{"id":8041,"date":"2017-03-20T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/news\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2017-04-18T09:02:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T13:02:24","slug":"its-a-match-geisel-students-discover-their-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/news\/2017\/its-a-match-geisel-students-discover-their-future\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Match! Geisel Students Discover Their Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the much-anticipated annual Match Day event on Friday, March 17, 65 students at Dartmouth\u2019s Geisel School of Medicine learned where they will pursue their next three to seven years of residency training after graduation. According to the National Resident Matching Program<\/a>, a record-high 35,969 U.S. and international medical school students and graduates vied for 31,757 residency positions, the most ever offered in the Match.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatch Day is a very exciting event. After years of hard work, this is an important and emotional milestone in our students\u2019 medical training,\u201d said Duane Compton, Interim Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine. \u00a0\u201cWe are all very proud of our students and wish them the best of luck in their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Match Day Video<\/h4>\n

If you missed Match Day, you can watch video of the event here.
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Every year, fourth-year medical students submit their top choices for residency programs into a computer program operated by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC). Residency programs also submit lists of applicants in their order of preference. The lists are then compared against each other utilizing the AAMC\u2019s computer algorithm, matching students to their residency program.<\/p>\n

Primary care was once again the most popular specialty choice among Geisel students with 29 choosing residencies in family medicine, internal medicine, or pediatrics. General surgery, anesthesiology, and psychiatry were the next most popular specialties. This year, Massachusetts was the most popular destination for Geisel students, followed by California, New York, North Carolina, and Washington. One student even matched to the University of Toronto in his native Canada.<\/p>\n

After graduation, members of Geisel\u2019s class of 2017 will start their residencies at some of the most prestigious programs in the U.S, including Brigham & Women\u2019s Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, BI Deaconess Medical Center, UC San Diego Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Stanford University, and many more.<\/p>\n

Match Day Photos*:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n