Background Calls to reform the US resident selection process are growing, given increasing
competition and inefficiencies of the current system. Though numerous reforms have been …

Score reporting for the United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 will change from
a 3-digit number to pass/fail as soon as January 1, 2022. The shift is meant to prevent …

With a 34-percent increase in dermatology residency applications in the past decade,
residency programs are increasingly faced with the daunting task of reviewing more …

Objective Two-tiered preference signaling has been implemented in the radiology residency
application system to reduce congestion in the setting of high-volume applications. Signals …

In May 2020, the Coalition for Physician Accountability recommended that all residency
programs pivot to virtual interviews for the 2020–2021 season. 1 This kept more than 45 000 …

OBJECTIVE The neurosurgery fellowship application process is heterogenous. Therefore,
the authors conducted a survey of individuals graduating from Committee on Advanced …

Background The evolving match process has resulted in increasing pressures on medical
students, residency programs, and medical schools. These pressures have led to calls for …

OBJECTIVE With the advent of virtual interviews, the potential for interview hoarding by
applicants became of greater concern due to lack of financial constraints associated with in …

Objective Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coalition for Physician Accountability's work
group on Medical Students in the class of 2021 made the recommendation in May of 2020 …

Importance Communication between applicants, mentors, and training programs is common
before the residency and fellowship match. Few studies have examined the association of …