{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Rigged or Right? The Residency Match Under Fire","description":"The House Judiciary Committee just dropped a 47-page report calling the National Residency Match Program a hiring monopoly that harms patients, doctors, and the public — and the surgical community is talking. In this episode, Dr. Patrick Georgoff is joined by BTK surgical education fellows Dr. Emma Burke and Dr. Agnes Prem Kumar, along with special guest Dr. Brian Carmody (aka the Sheriff of Sodium), a pediatric nephrologist and one of the sharpest analysts of medical education policy working today. Together, they break down the report's central claims: that the NRMP exercises monopolistic control over residency hiring, suppresses resident wages, and strips trainees of bargaining power — and they separate what the report gets right from where its rhetoric badly outruns its evidence. From the history of Section 207 and the antitrust lawsuit that nearly brought down academic medicine, to the real economics of GME funding, resident unionization, and what a match-free world would actually look like — this is the context you need to understand one of the most consequential debates in graduate medical education in years. Don't miss Dr. Carmody's six-part YouTube series on the match, linked in the show notes.\n\nCongressional Report: https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/new-report-exposes-how-medical-residency-hiring-monopoly-harms-patients-and\nThe Match 6-Part Video Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc36yFQWkuG1sXk62A3zeRWB8aoK5SISP\nThe Sodium Sheriff Blog:  https://thesheriffofsodium.com/\n\n***Fellowship Application Link: https://forms.gle/QSUrR2GWHDZ1MmWC6\n\nPlease visit https://behindtheknife.org (https://behindtheknife.org/) to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.\nIf you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://behindtheknife.org/listen\nBehind the Knife Premium:\nGeneral Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/general-surgery-oral-board-review\nOral Board Simulator: https://app.behindtheknife.org/oral-board-simulator\nTrauma Surgery Video Atlas: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/trauma-surgery-video-atlas\nDominate Surgery: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Clerkship: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-clerkship\nDominate Surgery for APPs: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Rotation: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-for-apps-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-rotation\nVascular Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/vascular-surgery-oral-board-audio-review\nColorectal Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/colorectal-surgery-oral-board-audio-review\nSurgical Oncology Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/surgical-oncology-oral-board-audio-review\nCardiothoracic Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/cardiothoracic-surgery-oral-board-audio-review\nDownload our App:\nApple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/behind-the-knife/id1672420049\nAndroid/Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btk.app&hl=en_US","author_name":"Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5046960-behind-the-knife-the-surgery-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/39463562/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}