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AMA Road to Residency Guide
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Understand residency match slang with this glossary

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Thriving in Residency

How training location, specialty affect where doctors go after GME

Aug 28, 2025 | 5 Min Read
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Pre-residency boot camps prep med school grads for new realities

There’s often a gap between what residency directors expect from new residents and what they actually know how to do. Weeklong, specialty-specific crash courses aim to rectify that.

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You matched! Now here’s what to expect when you’re interning

The early stages of your residency aren’t about thriving—they are about surviving. But this hard-won wisdom will help you stay afloat.

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Med schools, residency programs should sync up to boost training

UME and GME need to move beyond a culture that sees med students and residents as different species and find a common language—and metrics—for both.

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Medical schools overhaul transition to residency programs

Four medical schools are trying to bridge the curriculum gap between medical school and internship. Innovations to improve competency, leadership and patient care make the transition to residency easier.

Residency Prep
Navigating through the first year of residency
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Graduating med students: Make a successful transition to residency

Move from med school to hospital training easier by adopting seven principles for working in a clinical setting. Get off to a good start with hard-earned lessons from a chief resident on how to survive your first grueling year as an intern.

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Your checklist for success in your third year of med school

After two years of lectures, labs and exams, plunging into the third year of medical school is an exciting time. As you transition from the classroom to clinic, here’s a checklist of tasks you’ll need to track as you apply for residency programs.

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Succeeding in Medical School
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"Opportunities galore": M4 students talk graduation, residency

After making it through the Match and a final year of medical school, M4 students are ready to be called “doctor.” “I feel like opportunities galore await us now,” said George “Bud” Vana, MD, who graduated this month from the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

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