Residency Recruitment Resources

Streamline the Virtual Residency Interview Process With These Free Resources

STFM Virtual Residency Interview Guide

Created by the STFM Graduate Medical Education (GME) Committee, this guide highlights examples of how programs can conduct consistently effective virtual interviews and showcase their campus and communities to ensure a good fit for both programs and learners. Strategies are also shared for supporting equity in interviewing to minimize bias and promote diversity in recruitment.

AFMRD Recommendations for Communication About the 2022-2023 Interview Season

The Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) encourages all programs to be as transparent as possible about how they will conduct their residency interviews and residency recruitment. Download their guide for tips on how to better communicate during the 2022-2023 residency interview season.

2021-2022 Residency Interview Process Recommendations

The Commission on Education (COE) and the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM) published recommendations to improve equity in the residency application process and reduce challenges during the recruitment process, including costs, travel, and perceived pressure to apply to a large number of residency programs. The letter includes a recommendation for residencies to conduct only virtual interviews and a recommendation to encourage candidates to target applications to a limited number of programs.

In collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the STFM and AAFP resources listed below are intended to provide guidance to advisors and faculty about how they can best support medical students pursuing family medicine residencies during the 2021-22 recruitment season.

Webinar: "A Conversation for Faculty Advisors: Guiding Students Through the Family Medicine Match"

Watch a recording below of this virtual panel session discussion of family medicine student advising during application fever with other faculty advisors and med school administrators. STFM Medical Student Education Committee Chair, Ann Rutter, MD, MS, led a panel of medical school faculty to share strategies and ideas for guiding students through the residency interview season.