March 8, 2018
AAMC-ECFMG-NRMP Webinar
NRMP’s 2018 Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®)
ERAS Support Services at ECFMG collaborated with the AAMC and NRMP to offer a joint webinar on the NRMP’s 2018 Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP). SOAP is the process through which unmatched residency positions are filled by unmatched residency applicants during Match Week. SOAP is a standardized and uniform process for applicants who did not secure a residency position or who only partially matched, and for participating residency programs with unfilled positions after the matching algorithm has been processed. Experts from the NRMP and AAMC cover the following topics:
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NRMP
- SOAP Eligibility Requirements
- Communication During SOAP
- Match Week and SOAP Process
- SOAP Data for IMGs
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AAMC
- ERAS Preparation for SOAP
- ERAS SOAP Requirements
- ERAS SOAP Fees/Schedule
- ERAS SOAP Application Process
- ERAS SOAP FAQs
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Joint Coalition of Physicians in South Asia Region
APPNA (Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America), AAPI (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) and BMANA (Bangladesh Medical Association of North America) have joined forces to expand and support physicians globally with an emphasis on the South Asia region. APPNA reports that this coalition of more than 130,000 South Asian Physicians of North America (SAPNA) constitutes about 15% of the physician workforce in the United States.
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The coalition will focus on:
- increasing the residency slots for foreign medical graduates,
- visa issues, and
- health care issues of South Asian people in North America and South Asia.
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A memorandum of understanding was signed by (L-R) Dr. Riaz Chowdhury, President BMANA; Dr. Iqbal Zafar Hamid, President APPNA; and Dr. Gautam Samadder, President AAPI
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