Why Match Policy Matters
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The NRMP has a long-standing reputation for maintaining a matching program that meets its core mission: to provide services that are fair, transparent, equitable, efficient, and reliable. To help achieve this mission, the NRMP offers a robust set of policies and procedures that provide clear guidance on Match participation. The NRMP’s Match policies also protect the rights and responsibilities of all constituents to receive and promote professional and ethical behavior.
Policies That Are Central To Processing A Match
The NRMP is deeply committed to policies that ensure all Match participants a clear path through the matching process. Our Match policies highlight the unique eligibility requirements for Match participation, emphasize the right of every individual to rank confidentially and without coercion, and ensure accountability when a binding commitment is compromised, or other transgression of policy may occur.
Policies That Are Central To Maintaining Equity And Transparency Across The Transition
The NRMP also has cultivated policies that speak to the entire transition to residency experience. We believe applicants and programs alike deserve access to honest information about each other that drives informed decisions about recruitment, matching, and training. Match participants also deserve a level of professionalism that respects and fosters healthy communication and interpersonal interaction. The ability of the NRMP to partner with other organizations engaged in the transition to residency and to combine rich data sources allows for projects that address critical issues related to the application, ranking, and matching processes as well as applicant training outcomes and career trajectories.
The NRMP is a resource to all participants, and its Match policies are designed to address issues both specific to the Match as well as adjacent to it. Match policies are but one piece in the broader framework of the NRMP to achieve its mission of providing Match experiences built on accountability, equity, fairness, and transparency.