Residency Application Resources

Residency Interview Timeline

PRODS Council recommends programs to release interview offers no earlier than October 18^th, 2024.

PRODS Council encourages all residency Program Directors to do the following:

1. Determine if your program will voluntarily participate in this program (or if a track within your program will participate).
2. Complete the form linked further below, indicating whether your program is participating in the unified interview offer release date.
1. AAPath/PRODS Council will host a list that will be voluntarily generated and validated by the residency Program Director of programs participating or not participating, as a resource for applicants and their advisors.
2. Only one response per program is needed!
3. Program Directors should update their program website or other recruitment materials to indicate if their program is participating in this unified interview offer release date.

Please note that this is for RESIDENCY program interview offers only. This is NOT intended for FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS.

PRODS Council will be gathering feedback from Program Directors in this first pilot year, and will use that information to help guide decisions about Release Dates in future Match Cycles.

Reminders about the Interview Offer Release Date:

• Participating programs should wait until the Release Date to offer any initial interviews.
• This does NOT mean that your program must offer ALL interviews on this date; rather, it is just the FIRST date to offer interviews.
• Programs may have special tracks (i.e., Physician Scientist Programs) that choose not to participate in the unified offer release, while the main track does participate.
• Programs can continue to offer additional interviews at any time after this date, on a rolling basis, or whatever works best for their program.
• Participation by programs is voluntary.
• This initiative is to allow programs sufficient time to perform holistic review of ERAS applications, without pressure that desirable applicants have already been scheduled at other programs, and to significantly reduce applicant stress in the application process.
• Please note, this is NOT for fellowship programs; only residency programs in the setting of the NRMP match for PGY1 positions.
• PRODS Council is recommending a Friday initial interview offer release date, to minimize disruption to busy clinical rotations for medical students.

Please note, this form is hosted by Google Forms. If you are having trouble accessing this form, your institution may have blocked this Google service. If you are unable to access this form, please share the program information with the AAPath Office at info@academicpathology.org and a staff member will post your opening.

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Residency Interview Timeline

Questions? Contact the AAPath Office at info@academicpathology.org