Fourth-year medical students at The University of Toledo will move one step closer to becoming attending physicians on Friday, March 15, as they learn their residency placements.
Match Day, which is celebrated at medical schools across the country, is one of the most highly anticipated moments of medical school.
More than 150 medical students will participate in UToledo’s invitation-only Match Day event, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Stranahan Theater.
More than 150 medical students will participate in UToledo’s invitation-only event, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Stranahan Theater. Students will receive their individual match information at noon.
“The Match is an important milestone in physician training where graduating medical students determine what specialties they will be training in and the location of that training,” said Dr. Christopher Cooper, dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences. “Our students work very hard over four years to get to this point and for most, it is a great relief when this next step is completed.”
Residents are newly graduated, licensed medical doctors who train in their chosen specialty under the guidance of experienced attending physicians. Depending on the specialty, residency training lasts three to seven years.
As they prepare to embark on residency, medical students spend months interviewing with hospitals and universities across the country. Students rank their top destinations, and academic and community-based health systems rank their top student choices.
A computer algorithm administered by the National Resident Matching Program then matches students and residency programs together.
In addition to the students who will learn their residency placement on Match Day, four students have already matched with the U.S. Armed Forces.
Last year, 172 fourth-year medical students matched into positions in 21 medical specialties across 28 states.
Residency match is one of the final steps before graduation, which is scheduled this year for Friday, May 17.
