Standardizing the Allopathic Residency Match System and Timeline

Year: 2016

Resolution Number: 20

Action Taken: Approved

Status:

Author(s): Andrew Zureick

Sponsor: Kelly Curran, Gunjan Malhotra, Sarah Sanders, and Andrew Zureick

On behalf of: Medical Student Section

Committee: E (Science and Education Affairs)

Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS supports movement toward a single U.S. residency match system and notification timeline for all non-military allopathic specialties; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to adopt a policy that supports movement toward a single U.S. residency match system and notification timeline for all non-military allopathic specialties; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS work with the Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the Michigan Urological Society to advocate that ophthalmology and urology switch to the National Resident Matching Program; and be it further RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to work with the Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Society of University Urologists, the American Urological Association, and any other appropriate stakeholders to switch ophthalmology and urology to the National Resident Matching Program.

Fiscal Note: NULL

Resolution: View PDF for Standardizing the Allopathic Residency Match System and Timeline

For More Information, Contact:

Stacey Hettiger , Director
Health Care Delivery
517-336-5732
shettiger@msms.org