What is residency? - American Medical Association Residency serves as a crucial phase in a physician's training, following the completion of medical school It is a supervised clinical training period and an intensive, full-time job—requiring 60-80 hours per week—which provides physicians, also referred to as residents or trainees, with hands-on experience and increasing autonomy in delivering health care under the guidance of experienced
How the physician residency Match algorithm favors applicants After physician residency applicants submit and certify their rank order list, there isn’t much else left to do but wait on Match Day In a few weeks— as was the case in 2024 —the overwhelming majority of senior applicants from U S allopathic and osteopathic medical schools will find a training position through the National Resident
Biggest Match Day ever: Here’s what the 2025 numbers reveal The 2025 Main Residency Match was the largest ever in the program’s 73-year history, with 43,237 total positions offered—up 4 2% over 2024 There were 1,734 more certified positions offered this year compared with last year, 231 more certified programs and 877 more positions in primary care
Choosing a Residency Program - American Medical Association Selecting a medical residency is an important decision that can significantly shape your medical career For more than 25 years, medical students have looked to FREIDA™, the AMA Residency Fellowship Database® to get vital information about residency and fellowship programs
How to make your ERAS residency application stand out As applicants embark on the residency-selection process, FREIDA™, the AMA Residency and Fellowship Database ®, is a comprehensive resources that includes information on more than 13,000 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited residency programs, and offers a streamlined user experience Dive deeper:
Starting physician residency as an IMG? 6 tips to ease transition The AMA helps medical students master the residency-application process so you can make the right decisions about your career, prepare for a knockout interview, explore residency opportunities—all so you can successfully match Dive deeper: “Meet Your Match”: An IMG's guide to residency selection with Victor Kolade, MD
Use these strategies to create your residency Match rank-order list The AMA helps medical students master the residency-application process so you can make the right decisions about your career, prepare for a knockout interview, explore residency opportunities—all so you can successfully match Dive deeper: An intern’s rank-order list do’s and don’ts
The AMA Road to Residency Guide - American Medical Association Residency program interviews offer you the chance to distinguish yourself and detail your unique skills and experiences in ways that an application packet alone cannot Find out more How to rank order your residency programs The Match rank-order list, due a few weeks ahead of the Match Day in March, is a critical step on the road to residency
10 keys to help 4th-year medical students thrive in residency Going into residency, Dr Andrews recommends that medical students have a plan for staying in touch with their support system The connection to your community during residency will make you more satisfied with the job you do “Think about your place in your community, and how it impacts your relationships with friends and family,” he said
Let your passions drive your research in medical school, residency On the opposite end, Luis Seija, MD, said he used to think research “was kind of boring,” and that, as a medical student he “was doing a lot of things for the sake of doing a lot of things” because that’s what he thought was necessary to land a good residency position