The road to residency

The AMA is your powerful ally from the classroom to Match, through residency and beyond. Through tireless advocacy, meaningful connections and valuable resources, we are helping reshape our health care system to better take care of medical students like you.

Whether it’s choosing the physician specialty that fits best, preparing for residency interviews or mastering your rank-order list, the AMA helps medical students, IMGs and others navigate their way to a successful residency. 

Access resources from the AMA to successfully navigate your Match journey and beyond.

Make the most of your residency applications

How to create your Match gameplan

Understand residency match slang with this glossary

Match: Which specialties place most residents through SOAP

If you don’t match, take these 5 tips from a SOAP survivor

Match Week FAQ: How to move forward when you don’t match

Discover insights on how to obtain a residency program as an international medical graduate (IMG).

Meet Your Match: An IMG's guide to residency selection with Victor Kolade, MD

IMG residency-applicant interviews: Follow these do’s and don’ts

IMGs: These 4 tips can help you succeed with Match

We know residency is a big deal. Fear not–the AMA has tips, tricks and tools to set you up for success.

Member benefit: FREIDA™ Residency Calculator

FREIDA's Specialty Guide

Applying for residency

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