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NRMP® Publishes Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Specialties Matching Service®

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Monday, August 21, 2023

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

Key Points: 
  • The sample size of applicants who consented to provide demographic data for research for the 2023 appointment year was 11,409 which equals 81.2 percent of fellowship Match applicants.
  • To ensure applicant confidentiality, only those characteristics that yielded large enough response sizes are included in the report.
  • Utilizing the Report.
  • In addition to Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Specialties Matching Service® report, the NRMP recently published Charting Outcomes™: Demographic Characteristics of Applicants in the Main Residency Match® and SOAP® report.

NRMP® releases the 2023 Main Residency Match Results and Data report, the most trusted data resource for the Main Residency Match®

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP) has published its 2023 Main Residency Match Results and Data report, the comprehensive data resource for the Main Residency Match and its participants. The report documents matches by specialty and applicant type, trends in applicant match rates, applicant preferred specialty, and the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®).

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP) has published its 2023 Main Residency Match Results and Data report , the comprehensive data resource for the Main Residency Match and its participants.
  • We are so pleased that The Match continues to provide consistent and reliable results and that the Match data offers value to the community."
  • In the 2023 Main Residency Match, there were a total of 27,184 active U.S. seniors (MD and DO seniors combined).
  • There were a record number 18,312 categorical primary care positions offered in the 2023 Main Residency Match.

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

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Monday, May 1, 2023

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

Key Points: 
  • Interactive demographic data reporting to inform the national conversation about applicant Match experience, biases in residency recruitment, and improvements to the transition to residency.
  • WASHINGTON, May 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.

Osteopathic Medical Students Find Residency in Record Numbers

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Bethesda, MD, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) announced that an all-time high 7776 graduating osteopathic medical students (DOs) landed residency positions in 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Bethesda, MD, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) announced that an all-time high 7776 graduating osteopathic medical students (DOs) landed residency positions in 2023.
  • “The entire osteopathic medical community is proud of our students’ commitment, tenacity and success,” said Robert Cain, DO, President and CEO of AACOM.
  • “To achieve these numbers even with a record number of medical students looking for placements, is a testament to our colleges of osteopathic medicine and to the abilities and talents of our students.”
    These final placement numbers reflect all the avenues graduating students have for residency placement.
  • DO students take the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX-USA) for graduation and licensure.

NRMP® Publishes Comprehensive Data Book for Fellowship Matches

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- 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. 

Key Points: 
  • 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.
  • The number of fellowship positions per active U.S. MD graduate was 1.83 for the 2023 appointment year, 0.07 more than last year.
  • The ratio of fellowship positions to all active applicants was 0.96 for the 2023 appointment year, 0.03 more than last year.

WesternU COMP and COMP-Northwest celebrate 100% residency placement on Match Day

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Friday, March 24, 2023

Match Day is celebrated across the U.S. as fourth-year medical students learn which U.S. residency programs they will train in for the next three to seven years.

Key Points: 
  • Match Day is celebrated across the U.S. as fourth-year medical students learn which U.S. residency programs they will train in for the next three to seven years.
  • Western University of Health Sciences' COMP and COMP-Northwest celebrated 100% residency placement on Match Day.
  • COMP held its Match Day celebration on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario, California.
  • "Match Day represents the first day in the next part of a medical student's training journey," said COMP-Northwest Vice Dean Mandi Hudson, DO '09.

Record-breaking NRMP Match produces 7,132 new DO residents

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Friday, March 17, 2023

CHICAGO, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Breaking records from all previous matches, the 2023 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) matched 7,132 osteopathic medical students and past DO graduates into postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residency positions. Reaching another all-time high, 91.6% of the 7,436 participating DO students matched into residency programs in 37 specialties.

Key Points: 
  • The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) represents more than 178,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs) and osteopathic medical students.
  • Reaching another all-time high, 91.6% of the 7,436 participating DO students matched into residency programs in 37 specialties.
  • Overall, the number of osteopathic fourth-year students who matched into PGY1 positions increased by 0.3% from last year.
  • This year's Match resulted in increased placements for DO residents in family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics.

NRMP® Celebrates Match Day by Publishing the Results of a Record-Breaking 2023 Main Residency Match®

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Friday, March 17, 2023

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) celebrates the landmark milestone that is "Match Day" for the 2023 Main Residency Match with residency applicants, training programs, medical schools, and the medical education community.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) celebrates the landmark milestone that is "Match Day" for the 2023 Main Residency Match with residency applicants, training programs, medical schools, and the medical education community.
  • "The 2023 Main Residency Match proved once again to be a highly successful Match with outstanding results for participants.
  • There were 48,156 total applicants registered in the 2023 Main Residency Match, an increase of 481 applicants over last year.
  • SOAP results will be available in the 2023 Main Residency Match Results and Data Book, which is published in the Spring.

NRMP® to Reveal 2023 Main Residency Match® Results for Almost 43,000 Resident Physician Applicants Next Week

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Friday, March 10, 2023

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is excited to celebrate Match Week for the 2023 Main Residency Match with residency applicants, institutions, programs, medical schools, and the medical education community.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, March 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) is excited to celebrate Match Week for the 2023 Main Residency Match with residency applicants, institutions, programs, medical schools, and the medical education community.
  • For applicants, the Main Residency Match process begins in September during the final year of medical school, when they apply to residency programs of their choice.
  • ET on Friday, March 17, with Match Day when residency applicants learn where they matched, and programs learn the results of the Match.
  • Additional data, including SOAP outcomes, will be published in the 2023 Main Residency Match Results and Data Book later this Spring.

NRMP's Transition to Residency Conference to be held October 6 - 8, 2022 in Coronado Island

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is pleased to announce the return of its national in-person stakeholder conference, Transition to Residency , on October 6 8, 2022 on Coronado Island near San Diego, CA.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is pleased to announce the return of its national in-person stakeholder conference, Transition to Residency , on October 6 8, 2022 on Coronado Island near San Diego, CA.
  • The conference provides an opportunity for members of the medical education community, including learners, to network, collaborate, and have in-depth conversations about the transition to residency and opportunities for improvement and challenges it faces.
  • "We're looking forward to welcoming attendees to Coronado Island and providing a forum for in-person learning, collaborating, and networking," said NRMP President and CEO Donna L. Lamb, DHSc, MBA, BSN.
  • The Transition to Residency conference will launch a year-long anniversary campaign that examines how the NRMP has served and supported the medical education community for seven decades and its vision for the next 70 years.