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May 2023 Illuminator

Shining a Light on Match News that Matters

This issue of the Illuminator includes:

NRMP® Publishes First-Ever Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Main Residency Match®

Interactive demographic data reporting to inform the national conversation about applicant Match experience, biases in residency recruitment, and improvements to the transition to residency.

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has published its first-ever Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Main Residency Match from the 2022 and 2023 Main Residency Matches. The NRMP’s interactive report represents the first among medical education organizations to take a comprehensive look at applicant demographic data characteristics as they relate specifically to preferred medical specialty choice and Match outcomes. The first release of the interactive report generates comprehensive demographic profiles for applicants in 41 medical specialties and encourages users to explore interactive data visualizations. Unique data collection variables include childhood urbanicity and first-generation college status.

“While other organizations routinely report on applicant characteristics with respect to medical school enrollment, residency application and recruitment, and the medical profession, the NRMP’s collection of applicant demographic data helps broaden the national conversation to identify how applicant characteristics are associated with preferred specialty choice and Match outcomes,” says NRMP President and CEO Donna L. Lamb, DHSc, MBA, BSN. “This effort by the NRMP establishes vital and nuanced insight into the UME and GME transition and where potential biases may reside.”

View the Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Main Residency Match.

NRMP Publishes Comprehensive Data Book for Fellowship Matches

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 offered by 5,734 programs.

The NRMP formalized its Specialties Matching Service in 1984 and conducted its first fellowship Match that year for Colon & Rectal Surgery. Currently, the Specialties Matching Service has grown to include 73 subspecialties in 20 separate fellowship Matches occurring year-round.

“We are so proud of the NRMP’s long-standing history providing fellowship matching as physicians move from their residency training into their subspecialty training,” said NRMP President and CEO Donna L. Lamb, DHSc, MBA, BSN. “We were especially pleased this year to see the increase in the number of matched applicants among all applicant types.”

The NRMP was excited to welcome Addiction Medicine and Addiction Psychiatry to the SMS as well as Headache Medicine returned to the Match for the 2023 appointment year after last participating for the 2018 appointment year.

Read the entire press release and view the entire Results and Data Specialties Matching Service, 2023 Appointment Year for Fellowship Matches report.

NRMP’s 70th Anniversary

Missing all the Match Week emotions? Check out our newest video following the journey of 2023 Main Residency Match applicants through the Match process and all the emotions that come with it – interviews, rank order lists, Match Week, and ultimately, Match Day!

Watch the video

We need your historical Match photos and materials! If you have archived Match photos, videos, or other communication materials that you would like to share with the NRMP, we’d love to hear from you! We are looking for historical Match materials to share during the year-long 70th anniversary campaign. Please contact media@nrmp.org with any questions and materials you would like to share!

Score Verification Reminder

USMLE/COMLEX Score Verification

for Medical School Officials and Administrators

Deadline is May 31

The NRMP asks medical school officials and administrators to verify, and update if necessary, the USMLE and COMLEX pass status and scores of students and graduates who participated in the 2023 Main Residency Match by May 31, 2023 at 5 p.m. ET. Verification in the R3 system ensures that we possess the most accurate applicant data for our reports and publications, including Charting Outcomes in the Match.

View our support guides for step-by-step instructions on how to verify:

MD Medical Schools
DO Medical Schools

NRMP’s Transition to Residency Conference

The NRMP invites you to attend its national stakeholder conference, Transition to Residency, on October 5 – 7, 2023 in Boston. Early bird registration is available now until August 4, 2023. Register today!

Have an idea for improving the transition to residency? Submit a session proposal!

The NRMP wants to hear your ideas on how to improve the transition to residency! We invite you to submit your proposal for a breakout session focused on topics ranging from virtual recruitment and its impact on stakeholders to improving equity of experience for applicants, mental well-being during medical school and residency, and building more diverse research populations. 

Key content areas include:

• Transition from medical school to residency

• Social and environmental influences

• Innovation in projects and research

The deadline to submit your proposal is May 31 at 9 pm ET.

Upcoming Dates

Forensic Pathology, Laryngology, Pediatric Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Vascular Neurology

  • May 3, 12:00 p.m. ET: Match Day

Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology, Hand Surgery

  • May 3, 9:00 p.m. ET: Rank Order List Certification Deadline

Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Headache Medicine

  • May 17, 12:00 p.m. ET: Match Opens

Epilepsy & Clinical Neurophysiology, Hand Surgery

  • May 17, 12:00 p.m. ET: Match Day

Radiology, Surgical Oncology

  • May 17, 11:59 p.m. ET: Quota Change Deadline

Radiology, Surgical Oncology

  • May 31, 9:00 p.m. ET: Rank Order List Certification Deadline

Careers at NRMP

NRMP is growing to meet the needs of the community. We currently have one position open: 

  • Human Resources Manager

For more information, please visit our Careers page. NRMP is an equal opportunity employer.