Match 2019: ACGME and the Last of the AOA Edition?
Fourth Years… The Force is With You! As August begins fourth year medical students begin a seven month odyssey of
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AOA Match
DO Match Week is Nearly Here
On Monday February 5th the AOA Match will release its results into the wild, causing joy and unfortunate scrambles. It’s
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Five Tips for Rank Order Lists
Poor fourth years… you’ve applied, you’ve been interviewing, you’re exhausted and it’s already time to start making decisions about which program is
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AAFP’s Strolling Through the Match
Each year the AAFP releases a lovely PDF of information about the Match specifically for those of us who are
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Scheduling Residency Interviews in 4th Year
It’s August, so it’s time to start scheduling residency interviews, if you’re a fourth year DO student. For the MD students
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Joining Family Medicine via the Scramble
The AOA Scramble Overview Back in February, Pixie wrote an article about the osteopathic options post-Match, and discussed whether those who found themselves un-Matched
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DO Decisions: Should I do both Matches (ACGME vs AOA) in 2016/2017?
Tonight is the night before the ACGME side of the Match opens in ERAS. If you already applied on the
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The Match Algorithm – How Does it Work?
Understanding the Match Algorithm The Match algorithm is based on the work of Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapely – who jointly won
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Should you Scramble into Family Medicine?
The AOA Match was on February 8th, immediately followed by the “scramble” of un-matched seniors. The scramble is the AOA version
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