Information on Residency Programs

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education—a listing of accredited residency programs; click on "Accredited Programs".

FREIDA Online—an American Medical Association database containing information on approximately 7,500 graduate medical education programs that are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), as well as on 200 combined specialty programs.

AAMC - ERAS (Association of American Medical Colleges - Electronic Residency Application Service)—a service which transmits residency applications, letters of recommendation, Dean's Letters, transcripts, and other supporting credentials from medical schools to residency program directors using the Internet.

AAMC - National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)—confidential ranking and selection of applicants to residency positions.

Association of Program Directors in Surgery—a resource for residency openings.

AMA-RFS (American Medical Association - Resident and Fellow Section)—Residency and Fellowship Vacancies - not limited to surgery, but a useful source for finding residency and fellowship openings.

CREOG Clearinghouse - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists—Ob-Gyn residency position openings.

American Urological Association - Program Vacancies - Urology residency position openings.

Other Useful Links for Residents

ACGME Residency Review Committees—a listing of all RRC staff, committee members and program requirements; click on "Residency Review Committees".

ACGME Resident Data Collection Log—the Residency Review Committee for Surgery's CPT code-based internet surgical case log; click on "Resident Data Collection System".

Compendium of Clinical and Research Fellowships for the Surgical Resident in Training