Oh, the Places You Will Go? Exploring the Geographic Program Distribution and Use of Geographic Preferences in the Radiation Oncology Residency Application Cycle

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There is great interest in improving the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) application process for residency selection in the United States (US). Over the past decade, the average number of applications per applicant has climbed across all participating medical specialties, even doubling in many fields.1 This phenomenon is known as “application inflation” and “application fever,” where applicants intentionally submit an increasing number of applications as a presumed strategy to maximize interview offers and matching outcomes.