Students & Residents

Research Residency Programs and Build an Application Strategy

The AAMC provides tools and data to help residency applicants build an effective application strategy.

Residency Explorer™ Tool

The Residency Explorer™ tool offers unique, in-depth insights into thousands of residency programs across more than 40 specialties. It’s designed to support medical students and residency applicants who have identified their specialty (or specialties) of interest and are ready to explore individual programs within that field. 

Residency Preference Exercise (RPE)

The Residency Preference Exercise (RPE) helps you consider and evaluate your requirements, priorities, and preferences for your residency or fellowship training, then search and compare programs based on those criteria.

Create your Application Strategy with Careers in Medicine

Careers in Medicine has resources to help you learn how to research programs and decide how many and which programs to apply to. 

Contact Residency Explorer™ Team

Questions? Feedback? Ideas? 

Please submit them via the Residency Explorer Contact Form. 

Supporting the Transition to Residency

The transition to residency is a time of critical importance in a medical student’s journey to become a physician. The AAMC has developed tools and information to better support students, their advisors, and program directors during this phase.

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Careers in Medicine (CiM) for Advisors

Login to Careers in Medicine to view key resources for your students.

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