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The Urology Residency Matching Program assigns match numbers to applicants and programs that register on line. Applicants register with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®) and contact programs to request application forms, for those programs not participating in ERAS®, and to set up interviews. All applicants and programs complete the preference list forms on line and submit to the Urology Residency Matching Program no later than January 5, 2009. The Urology Residency Matching Program performs the match and sends out results to applicants, medical schools and urology training programs. In some cases, applicants must also go through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) as a formality for the surgery training required before urology training. Applicants should check with each program to determine their requirements relative to the NRMP match.

Program Applications/Interviews
It is the applicant's responsibility to contact each of the programs in which he/she is interested and to follow their application and interview procedures. You should be certain you are aware of each program's requirements, including application deadline, policies regarding pre-urology training and participation in the NRMP match.

Participation in Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS®) is on an individual program basis. Check the ERAS® web site http://www.aamc.org/students/eras/ for information and a list of programs participating.

Applicants should know they are under no obligation to reveal their program preferences to any program director and that no participating program director can make a binding offer other than through the match program. Both parties are free to change their intentions without prejudice up to the time that final rank-ordered lists are submitted. No changes can be made after a preference list is submitted.

Rank-ordered Preference Lists

Changes to Preference Lists:
Preference lists may be changed up until the January 5, 2009 deadline; and you may withdraw completely from the match up until this deadline.
After January 5, 2009, you may not withdraw from the match and you are morally and legally committed to accept a program if you are matched with it.
All preference lists are considered confidential and their contents will not be divulged.

Submission of Preference Lists:

Preference lists must be submitted no later than January 5, 2009 in order to participate in the match.
By accepting on line the terms of agreement to the preference list, applicants make a formal binding commitment to accept a position in any one of the programs they have listed. By accepting on line the terms of agreement to the preference list, program directors also make the results of the matching program a formal binding contract. Applicants are free to change preference(s) up to the time the confidential ranking list is submitted to us, as are the program directors. Neither applicants nor program directors may ask for a commitment from the other outside the match.

Maximize Your Chances
Previous years' matches have demonstrated the need for applicants to include on their preference lists all of the programs they would be willing to attend. Some applicants who were not matched at all received offers from programs they did not list. If the applicants had listed all programs preferable to not training in urology, some of these "misses" might have been avoided.

The same holds true for programs. By listing all acceptable applicants, the program protects itself from cases of applicants implying that the program will be their first choice and then changing their minds when submitting their preference lists.

The best way to assure a good match is for applicants and programs to list all acceptable choices in order of desirability rather than in order of perceived chances of receiving offers or acceptances.

Safeguards
There are three safeguards present to ensure an accurate match:
A validity check on identification numbers is made by the computer to eliminate any mis-codes.
The AUA will check each list against the computer version of that list.
The Committee examines a sample of the matches and verifies that:
The program matched with any applicant was the highest offer on the applicant's list.
The applicant matched with a program was the highest ranked applicant on the program's list that could accept the program's offer.
Unmatched programs and applicants really have no offers that are acceptable.

Results Distribution
When the match is complete, summary reports are prepared for the Match Review Committee prior to general distribution.

The results of the match will be disseminated as follows:
E-mail results and statistics to medical schools.
E-mail results with link to match reports to programs.
E-mail results to applicants.
All results will be available by 9:00 A.M. EST, Monday, January 26, 2009.

To view any unfilled urology vacancies, select Program vacancies and then select click here under the applicants. Unmatched applicants can contact these programs directly to negotiate with the program.