R1 to R4 and one completed manuscript.
51 to 200
applicants per year
76 to 100%
interview invite rate
CaRMS statistics shown are for the CMG stream only.
Inference, not the program's wording
Research has no separate published weight. With a high invite rate, most reviewed files are invited, so research is unlikely to decide interviews and, if it matters at all, matters more at final ranking.
CaRMS showed only a CMG variant for this program, so IMG stream figures are not reported here, and the inference above is not proven by the program page.
Schools are shown as a set only and are not matched to the individual research profiles below, since with a cohort this small that pairing would make individuals identifiable.
One first authored orthopedic case report on shoulder arthroplasty, published in Cureus in 2023, alongside a middle authored cross sectional survey on cancer screening in primary care, published in the Journal of Family and Community Medicine, which counts as other medical. The record is small, but it is the only one in this cohort with a first authored case report and the only one with work outside orthopedics.
One paper under a similar name was reviewed and excluded because it did not match this resident's profile.
Notable: no presentations, activities, leadership roles or awards found in public sources.
* Published after match day (online May 2026), potentially submitted prior to application.
A single first authored scoping review on autologous bone marrow aspirate for impaired fracture healing, published in Injury. It is a literature review in orthopedic trauma rather than an original clinical study. No further publications were found in public sources, which does not mean none exist.
Notable: no presentations, activities, leadership roles or awards found in public sources.
* One paper published after match day (August 2026), most likely listed on the original application as in preparation or pending publication.
Highest volume in the cohort, with four retrospective clinical studies, all in arthroplasty, published in the Journal of Orthopaedics and the Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. Topics span knee implant subsidence, prosthetic joint infection and perioperative risk. All four are middle authored (6th to 9th position) within one arthroplasty research group, so none counts toward first or second authorship, and none is a new protocol.
Notable: contributed to a quality improvement abstract on the appropriateness of knee arthroscopy during medical school, and holds a prior BSc (field not stated).
Reading this data
Volume and shape diverge across this cohort. PGY1-C has the largest record, four papers all in orthopedic arthroplasty, but every one is middle authored from a single research group. PGY1-A and PGY1-B each lead one paper as first author, a case report and a scoping review, and PGY1-A is the only resident with any work outside the specialty.
Orthopedic relevance runs through every profile, and output ranges from 1 to 4 papers, so these profiles show a variety of shapes rather than a single bar to clear. Program weightings may change from year to year.
