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Applicant Characteristics Associated with Program Rank Order Lists – In this session, Sara Balestrieri, PhD, ScM (NRMP) and Christopher Feddock, MD, MBA, MS (NBME) examines how key applicant characteristics — such as applicant type and USMLE performance — shape residency program rankings. Covering multiple specialties, including Family Medicine, OB/GYN, Otolaryngology, Pathology, and Diagnostic Radiology, this…

Program Signaling: Functionality, Directionality, and Outcomes in the Match – Presented by Sheila Pakdaman, PhD, MS (NRMP®), Dana Dunleavy, PhD (AAMC), and Daniel Jurich, PhD (NBME), this session explores prior research on program signals and introduces new analyses on their current impact on ranking and Match outcomes.  Focusing on General Surgery and Otolaryngology, the discussion…

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) along with representatives from the Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Vascular Surgery specialties, recently hosted a webinar designed to assist institutional and program staff in participating in the 2026 Voluntary Program Rank Order List (ROL) Lock pilot. The webinar provides an overview of the Voluntary Program ROL Lock pilot, discusses…

Mark Your Calendars – 2025 NRMP Stakeholder Conference! The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is pleased to announce the 2025 Transition to Residency: Conversations Across the Medical Education Continuum meeting will gather learners, undergraduate and graduate medical educators, program directors, national organization leadership, and other stakeholders in the Nation’s capital to exchange ideas, share projects,…

NRMP partnered with the AAMC’s ERAS program and ResidencyCAS to host a Navigating Match Week and SOAP for Applicants webinar. The webinar and slide presentation provides an overview of the 2025 Main Residency Match Week and SOAP, including important deadlines, information on how SOAP will work with multiple application services, and policy information. Application service representatives…

Chief of Match Operations Jeanette Calli recently hosted an educational webinar designed to assist program staff with Match Week and the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). The webinar provides an overview about preparing for Match Week, obtaining your program’s Match results, important policy information, and navigating SOAP in the NRMP’s Registration, Ranking, and Results…

The NRMP partnered with the AAMC’s ERAS program and ResidencyCAS to host a Navigating Match Week and SOAP for Medical Schools webinar. The webinar provides an overview of the 2025 Match Week and SOAP, including important deadlines, information on how SOAP will work with multiple application services, and policy information. Application service representatives answered questions…

NRMP Chief Operating Officer Laurie Curtin, PhD, and Senior Manager of Policy and Compliance David Dojcsak-Sparks, MBA, recently hosted a webinar designed to help program staff learn and understand important Match policy for the Specialties Matching Service (SMS) matches. This presentation covers new policies in the 2024 SMS Match Participation Agreements, important refreshers on existing…

The interactive report will dive into unique demographic characteristics of fellowship Match applicants. The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is pleased to publish Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Specialties Matching Service® focused on data from fellowship Match applicants in 82 subspecialties for the 2023 appointment year. The NRMP’s Charting Outcomes™ demographic data…