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NRMP - National Resident Matching Program
New Rule Delay
At its May 12, 2003 meeting, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Board of Directors voted to delay implementation of the new NRMP rule previously scheduled to become effective with the 2004 Main Match. The rule would have required all institutions that register for the Main Match to place all their residency programs and positions in the Match.
The delay in implementation is the result of recommendations and comments received over the past eighteen months from NRMP participating institutions, programs, program director organizations, medical schools, and applicants. The Board will study the effects of three major issues:
1) changes in the processing and timely acquisition of visas for international medical graduates
2) limiting the rule to PGY1 positions
3) making the rule program-based rather than institution-based, e.g., all programs (not institutions) registered for the Main Match must place all their positions in the Match
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I think the real reason that the rule change is being delayed is that at present the NRMP is facing an anti-trust challenge in court. Changing the rules in order to expand their monopoly position while the case is in court is plainly stupid, as it gives the plaintiffs more 'firepower'. I suspect that the NRMP's legal team helped them figure this out. The reasons above, I think, are no more than
PR window dressing.
Anyone think otherwise?
Miklos