NRMP® Statement on Match Policy and Resident Security and Background Clearance Protocols for Veterans Affairs

The National Resident Matching Program® (NRMP®) has recently learned that the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) at the Veterans Affairs is revising its clearance/background check procedures for any physician who trains or rotates through VA hospitals. As we understand it, U.S. and international physicians will no longer be afforded a Special Agreement Check (SAC) but rather will be subject to…

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November 2024 Illuminator

This issue of the Illuminator includes: The NRMP announced a new research brief exploring the impact of program signaling on program director residency selection behaviors. This research brief, The National Resident Matching Program 2024 Program Directory Survey: Analysis of New Items Relating to Program Signaling, examines a set of new, qualitative (open-ended) items that were…

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