The Residency Process

Everything you've heard is true. Residency training will be the most challenging time of your medical career. For recent medical school graduates, residency is an abrupt shift from being a student one day to a practicing physician the next. For International Medical Graduates, residency presents the challenges of "repeating" your training while simultaneously adapting to the specific procedures and culture of U.S. teaching hospitals.

Navigating the Residency Match process can be a little confusing and very frustrating. We created this area to help you prepare for the Match and start your residency with confidence.