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.
Medical School, News, Residency and The Match
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
Published on: August 11, 2025
I’ve written before about the risks residents and fellows take by not utilizing the internal ... Read more
Greg Care
Published on: February 20, 2025
A recent decision out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mares v. ... Read more
Greg Care
Published on: May 9, 2024
Residents and fellows in ACGME-accredited training programs know well that “Professionalism” is one of the ... Read more
Greg Care
Published on: April 12, 2024
Many residents and fellows in graduate medical education programs who reach out to me for ... Read more
Greg Care
Published on: January 25, 2024
NRMP would eliminate the SOAP in favor of a two-phase main residency match The National ... Read more
Laura Turner
Published on: August 4, 2022
No matter where you are in your residency training, a dismissal (or suspension, non-renewal, non-promotion, ... Read more
Greg Care
Published on: June 24, 2022
Most people who have obtained a residency or fellowship position can breathe a sigh of ... Read more
Greg Care
Published on: May 9, 2022
Are you a resident physician? A fully licensed and board-certified physician? If so, then you ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Published on: September 19, 2021
“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” croons U2 in the ... Read more
Bernard Lynch
Published on: May 27, 2021
Hand surgeons are specialists who complete a residency in either orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, or general ... Read more
Nina Lightdale-Miric
Published on: April 15, 2021
The first year of residency has never been easy. The jump one must make from ... Read more
Hillary Mullan
Published on: April 12, 2021
Welcome to Match Week 2021! Congratulations to all the fourth-year medical students who have matched ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Published on: March 15, 2021
A recently settled whistleblower case brought against a major public hospital in New York City ... Read more
Geoffrey Kaiser
Published on: February 7, 2021
Since I originally published my article about switching residencies, I have been contacted by medical students ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Published on: January 7, 2021
Are you a resident about to graduate from training? Have you decided that you’re going ... Read more
Vladimir Dzhashi
Published on: September 16, 2020
This year, the Match will be unlike any other. Virtual Match. Programs are already gearing ... Read more
Fred Fishback
Published on: August 20, 2020
The number of cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to grow in the United ... Read more
Benjamin Shapiro
Published on: March 12, 2020
Congratulations! You’ve survived intern year. You’ve recently transitioned into the coveted role of senior resident. ... Read more
JS Lee
Published on: September 23, 2019