Gallinger, John

Ouellette, Michel

Peters, Eric

Turriff, Lisa

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Canadian Medical Education Journal 2020, 11(6) Correspondence:	Lisa	Turriff;	email:	lturriff@carms.ca	 e193 Canadian	Medical	Education	Journal	Letters	to	the	Editor	Response	to	letter	to	the	editor	re:	“CaRMS	at	50”	Réponse	à	votre	letter	concernant	l’article	«	Les	50	ans	du	CaRMS	»		John Gallinger,1 Michel Ouellette,1 Eric Peters,2 Lisa Turriff1 1Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), Ontario, Canada 2Paediatric Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario, Canada  Published: December 8, 2020 CMEJ 2020, 11(6), e193 Available at http://www.cmej.ca © 2020 Gallinger, Ouellette, Peters, Turriff; licensee Synergies Partners https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.71390 This	is	an	Open	Journal	Systems	article	distributed	under	the	terms	of	the	Creative	Commons	Attribution	License	(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)	which	permits	unrestricted	use,	distribution,	and	reproduction	in	any	medium,	provided	the	original	work	is	properly	citedWe have read Mr. MacFarlane’s letter1 in response to our paper, “CaRMS at 50: Making the match for medical education.”2 The purpose of the article was to provide a retrospective of CaRMS’ five decades of service to the medical education community, and as such focused on the evolution of areas of the application, selection and match process that fall within CaRMS’ purview. The issues raised in Mr. MacFarlane’s letter—the policies governing match eligibility criteria and position streaming—are squarely outside of CaRMS’ domain and were therefore not addressed. Canada’s postgraduate medical residency matching program is complex, and CaRMS is one of many organizations that work collaboratively in this space. As Mr. MacFarlane himself acknowledges, match eligibility criteria are set by the faculties of medicine and provincial Ministries of Health. CaRMS’ role is to administer a fair, objective, reliable and transparent application and matching service that operates within the bounds of this policy rubric.  While CaRMS’ role as an independent, impartial steward of the match precludes us from advocating on issues of policy, CaRMS is deeply committed to fairness and equity. These are the principles on which the organization was founded, and they remain our primary focus within our area of responsibility. CaRMS places the utmost importance on ensuring that the processes we administer are fair and transparent within the established policy context. The online application and match process itself (including the algorithm that determines match results) do not distinguish between different types of eligible applicants. CMGs, IMGs and USMGs all benefit from a common timetable and tool set, as well as the same client service resources and access points.  We are aware of and sympathetic to the concerns voiced regarding the challenges international medical graduates can face within the Canadian postgraduate residency application, selection and matching system. CaRMS is always eager and willing to be a part of meaningful conversations on matters of interest and concern to our partners throughout the medical education community—and this topic is no exception. References 1. MacFarlane M. Re: CaRMS at 50: Can Med Ed J 2020 https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.71154 2. Turriff L, Gallinger J, Ouellette M, Peters E. CaRMS at 50: Making the match for medical education. Can Med Ed J 2020 Apr.22 [cited 2020Nov.12];11(3):e133-e140. https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.69786 

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