• Acad Med · Oct 2012

    The prevalence and nature of postinterview communications between residency programs and applicants during the match.

    • Anupam B Jena, Vineet M Arora, Karen E Hauer, Steven Durning, Nicole Borges, Nancy Oriol, D Michael Elnicki, Mark J Fagan, Heather E Harrell, Dario Torre, Meryl Prochaska, David O Meltzer, and Shalini Reddy.
    • Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115-5899, USA. jena.anupam@mgh.harvard.edu
    • Acad Med. 2012 Oct 1; 87 (10): 1434-42.

    PurposeTo examine the frequency and nature of postinterview communications between programs and applicants during the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Main Residency Match.MethodThe authors surveyed senior medical students at seven U.S. medical schools about postinterview communications with residency programs during the 2010 Match and analyzed the data.ResultsThe response rate was 68.2% (564/827). Among respondents, 86.4% reported communicating with residency programs. Most (59.9%) reported telling more than one program they would rank it highly; 1.1% reported telling more than one they would rank it first. Students reported that programs told them they would be "ranked to match" (34.6%), be "ranked highly" (52.8%), or "fit well" (76.2%). Almost one-fifth (18.6 %) reported feeling assured by a program that they would match there but did not despite ranking that program first; 23.4% reported altering their rank order list based on communications with programs. In multivariate analysis, applicants to more competitive specialties were less likely to report being told they would be "ranked to match" (relative risk [RR] 0.72, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.52-0.99). Applicants were more likely to report being told that they would be "ranked to match" if they received honors in the specialty clerkship (RR 1.39, 95% CI 1.10-1.77) or were members of Alpha Omega Alpha (RR 1.72, 95% CI 1.37-2.17).ConclusionsReports of nonbinding communications with programs were frequent. Students should be advised to interpret any comments made by programs cautiously. Reported violations of the NRMP's Match Participation Agreement were uncommon.

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