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
Updated October 27, 2025 by Lee Burnett
I’ve written before about the risks residents and fellows take by not utilizing the internal ... 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. ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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, ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... 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. ... Read more
JS Lee
Updated June 23, 2022 by JS Lee
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