Residency

Information on Selecting and Applying for a Residency

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Career Assessment

Careers in Medicine (formerly MedCAREERS) from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) offers a Personal Career Assessment module

Career Exploration and Decision Making

From the AAMC

• Career Exploration
• Decision Making: Goal Setting and Clarification

From the AMA

• Graduate Medical Education Directory - Includes contact information for 8,250 ACGME-accredited and combined specialty programs and 1,700 GME teaching institutions, institutional and program requirements for 121 specialties/subspecialties, ABMS medical specialty board certification requirements, list of US medical schools, and a GME glossary.
• GMED Companion: An Insider's Guide to Selecting a Residency Program
• Choosing a Medical Specialty - A compilation of resources and web sites
• Physicians-In-Training Host Program - Housing opportunities for fourth-year medical students and their families as they interview for and transition to residency.
• Transitioning to Residency: What Medical Students Should Know
• Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access (FREIDA)
  

Applying for a Residency

FindAResident
Information from the AAMC about the process of applying for a residency position

Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
Association of American Medical Colleges service that transmits residency applications and supporting credentials from medical schools to residency program directors

National Residency Matching Program
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 providing uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States.

Residency Vacancies 
Residency and fellowship programs provide current lists of vacancies to the AMA.