Organization Guide
Understanding the “who’s who” of organizations involved in U.S. graduate medical education (GME) can be difficult, but knowing who to contact about what and how is an essential part of your successful integration into the U.S. health care system. To help you navigate this system, we have compiled a list of the organizations you will likely come in contact with during the residency application process and throughout your first year of residency. To view an organization’s mission, website, and information about what you would contact them for and what resources they can offer to assist you, click on the appropriate tab below.
National Resident Matching Program
Also known as...
NRMP or "The Match"
Their Mission is...
To provide a mechanism for matching residency applicants to programs according to the preferences expressed by both parties on their individualized rank order lists. The NRMP is NOT a centralized application service for individuals applying to graduate medical education programs and does not advise applicants in selecting specialties or programs.
You might contact them to...
- Register for The Match
- Submit and certify your rank-order list
- Perform other Match-related functions, such as registering as a couple and withdrawing from The Match
- Obtain your Match results
Some resources you might find helpful...
- Match Participation Agreement
- Applicant User Guide
- Applicant Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) User Guide
- Results and Data: Main Residency Match
- Match Results by State, Specialty, and Applicant Type
- Results of the NRMP Applicant Survey
- Results of the NRMP Program Director Survey
- Charting Outcomes in the Match
