Talk:National Resident Matching Program

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NRMP website defines participants as US senoirs at an "allopathic" medical school. Indepedents are formers grads of allopathic schools, oseopathic grads, FMG, Candians, etc. Straight off their website. Adjusting to include reference to allopathic students. User:OsteopathicFreak 66.82.9.59 02:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC) bn,mm m,,m.

[edit] How the match works

I would like to see a section here, or perhaps another article, on how the residency matching process works. It's actually quite fascinating. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.95.237.87 (talk) 15:38, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

That would be interesting, we need a graphic. There's a pretty complete explination here, but its a little convoluted. Perhaps something simpler? User:Hopping ^T 17:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Allopathic

This term is poorly understood, and has several meanings, including derogatory ones. I have replaced the term with MD or other, well understood and unambiguous, words where appropriate. I had no expectation that this would be controversial, and I'm sure they are good changes that the community will approve of. --221.202.40.78 (talk) 20:27, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images and Copyedit

I have removed the two pie charts as they were illegible without clicking on them, and they contained the term "allopathic" which is not neutral (see above). I ask Hopping or someone else to redo them without that term, make them legible, and then bring them here for discussion (do they actually add anything to this article?).

I also do not understand the relevance phrase to an encyclopaedia: "The median USMLE Step 1 scores for graduates of U.S. Medical Schools for various residencies are charted in Figure 4 on page 11 of Charting Outcomes in the Match." It also seems to break WP linking rules.

Also, the article seems to assume the reader is generally familiar with what is being discussed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.77.150.176 (talk) 16:40, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank for increasing the size of the images. I have moved them to the right so as not to break the flow of the article. However, the use of the term allopathy over more suitable and less controversial alternatives has still not been justified. --SesquipedalianVerbiage (talk) 19:56, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

The section labels in the chart are justified by WP:RS, WP:V, WP:CITE. The article is about the NRMP. This is the classification system that the NRMP uses for all applicants. NRMP website The labels have been lifted, verbatim, from the NRMP reports. Here is the link for the 2008 final report. Bryan Hopping ^T 21:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)