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AI in Residency Application Reviews

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.1993

March 19, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses the evolving use of artificial intelligence (AI) by graduate medical education programs for initial review of medical residency applications; highlights some of the legal risks of such use; and suggests several voluntary AI standards to mitigate these risks.

Corresponding Author: Katherine E. Goodman, JD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W Baltimore St, MSTF 257-A, Baltimore, MD 21201 (kgoodman@som.umaryland.edu).

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