CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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International medical graduates are an important component of the Canadian physician workforce. For most international medical graduates, the principal route to obtaining a residency position in Canada is to apply through the second iteration of the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) match. In order to help inform the work toward integrating unlicensed international medical graduates into Canada's health professional workforce, our objectives were to describe the demographic and educational characteristics of international medical graduate CaRMS applicants and identify their preferred clinical disciplines and practice locations. ⋯ Second-iteration international medical graduate CaRMS applicants are a heterogeneous group of physicians, some with substantial medical training and experience and others at an earlier stage of their medical career.