Two unmatched-doctor advocacy groups are tied to anti-immigrant organizations
In their last year of medical school, fourth-year students get matched to a hospital where they will serve their residency.
The annual rite of passage is called the National Resident Matching Program. To the students, it s simply the Match.
Except not every medical student is successful. While tens of thousands do land a residency slot every year, thousands others don t.
Those unmatched students are usually left scrambling to figure out their next steps, since newly graduated doctors who don t complete a residency program cannot receive their license to practice medicine.
At first glance, two new advocacy groups, Doctors Without Jobs and Unmatched and Unemployed Doctors of America, seem to be championing their cause, helping them find residency slots and lobbying Congress to create more medical residency positions. The groups also recently organized a protest in Washington, D.C., to draw attention to
Groups Helping Med Students Tied to Anti-Immigrant Outfit Kaiser Health News
By Victoria Knight | KHN
In their last year of medical school, fourth-year students get matched to a hospital where they will serve their residency.
The annual rite of passage is called the National Resident Matching Program. To the students, it’s simply the Match.
Except not every medical student is successful. While tens of thousands do land a residency slot every year, thousands others don’t.
Those “unmatched” students are usually left scrambling to figure out their next steps, since newly graduated doctors who don’t complete a residency program cannot receive their license to practice medicine.