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THE OFFICE OF RESIDENCY AND CAREER PLANNING

 

Residency Application & The Matches

 

Time Table: Career Development Related Activities
<> Early Match-related events

 


Year I

August

  • White Coat Ceremony, Orientation
September
  • Foundations of Clinical Medicine: Physical Diagnosis, Interviewing Program, Family Clinic, Science of Clinical Practice
October-June
  • Medical Apprentice Program (MAP)
    Interest Group Meetings, Medical Specialty Sessions
    Launch Careers in Medicine Program
January
  • Area of Concentration Fair
SUMMER

  • Seriously consider doing a research project

Year II

 

August-May

  • Foundations of Clinical Medicine: As year one plus Core Physician Development Program
  • Medical Apprentice Program (MAP)
  • Interest Group Meetings, Medical Specialty Sessions
  • Careers in Medicine Program

January

  • Area of Concentration Fair

Year III

 

July-June

  • Core Clerkships
  • Consider utilizing AAMC Careers in Medicine Program

 

February-March
  • SOM Career Pathway workshops

 

March
  • Update C.V.

 

April-June
  • Initial interviews with Deans (Aach & Smith) for Residency & Career Planning
  • Narrow interests to one or a few specialties, Consider Type B electives in those areas
  • Register for the Early Matches (Neurology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Urology)
  • Network (Advisors, Attendings, house staff)
  • Begin obtaining information about individual residency programs

 

Year IV

 

July-September
  • Type B electives in area(s) of major interest
  • Make final decision about medical specialty
July
  • Request Letters of Recommendation for Early Matches
August
  • ERAS web site opens for non-Early Match residencies
  • Send completed applications to CAS for the Early Matches
September
  • Request letters of recommendation for ERAS programs
September-Early October
  • Complete ERAS applications and submit
October-November
  • Typical time for Early Match program visits
November 1
  • Universal release date for Dean's Letter (MSPE)
November-January
  • Visits to residency programs using ERAS and the NRMP
December
  • Military Match results announces
January

Rank Order lists sent to CAS for Early Match programs, results announced

  • Jan. 8-04: ENT - Deadline for submitting Otolaryngology list
  • Jan. 16-04: ENT - Otolaryngology match results released
  • Jan. 9-04: Urology - Deadline for submitting Urology list
  • Jan. 26-04: Urology - Urology match results released
  • Jan. 9-04: Ophthamology - Deadline for ophthalmalogy list
  • Jan. 23-04: Ophthamology - Ophthalmalogy match results released
  • Jan. 20-04: Neurology - Deadline for neurology list
  • Jan. 30-04: Neurology - Neurology match results released
  • Jan. 17-04: Neurosurgery - Deadline for submitting neurosurgery list
  • Jan. 27-04: Neurosurgery - Neurosurgery match results released


January-March

NRMP Dates

  • Feb. 25-04: Deadline for submitting NRMP Rank Order list
  • Mar. 15-04: Unmatched candidates info released
  • Mar. 16-04: "Scramble" begins
  • Mar. 18-04: Match Day

 

February-April
  • Complete AAMC Graduate Questionnaire
May. 16, 04
  • Commencement
July 1
  • Internship begins
 
 
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