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What to know about this year’s physician residency-application cycle

The evolving residency-application process has a few key changes that medical students should keep tabs on. Learn more with the AMA.

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The Road to Residency
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How M4s can make social media an asset during residency applications

From networking, showing your personality and opening a dialogue with your future peers, social media can be a valuable resource for residency applicants.

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The Road to Residency
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What M4s should know about new supplemental applications

If you’re pursuing an internal medicine, dermatology or general surgery residency position, here’s what you need to know about this new application option.

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The Road to Residency
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Residency applications: How M4s should address COVID-19’s impact

The pandemic has upended your medical school experience. Here’s how to address that in your personal statement and residency interviews.

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The Road to Residency
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How demands on residency applicants are growing

Data show medical students are asked to do more to earn a training spot. Time to focus more on making great doctors, not better residency applicants.

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The Road to Residency
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How the pandemic has changed the residency application process

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See daily video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the changes in the residency application process due to COVID-19.

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Pilot offers residency applicants chance to say, “Look at me”

A preference-signaling program in the otolaryngology residency-application process aims to gauge applicants’ interest when it comes to interview invitations.

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How residency programs will view applications in 2021

Circumstances created by the pandemic have changed key aspects of how program directors will view a future physician’s residency application portfolio.

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Key changes recommended to the 2021 residency application cycle

For rising fourth-year medical students, away rotations will be largely discouraged, and residency interviews are likely to take place virtually.

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