In the sixth and final episode of this series, we finally tackle the big question: do we need the resident match? Would we be better off without it?NOTES:1. …

On May 7, 2002, a group of resident physicians filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC. Styled as Jung v. AAMC, the suit alleged an anti…

The residency match is a designed market. But there’s a problem with designed matching markets. They tend to unravel.Here, I’ll explain why the “thickness” o…

In 1962, mathematicians David Gale and Lloyd Shapley solved the “Stable Marriage” problem, showing how two sets of potential partners could be paired up so t…

Why is it that getting a residency position is so different from getting any other job? How – and why – did this unusual system develop? Here, we’ll take on…

Using a central clearinghouse to match applicants and programs is a good idea… at least, in theory. In practice, the devil is in the details. How do you opti…

In January, the ACGME notified the Crozer Chester Medical Center that their general surgery residency program had to shut down – in four days. What happened …