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Graduating students reflect on the 2014 Match: "Do what's best for you"

The dust surrounding the 2014 National Resident Matching Program has settled, and about 94.4 percent of U.S. allopathic seniors were placed into residency positions. After the anxiety of the long wait and the joy during Match Week, students now are turning their attention toward their futures.

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Graduating medical students meet their Match

More than 17,000 U.S. allopathic medical school seniors and 16,000 other applicants participated in a physician rite of passage this week—the Match. From finding out whether they matched to a residency program to the final reveal of where they will be working on Friday, Match Week is fraught with nerves, emotions and lots of tradition.

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Nearly 78% of applicants place in largest specialty Match

New specialty data from the National Resident Matching Program reveals that the 2014 appointment year was the largest in the history of the Specialty Matching Service (SMS), which matches advanced residency and fellowship positions. 

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Medical students share Match reactions on Twitter

Many fourth-year medical students experienced a stressful, then joyous Monday, the first day of some National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) results. 

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U. of Arkansas wins AMA-MSS Event of the Month award

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine's Residency Fair Speed Dating Event earned the school the AMA-Medical Student Section's Event of the Month Award.

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Primary care tops osteopathic match placements

More than half of osteopathic medical students and recent graduates matched into primary care residency programs, according to the AOA.

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As Match Day approaches, med students feel anxiety, relief

The National Resident Matching Program will occur the week of March 17. Fourth-year medical students are anxiously awaiting their results, having spent hours preparing, interviewing and ranking.

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As Match Day approaches, a look at GME bottleneck

Seven schools recently applied for accreditation with the LCME, indicative of a burgeoning trend in medical education that may contribute to even more of a bottleneck for students seeking residency positions.

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Development of evidence-based medicine explored in oral history video

A new video released through the JAMA Network and the BMJ captures the achievements of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and explains what remains to be done, as explained by pioneers in the field.Leaders in EBM were invited to participate in the oral history event and filming, and the interviews were woven together to...

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