Program Directors Association Guides for Residency Applicants
Program Directors Association Guides for Residency Applicants
The Program Directors Association Guide for Residency Applicants is a joint effort between the Organization of Program Directors Association (OPDA) and AAMC to improve communication and provide program directors guidance on key specialty-specific application information and resources. Each guide includes information on letters of recommendation, away rotations, program signals, USMLE/COMLEX-USA scores, interview format, etc.
The following program directors associations have provided OPDA with completed guides that include guidance on these key specialty application parameters for student deans and prospective applicants:
- Anesthesiology
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine (2025)
- Internal Medicine – view this exemplar
- Medical Genetics and Genomics (categorical)
- Medical Genetics and Genomics (combined)
- Neurology
- Neurological Surgery
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics (2025) – view this exemplar
- Otolaryngology
- Pathology
- Pediatrics – view this exemplar
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Preventive Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Surgery – General
- Surgical Critical Care (2025)
- Thoracic
- Transitional Year Residency