A Match Made in Rural: Interpreting Match Rates and Exploring Best Practices

Abstract

This study explores the history of National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) match rates for rurally located family medicine residency programs over the past 25 years (1995-2020) in an effort to examine the widely held perception that low match rates equate to unfavorable program outcomes and to identify successful recruitment strategies for rural programs and for recruitment to rural practice generally.

Authors:

Longenecker R, Oster NV, Peterson L, Andrilla CHA, Schmitz DF, Evans DV, Morgan ZJ, Pollack SW, Patterson DG

Journal/Publisher:

Family Medicine

Edition:

Apr 2023. April 2023

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Citation:

Longenecker R, Oster NV, Peterson L, Andrilla CHA, Schmitz DF, Evans DV, Morgan ZJ, Pollack SW, Patterson DG. A match made in rural: interpreting match rates and exploring best practices. Fam Med. 2023 Apr 18. doi: 10.22454/FamMed.2023.106345. Epub ahead of print.