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Free CME | Best Practices in Selecting and Interviewing FM Residency Applicants

1.0 Category 1-A AOA Credits or PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Deciding which residency applicants to interview (screening) and which to offer positions after the interview (selection) can be two daunting challenges. The investment of time and effort required to complete this two-step process is critical as the result of a decision to “match with a residency applicant” can cause years of gratification or despair.

The medical school applicants invited to join residency programs are expected to achieve certain milestones during their training. As with other projections into the future, some residents will overachieve, while others underachieve. This presentation will present and discuss screening and selection methods, with an emphasis on the interviewing process, to increase the probability that your residency program fills with overachievers (i.e., those that will exceed your expectations).


The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. ACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

This program is sponsored by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This enduring activity is designated for 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™