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Residency and The Match

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.

The Importance of Internal Appeal Mechanisms

February 27, 2025February 20, 2025 by Greg Care
Internal Appeal

I’ve written before about the risks residents and fellows take by not utilizing the internal … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags career, feature article, featured, internal appeal, legal, Residency Leave a comment

Are Medical Residents and Fellows Employees or Students?

May 15, 2024May 9, 2024 by Greg Care
Medical Residents: Students or Employees

A recent decision out of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mares v. … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags career, employee, feature article, featured, legal, Residency

The Slippery Concept of “Professionalism” in Residency is a Problem

April 17, 2024April 12, 2024 by Greg Care
Professionalism

Residents and fellows in ACGME-accredited training programs know well that “Professionalism” is one of the … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags feature article, featured, professional dress, professionalism, Residency 1 Comment

Top 5 Steps If You Are Placed on Residency Remediation

February 6, 2024January 25, 2024 by Greg Care
Residency Remediation

Many residents and fellows in graduate medical education programs who reach out to me for … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags feature article, featured, legal, probation, remediation, Residency

Two-Phase Residency Match Proposed by NRMP

December 19, 2022August 4, 2022 by Laura Turner
two phase residency match

NRMP would eliminate the SOAP in favor of a two-phase main residency match The National … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags feature article, featured, medical school, medical student, Residency, The Match, unmatched

5 Steps to Take If You Are Fired From Your Residency Program

August 16, 2022June 24, 2022 by Greg Care
Fired from your Residency Program

No matter where you are in your residency training, a dismissal (or suspension, non-renewal, non-promotion, … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags acgme, featured, medicine, professional development, Residency, resident, terminated

How do I handle a waiver request with the NRMP?

August 16, 2022May 9, 2022 by Greg Care

Most people who have obtained a residency or fellowship position can breathe a sigh of … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, medical school, NRMP, physician, Residency

Ten Resources That You Need To Succeed As A Resident Physician Onwards

October 18, 2023September 19, 2021 by Student Doctor Network

Are you a resident physician? A fully licensed and board-certified physician? If so, then you … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, medical student, medicine, physician, Residency, resident

Why Men Should Consider OB/GYN as a Specialty

June 22, 2022May 27, 2021 by Bernard Lynch

​“A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle,” croons U2 in the … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, medical student, ob-gyn, OB/Gyn, obgyn, premed, premedical 5 Comments

What Does It Take to Become a Hand Surgeon?

June 22, 2022April 15, 2021 by Nina Lightdale-Miric

Hand surgeons are specialists who complete a residency in either orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, or general … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, hand surgeon, medicine, surgery

Stay Safe: A Mantra for New Residents

June 22, 2022April 12, 2021 by Hillary Mullan

The first year of residency has never been easy. The jump one must make from … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, medicine, Residency, self care, stay safe

Match Week 2021

June 22, 2022March 15, 2021 by Student Doctor Network

Welcome to Match Week 2021! Congratulations to all the fourth-year medical students who have matched … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, Match 2021, match week

Beware Hospital Exploitation of Unsupervised Medical Residents

August 16, 2022February 7, 2021 by Geoffrey Kaiser
Resident Fraud

A recently settled whistleblower case brought against a major public hospital in New York City … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, fraud, medicine, Podiatry, residents

The Residency Switch – An Update

August 8, 2022January 7, 2021 by Karen Tran-Harding
Switching Residency

Since I originally published my article about switching residencies, I have been contacted by medical students … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, Residency, switch specialty, switching specialties 2 Comments

7 Steps to Take During Residency to Prepare for a Full-Time Locum Tenens Career​

June 23, 2022September 16, 2020 by Vladimir Dzhashi
Travel map

Are you a resident about to graduate from training? Have you decided that you’re going … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, Residency 1 Comment

Virtual Match: A Guide for Applicants

August 8, 2022August 20, 2020 by Fred Fishback
Applicant Virtual Match

This year, the Match will be unlike any other. Virtual Match. Programs are already gearing … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, The Match, virtual interview

Match Days Cancelled, Pared Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

June 22, 2022March 12, 2020 by Benjamin Shapiro
Match Days Cancelled Due to Coronavirus

The number of cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to grow in the United … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags cancellation, coronavirus, COVID-19, featured, match day

Tips for Senior Residents

June 23, 2022September 23, 2019 by JS Lee

Congratulations! You’ve survived intern year. You’ve recently transitioned into the coveted role of senior resident. … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags featured, medical, Residency, senior resident

Why Some Residency Applicants Don’t Match

June 23, 2022June 27, 2019 by Kunal Sindhu
don't match

Few days have a more profound impact on the lives of physicians in the United … Read more

Categories Unmatched Tags featured, match, medical school, medical student, Residency, unmatched 1 Comment

The Complete Guide to Choosing A Specialty

June 23, 2022May 15, 2019 by Brent Schnipke
guide to choosing a specialty

This article is going to be a conglomerate of other things I’ve written, which are … Read more

Categories Residency and The Match Tags choosing a specialty, clinical rotations, featured, medical school, medical student 2 Comments
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