271 On A Match
Four years ago, they began their quest, a long trek of labs, lectures,
study and clinical rotations. The journey now continues for 271
IUSM students who have been accepted into medical residencies across
the nation.
This year's graduates did well in National Match Day, held March
21, a program that coordinates the preferences of thousands of medical
students and U.S. hospital programs. During their senior year, students
apply and interview for residency positions across the country;
their selection is administered through the National Resident Matching
Program (NRMP) of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
The program, held each year the third week of March, is the primary
route by which most students enter their residency training under
the tutelage of seasoned physicians.
"As is always the case, a few students did not initially match
with their preferred programs," notes Dennis Deal, director
of Academic Records-Medical Student Academic Affairs. "But
almost all of those students secured first-year residency positions
when the results were announced."
Additional information about Match Day 2002 and the National Resident
Matching Program can be found at w.aamc.org/nrmp.
Students in the Class of 2002 accepted positions in thirty-five
states including Indiana. Among the IU School of Medicine Match
Day 2002 highlights:
- Forty-five percent of this year's graduates will pursue their
first year of residency within Indiana.
- Seventy-two students will be residents at IU Hospital, Riley
Hospital for Children and other Clarian Health facilities.
- Forty-three percent will enter primary care residency programs
- internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/gynecology,
primary and combined internal medicine-pediatrics.
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