Once you complete medical school, you must complete a residency to practice medicine. Learn more about the Match, residencies, different specialties, and life as a resident physician.
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The U.S. has maintained a surplus of residency positions for MD and DO graduates from 2010 to 2025, ensuring sufficient training slots despite specialty-specific challenges.
Lee Burnett
Updated February 7, 2026 by Lee Burnett
I’ve written before about the risks residents and fellows take by not utilizing the internal “due process” or appeal mechanisms available to them when facing discipline or even remediation. Court decisions have taught time and again that forgoing an ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated February 27, 2025 by Greg Care
A recent decision out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mares v. Miami Valley Hospital, is a new entry in the persistent confusion and debate about whether, in the eyes of the ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated May 15, 2024 by Greg Care
Residents and fellows in ACGME-accredited training programs know well that “Professionalism” is one of the six core competencies they are to develop during their training. As I have expressed in the past, though, professionalism is a ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated April 17, 2024 by Greg Care
Many residents and fellows in graduate medical education programs who reach out to me for help are already facing the most severe adverse actions possible: termination/dismissal, non-renewal, and non-promotion. (I’ve previously written about prudent steps ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated February 6, 2024 by Greg Care
NRMP would eliminate the SOAP in favor of a two-phase main residency match The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Board of Directors invited public comments on a proposed new residency matching process. The initial match ... Read more
Laura Turner
Updated December 19, 2022 by Laura Turner
No matter where you are in your residency training, a dismissal (or suspension, non-renewal, non-promotion, or even probation) threatens the significant investments of time and money you have put into your medical career. Often, residency ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated August 16, 2022 by Greg Care
Most people who have obtained a residency or fellowship position can breathe a sigh of relief after a successful Match Day – your aspirations have been realized and it is now a mere matter of ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated August 16, 2022 by Greg Care
Are you a resident physician? A fully licensed and board-certified physician? If so, then you are already aware that this long journey is not easy nor is it linear. However, that doesn’t mean that you ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated October 18, 2023 by Student Doctor Network
“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” croons U2 in the song “Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World.” The same could be said for the field of Obstetrics and ... Read more
Bernard Lynch
Updated June 22, 2022 by Bernard Lynch
Hand surgeons are specialists who complete a residency in either orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, or general surgery and then go on to additional competency training in hand and upper extremity surgery. Hand Surgery Training Orthopaedic surgery ... Read more
Nina Lightdale-Miric
Updated June 22, 2022 by Nina Lightdale-Miric
The first year of residency has never been easy. The jump one must make from medical student to doctor feels insurmountable in those early months of July. And the trend beyond that is not linear. ... Read more
Hillary Mullan
Updated June 22, 2022 by Hillary Mullan
Welcome to Match Week 2021! Congratulations to all the fourth-year medical students who have matched into a residency this year. We hope that all students in the SOAP process land a great position. Match 2021 ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated June 22, 2022 by Student Doctor Network
A recently settled whistleblower case brought against a major public hospital in New York City highlights the importance of adequate hospital supervision of medical residents who are enrolled in approved graduate medical education (“GME”) programs. ... Read more
Geoffrey Kaiser
Updated August 16, 2022 by Geoffrey Kaiser
Since I originally published my article about switching residencies, I have been contacted by medical students and many different residents, not just ones thinking about going into Radiology. Some had even already completed residency and a fellowship! Every ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated August 8, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
Are you a resident about to graduate from training? Have you decided that you’re going to start your career by working locum tenens full-time? Are you unsure how or where to start? If so, keep ... Read more
Vladimir Dzhashi
Updated June 23, 2022 by Vladimir Dzhashi
This year, the Match will be unlike any other. Virtual Match. Programs are already gearing up. How are they going to showcase their programs and interview prospective applicants? Applicants are likewise venturing into new territory—how ... Read more
Fred Fishback
Updated August 8, 2022 by Fred Fishback
The number of cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to grow in the United States. As a result, universities are taking extreme precautions to curb the spread of the disease. Duke University, the University ... Read more
Benjamin Shapiro
Updated June 22, 2022 by Benjamin Shapiro
Congratulations! You’ve survived intern year. You’ve recently transitioned into the coveted role of senior resident. I’m sure at this point you have attended a retreat to help ease this transition, but you’re likely still feeling ... Read more
JS Lee
Updated June 23, 2022 by JS Lee