As a way to analyze tradeoffs in important issues and events in medical education, Winners & Losers has emerged as possibly the most popular format on my site.
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Bypassing U.S. Residency Training for IMGs in Tennessee: Winners & Losers Edition
- Historically, international medical graduates seeking licensure in the United States have been required to complete at least 1-3 years of U.S. residency training. But now, Tennessee has passed legislation that will allow certain IMGs to bypass this requirement. This is big news… so you know what that means. Time to break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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The NRMP’s Voluntary Rank Order List Locking Proposal: Winners & Losers Edition
- Should the Match calendar be adjusted to allow residency programs to submit their rank order lists before applicants submit theirs? If it was, it would allow applicants the option of having in-person ‘second look’ visits to programs without fear that choosing to attend (or not) would impact their ranking by the program. So who wins – and who loses – if this proposal is approved?
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Match Day 2023: Winners & Losers Edition
- Fates have been determined. Tears – of joy or disappointment – have been shed. The 2023 Match is in the books. Now it’s time to break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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The USNWR Mass Exodus: Winners & Losers Edition
- Over the past few weeks, the majority of the medical schools in the U.S. News & World Report Top 20 have announced they’re withdrawing from the rankings. Time to break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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A Two-Stage Match: Winners and Losers Edition
- The NRMP is considering eliminating the SOAP – the chaotic 3-4 days during Match Week when unmatched applicants and unfilled programs try to find each other – and replacing it with a two-stage matching system. So who wins – and who loses – if this proposal is implemented?
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Match Day 2022: Winners and Losers Edition
- The letters have all been opened – another Match Day has come and gone. Yeah, that’s right – time to break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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- The UGRC was tasked with recommending how to improve the transition from medical school to residency, and came up with 34 specific recommendations to do so. Let’s separate the winners from the losers.
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- The CPA made 42 specific recommendations to improve the transition from medical school to residency. So who wins – and who loses – if these recommendations are implemented?
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Match Day 2021: Winners and Losers Edition
- Thanks to COVID-19, the 2020-2021 residency application season was unlike any other. Time to tally up the winners and losers.
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The End of USMLE Step 2 CS: Winners and Losers Edition
- Today, the USMLE announced that they were permanently discontinuing efforts to bring back the USMLE Step 2 CS exam. Naturally, this shocking news demanded a special emergency edition of Winners & Losers.
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Preference Signaling: Winners & Losers Edition
- There’s something new coming to the residency selection process for applicants interested in otolaryngology: preference signaling. So who wins – and who loses – when applicants can send tokens of interest to programs?
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Step 2 CS, Part Three: Winners and Losers Edition
- The NBME just announced that their least-beloved test offering – USMLE Step 2 CS – will be suspended for at least 12-18 months. This is a decision that has far-reaching implications for many in medicine – and we’re gonna break it down, Winners & Losers style.
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Virtual Interviews: Winners and Losers Edition
- The Coalition for Physician Accountability just recommended that all residency interviews for the 2020-2021 application season occur virtually. Time to analyze who wins – and who loses – when interviews go virtual.
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The Sheriff of Sodium 