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2023 appointment year was the largest in the 38-year history of the NRMP’s Specialties Matching Service® The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP) has released Results and Data Specialties Matching Service, 2023 Appointment Year for Fellowship Matches conducted by the NRMP’s Specialties Matching Service (SMS®).  The report shows 13,919 active applicants competed for 13,365 fellowship positions…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) celebrates the landmark milestone that is “Match Day” for the 2023 Main Residency Match with residency applicants, training programs, medical schools, and the medical education community. Match Day is the important transition in an aspiring physician’s journey from undergraduate to graduate medical education. In the largest Match in NRMP’s…

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is evaluating the utility of a proposed Rank Order List (ROL) Lock functionality for programs and requests your input.  The public comment period will be open through April 19, 2023, and may be accessed at: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7250540/Public-Comment-Survey-on-Program-Rank-Order-List-Lock-Functionality-2023. We appreciate you taking time to provide your perspective so that discussion about…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has released results for the 2022 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match, the largest fellowship Match which includes 39 subspecialties in internal medicine, pediatrics, addiction, and multidisciplinary specialties. Matched applicants will commence fellowship training in July 2023. History of the combined Match. This is the first year that the former…

The NRMP has created new frequently asked questions around the interview policy and three-year medical education curriculum policy, click here to view the updated frequently asked questions. Q: What does it mean that a program must extend interview offers that equal, not exceed, the total number of available interview slots? A: During the recruitment phase,…

All applicants must be provided no less than 48 hours to accept or reject an interview invitation, see Section 6.2 of the Match Participation Agreement for Programs. Requiring applicants to respond within 24 hours violates Match policy and may result in a violations investigation. The goal of the policy, which aligns with the policy of…

On August 2, 2022, the NRMP published a proposal for a Two-Phase Match to replace the current Match® and Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®) processes, known as Match Week, and issued a call for public comment to evaluate the feasibility of that proposal. Following the call for public comment, the NRMP invited testimony from…

Shining a Light on Match News that Matters This issue of the Illuminator includes: Reminder to upload rising seniors in the R3 system NRMP Board nominations Introduction to the Main Residency Match webinar recording Match Participation Agreements updated Fall DIO meeting scheduled Upcoming deadlines NRMP Transition to Residency Conference The NRMP is pleased to announce…