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A transformative year for GME recruitment: How the process has changed forever The 2020-2021 GME recruitment season was transformative. While it was full of new and old challenges for stakeholders, the impact of the first-ever entirely virtual recruitment season will be substantial and long-lasting. Before COVID-19, the long-standing process of in-person interviews was considered “sacred” by many. But this system was simply not possible during a global pandemic. In the transition to virtual interviews, applicants saved significant time and expense but the canceling of away rotations, diff...

 E-Mail Boston, MA (April 30, 2021) - Research presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, shows that the six year Integrated Cardiothoracic (CT I-6) residency continues to be the most challenging to match, while the pool of applicants has become more diverse. The study, which aimed to identify applicant characteristics associated with a successful match, used data from the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for Thoracic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Otol...

SANTA TERESA – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., paid a visit to the Santa Teresa Port of Entry Wednesday morning for a tour and briefing on upgrades in progress at the port as well as the needs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. Heinrich toured the complex with his staff, but port authorities barred reporters from following. The senator spoke with reporters from the Las Cruces Sun-News in the parking lot at the end of his visit. In Washington, Heinrich sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee and is Vice-Chair of the Joint Economic Committee. He said the purpose of his vi...

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Wanting to help provide local residents with places they can get answers to questions for their children who may have special needs, a community resource fair took place recently at the Corner House Christian Church. Hubbard Township police officer Justin Meade said the event brought together different nonprofit organizations and agencies that set up display tables. Meade, whose son has autism, said many families may not know where to go for information and materials to meet the special needs of their children. One local organization at the fair was the K-Dogs Kidz — a...

Adam Litwin, MD, is now anxiously awaiting his chance to become a real doctor. After graduating from St. James University in the Caribbean in 2018, this is the second match cycle Litwin has entered to vie for a position in family medicine. While his hope and anxiety are shared by other residency applicants hoping to match this week, Litwin has taken a much different path to getting there. More than 20 years ago, Litwin disguised himself as a resident physician at UCLA, and was arrested and jailed for impersonating a doctor. Now, proclaiming that he is reformed, Litwin hopes that his dream of ...