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Created in 1952 with the purpose of ensuring a "fair mechanism for matching the preferences of applicants for U.S. residency programs with the preferences of residency program directors" while "at the same time causing record levels of anxiety and high enough [[Troponin|troponin]] levels to warrant an admission for chest pain rule-out, the '''National Resident Matching Program''' (also known as the '''NRMP''' or '''The Match''') takes place at each of the 155 medical schools in the United States on the third Friday of March every year ("[[Match Day]]") and marks the transition from optimistic medical students to jaded residents.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/06/bright-eyed-med-students/ Optimistic, Bright-Eyed Med Students Eager to Transform into Jaded, Burned-Out Physicians]</ref> '''The Match''' is best described as medical Tinder with contractual obligations and without sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/11/nrmp-match-2/ It’s a Match! Tinder to Replace NRMP Match in Residency Programs]</ref>
'''NRMP Vision'''
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[[20/20]].
'''NRMP Mission'''
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[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/spock/ To boldly go where no man has gone before].
'''NRMP Matching Algorithm'''
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Contrary to popular belief, the '''National Resident Matching Program''' does not use a Nobel Prize-winning computer mathematical algorithm to match applicants and residency programs. Instead, all 40,000-plus applicants are given to some guy we hired named Eric Anderson (ERAS, for short), who then proceeds to pull a lot of all-nighters and drink tons of [http://gomerblog.com/2016/01/nursing-stations-coffee/ coffee] as he uses an intricate series of [http://gomerblog.com/2015/02/health-record/ Post-It notes] and darts to make '''The Match''' a reality. Eric's the sh*t.
'''Related Reading'''
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- [[ERAS]]
- [[Match Day]]