Making the Rounds

Feb 26 2025 104 ep. 20 mins 299
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Making the Rounds, a podcast from the American Medical Association, features advice, interviews and discussions on the most important topics impacting the lives and careers of medical students. Find all AMA podcasts at ama-assn.org/podcasts.

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Meet Your Match | What Match data says—and why you shouldn't stress

Feb 26 2025 31 mins  
Ahead of Match Day, the NRMP's Chief Operating Officer Laurie Curtin, PhD, offers insight on recent Match trends that may ease stress for eager residency applicants. Dig into the data more--visit: nrmp.org/match-data

Meet Your Match | Ranking your home program with Avani Patel, MD, MHA

Feb 21 2025 21 mins  
Staying at an institution for residency can feel familiar but it comes with its own unique set of challenges. Avani Patel, MD, MHA, who attended medical school and did her GME training at the same location offers her thoughts.

Replay: How to navigate SOAP, with Victoria Gordon, DO

Feb 14 2025 32 mins  
Going through the Supplemental Offer Acceptance Program made for chaotic Match Week for Victoria Gordon, DO. A few years later, she reflects on the process and offers advice for those who might have to match through SOAP.

Replay: Assessing program culture during virtual residency interviews

Dec 10 2024 16 mins  
Alison Schmidt, MD, a resident physician who went through residency selection virtually, offers advice on how applicants can get a feel for program culture during virtual residency interviews. Dr. Schmidt is an obstetrics and gynecology resident at Michigan Medicine.

Meet Your Match | Preparing for residency interviews with Leigh Eck, MD

Nov 26 2024 17 mins  
Which questions are you likely to hear during residency interviews? Leigh Eck, MD—the director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Kansas Medical Center—offers some tips on common questions and how to prepare for them.

Meet Your Match | How to highlight your passions during your residency interviews

Nov 18 2024 28 mins  
Charles Lopresto, DO gives tips on how residency applicants can highlight their passions and extracurricular experiences during interviews. Prepared to talk about your research project? Know how to answer about your experiences as an advocate? Dr. Lopresto covers all this and more.

Leadership and advocacy opportunities during medical school, with Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA

Oct 29 2024 14 mins  
What do residency programs care about the most? What does AMA do for medical school? How important is advocacy in medical education? Why is healthcare advocacy important? Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, and chair of the AMA Board of Trustees, discusses the vital role of health care advocacy for medical students and residents, and how involvement in organized medicine can enhance a c

Meet Your Match | Perfecting your application packet with dean Mark C. Meyer, MD

Sep 19 2024 29 mins  
From letters of recommendation to your CV, what does a complete residency application packet entail and where might students trip up?  In this episode, AMA senior news writer Brendan Murphy talks with Mark C. Meyer, MD, senior associate dean for student affairs at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, about mistakes to avoid and ways you can take your application to the ne

Tips for residency applications and how to best use program signals for Match 2025

Sep 12 2024 9 mins  
Is residency signaling important? Why write a residency personal statement? Should I put geographic preference on ERAS? What makes a medical student CV stand out? Deborah Clements, MD, is chair of the department of family and community medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and program director for the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Lake F

Meet Your Match | How to transfer residency programs, with David Savage, MD

May 07 2024 23 mins  
David Savage, MD, a hematology-oncology fellow at Scripps Clinic in California talks about the process of transferring residency programs. Dr. Savage draws from personal experience to offers insights on how those considering a transfer should approach that decision.