Specialties Matching Service. To participate in the SMS, eligible fellowship programs must be activated by the institutional official, registered for the Match, and submit a certified rank order list through the R3 system before the applicable Rank Order List Certification Deadline.
Specialties Matching Service. To participate in the SMS, eligible applicants must register, pay all fees, and submit a certified rank order list electronically through the R3 system before the applicable Rank Order List Certification Deadline. All registered users must enter a unique username and password and must not provide their login credentials to another individual.
Specialties Matching Service. 7.1 Program Quota, Tracks, and Reversions
Specialties Matching Service. 7.1 Categories of Program Positions
Specialties Matching Service. The system is intended to provide applicants the opportunity to make informed decisions about the medical specialty or specific training program they seek to enter and to provide training programs the opportunity to make informed assessments about applicants in an orderly manner and without pressure. The Match processes the certified rank order lists using a mathematical algorithm to match the preferences of applicants to the preferences of programs. If a match does not occur, applicants in the Main Residency Match may seek to obtain positions during the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®). 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 positions in the specialty for that year. If a group fails to register 75 percent of its eligible programs and/or positions, the NRMP, at its discretion, may discontinue such group's participation in Matches managed by the NRMP. Specialties Matching Service Match sponsors may voluntarily elect to implement a policy whereby ...
Specialties Matching Service. The system is intended to provide applicants the opportunity to make informed decisions about the medical specialty or specific training program they seek to enter and to provide training programs the opportunity to make informed assessments about applicants in an orderly manner and without pressure. The Match processes the certified rank order lists using a mathematical algorithm to match the preferences of applicants to the preferences of programs. If a match does not occur, applicants in the Main Residency Match may seek to obtain positions during the Match Week Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program® (SOAP®). 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
Specialties Matching Service. 7.1 Categories of Program Positions 7.2 Submission of Rank Order Lists 7.3 Notification of Match Status 7.4 Notification of Match Results
