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Today the National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) celebrates Match Day with the applicants, medical schools, and residency training programs participating in the 2022 Main Residency Match®. Match Day is when domestic and international medical school students and graduates learn in which U.S. residency programs they will train. Match Day marks the end of Match Week…

SOAP is the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program. Positions left unfilled after the matching algorithm has been processed are offered to eligible applicants through the SOAP process.

The R3 system offers institutions and programs in the Main Residency Match the option to link an advanced PGY-2 program with a preliminary PGY-1 program to create a full course of training at the same institution for applicants interested in specialties that begin in the PGY-2 year.  In “joining” an advanced (A) PGY-2 program to a…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is excited to announce Match Week for the 2022 Main Residency Match and “Match Day” on Friday, March 18. For Match applicants, Match Day symbolizes the transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education, the day when they learn which residency training program they will attend as they begin their…

Rural Scholars Programs: Students commit to an enriched MS-4 year that focuses on rural health issues and tracks into primary care residency at the institution. Family Medicine Accelerated Programs: Students graduate medical school in three years and make an early commitment to Family Medicine at the institution. Innovative Programs: Students recruited into programs that address a compelling public…

Main Residency Match: Program directors who learn on Monday of Match Week that they did not fill their positions can participate in the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®), provided they notified the NRMP prior to the Quota Change Deadline of the desire to participate in SOAP. Fellowship Matches: Specialties Matching Service® program directors who…

The Match Participation Agreement states that a match between an applicant and a program creates a binding commitment to offer and accept a position and to start training in good faith (i.e., with the intent to complete the program) on the date specified in the appointment contract.  For the Main Residency Match®, the same binding…