Residency

Match: How students can flip the script during residency interviews

This proactive approach to the residency interview process can pay major dividends for medical students as they try to find the perfect match.

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Specialty Profiles

Applying to more than 1 medical specialty? What you should know

From process to potential pitfalls, there’s much for applicants applying to multiple specialties in their residency program search to keep tabs on.

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Residency

What factors do applicants weigh most when picking residency programs?

What are the top factors you are considering in your medical residency search? How do they compare with other applicants’ wants?

Match

FREIDA™ Program Administration Resources

View and modify program director and contact person information, such as name and address, or post a vacant position on FREIDA.

Match

Match: Ease onus on applicants to separate PGY-1, PGY-2 spots

Ophthalmology and urology will continue to have their own matches, but more can be done to make life easier for medical students seeking entry into these fields.

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Match

Inside the numbers behind the record-setting 2019 Match

Get the lowdown on specialty competitiveness, how primary care fared and how many osteopathic medical students took part. Also, some essential advice for those who didn’t match.

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Match

If you’re feeling disappointed on Match Day, you are not alone

If things don’t go according to your plan on Match Day, you aren’t alone. Here’s what former med students had to say about Match Day disappointment.

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Match

No match for you? SOAP offers last-minute options

The Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program is a vehicle through which eligible unmatched applicants in the Match can find a residency position.

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