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- What is residency? - American Medical Association
Residency serves as a crucial phase in a physician's training, following the completion of medical school It is a supervised clinical training period and an intensive, full-time job—requiring 60-80 hours per week—which provides physicians, also referred to as residents or trainees, with hands-on experience and increasing autonomy in delivering health care under the guidance of experienced
- The AMA Road to Residency Guide - American Medical Association
Residency program interviews offer you the chance to distinguish yourself and detail your unique skills and experiences in ways that an application packet alone cannot Find out more How to rank order your residency programs The Match rank-order list, due a few weeks ahead of the Match Day in March, is a critical step on the road to residency
- AMA guide to starting on your road to residency
The Main Residency Match is a uniform system run by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) to fill the majority of resident matching programs with incoming residents Medical students pursuing specialties submit their rank-order lists by early March of their fourth year and receive news of their matching later that month
- AMA guide to applying for residency programs
Learn how to avoid common pitfalls and make your residency application stand out for the right reasons
- Tips to assess physician residency program fit before applying
Program directors offer guidance on finding the right fit for your GME training by reflecting on goals, doing research and asking key questions
- When residency program signals matter—and when they probably don’t
Applying for residency programs: Fourth-year med students' essential checklist 4 tricks to a successful residency program search The top questions to ask before you submit your residency application When it comes to submitting residency applications, cast a wide net How to distribute signals Signal distribution isn’t equal across all programs
- AMA guide to the post-Match period
AMA Resident and Fellow Section members spoke with students during Match Week They also answered common resident questions on Facebook Learn more at AMA
- Match Day countdown: What medical students must do to prepare
The road to Match Day 2026 has many milestones This guide offers insight on what to do at each step of the physician residency-selection process
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