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    Navigating the Residency Match as an LGBT Applicant

    Navigating the Residency Match as an LGBT Applicant from AAMC on Vimeo.

    Video Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

    Presentation Materials: Slide Deck 

    Learning Objectives:
    Upon completion of the webinar participants will be able to: 

    • Describe the rules governing questions that can be asked of program applicants during the residency interview process.
    • Discuss concerns related to openly sharing one's identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender during the residency interview process.
    • Compare and contrast the experiences of 5 LGBT residents who recently went through different match processes, including the individual NRMP match, the couples match, and the military match. 

    Moderator:
    Brian Hurley, MD, MBA 
    Immediate Past Chair, AMA LGBT Advisory Committee 
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar 
    University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
    bhurley@ucla.edu

    Presenters:
    Jeffrey Eugene, MD
    Pediatrics Resident
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    jeffrey.eugene2@chp.edu

    Dre Irizarry, MD
    Surgery Resident
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    aniche324@gmail.com

    Joseph Langham, MD
    Pediatrics Resident
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    joseph.langham@chp.edu

    Kaitlyn McCune, MD
    Obstetrics and Gynecology Resident
    Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
    kmccune@wakehealth.edu

    René Salazar, MD
    Assistant Dean for Diversity
    Professor, Medical Education
    The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
    Past Director of Diversity, Office of Graduate Medical Education
    University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
    rene.salazar@austin.utexas.edu

    Chelsea Dawn Unruh, MD
    Chief Family Medicine Resident
    Providence St. Peter Family Medicine
    chelsea.unruh@providence.org

    Discussant:
    Kelly A. McGarry, MD, FACP 
    Program Director, GIM/Primary Care Residency 
    Division of GIM, Rhode Island Hospital 
    Associate Professor of Medicine 
    The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
    KMcGarry@Lifespan.org

    Suggested Citation:
    Association of American Medical Colleges and American Medical Association. "Navigating the Residency Match as an LGBT Applicant." (August, 2016). AAMC Videos and Resources. Washington, DC: Association of American Medical Colleges. Available online at: /initiatives/diversity/468858/navigating.html