Introduction to the Matching Program Sample Clauses

Introduction to the Matching Program. The NRMP Matching Program is a system for the confidential selection of applicants to graduate medical education program residency and fellowship positions. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Matching Program" refers to all Matches conducted by the NRMP, including both the Main Residency Match (“the Match”) and the Specialties Matching Service. Sponsoring institutions that register any programs in the Main Residency Match agree to select senior students of U.S. allopathic medical schools for all of their programs only through the Match or another national matching plan. In addition, programs participating in the Main Residency Match agree to register and attempt to fill all of their positions in the Match or another national matching plan. Positions may be offered through the Matching Program to physician graduates of medical schools in the United States and elsewhere who meet the eligibility requirements set forth by the NRMP. Only programs from institutions that have registered with the NRMP and agreed to abide by the terms of this Agreement may participate in the Matching Program. Such programs also must register individually with the NRMP and agree to abide by the terms of the Match Participation Agreement Among Applicants, the NRMP, and Participating Programs or the Specialties Matching Service Match Participation Agreement Among Applicants, the NRMP, and Participating Programs. The Specialties Matching Service (‘SMS®’) is provided by the NRMP to program directors’ groups (i.e., associations of training program directors) whose programs offer entry level positions only to applicants who have completed two or more years of graduate medical education. To qualify for participation in the SMS, the program directors' group representing the programs in a particular specialty must designate a specialty representative to be responsible for overseeing the SMS matching process and to be the group's official representative to the NRMP on all matters regarding the group's programs that register to participate in the SMS. Each group participating in the SMS is expected to identify eligible programs and to assist the NRMP in communicating with such programs. The NRMP requires the program directors' group of each specialty participating in the SMS to execute annually an "NRMP Program Directors’ Annual Participation Agreement" that commits active participation of at least 75 percent of the group's eligible programs and a minimum of 75 percent of all available ...