Navigating the couples match: Key challenges and lessons learned from two general surgery applicants

Ariana Naaseh; Steven Tohmasi

doi:10.1016/j.sopen.2023.12.002

Navigating the couples match: Key challenges and lessons learned from two general surgery applicants

Surg Open Sci. 2024 Jan 2:17:46-48. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.12.002. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Ariana Naaseh¹, Steven Tohmasi¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America.

Abstract

The Couples Match presents unique obstacles and considerations to medical students who are already participating in a rigorous residency application process. We aim to describe the distinct challenges presented by the Couples Match and present advice from our own experience successfully matching into general surgery residency as a couple.

Keywords: Couples match; General surgery; Match; Residency.