Friday, March 20, 2015

Match Day 2015! 1,035 couples participated...

Congratulations to all the new docs!  Today was Match Day for the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)

Here's a selection of stories that crossed my screen today:

Press Release: 2015 Residency Match Largest On Record With More Than 41,000 Applicants Vying For Over 30,000 Residency Positions In 4,756 Programs
" An all-time high of 1,035 couples participated in the Match, 110 more than last year, with a 94.8 percent match rate."

The fates of thousands of med school students are decided by this Nobel Prize winning algorithm

Match Day: Then & now

Matching Dreams: Students ring in the future of medicine on the first day of spring (Harvard)

Medical students open envelopes and glimpse their futures: A national event that places graduating medical students into residencies, Match Day is both a celebration and a nerve-wracking affair. (Stanford)

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.