heres a copy of a letter from the AMSA NRMP Rep
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Hello all,

Please read below for information on the NRMP's decision to DELAY implementation of a proposed rule change. This chance would have required all institutions that have any programs in the Match to list ALL of the positions at ALL of its programs in the Match. The reason behind this proposed change is to create the same rules for all applicants. As the Match currently stands, independent applicants (including international medical graduates) are free to accept positions outside of the Match, while U.S. seniors are not.

Thanks,

Matt Oster
AMSA Representative to the NRMP

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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.