What happens if I match to a program and begin training, but then decide I want to leave the program to change specialties and/or accept another position?
The commitment a participant undertakes in the Match Participation Agreement is to accept the results of the Match. To meet that obligation, you must sign a residency contract and begin training at the program to which you matched. Your subsequent obligations are determined by the terms of that residency contract, not the Match Participation Agreement. However, if the NRMP receives what it considers to be credible evidence that you did not enter your contract in good faith and that you began training in the program as a way to circumvent NRMP policy, the NRMP can initiate a violation investigation of your actions even though your training already has begun.
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