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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2008
Match Day: A Rite of Passage for Graduating Medical Students
DAYTON,
OHIO—High noon, Thursday, March 20, was
an hour of excitement and anticipation in the Medical Sciences Auditorium
on Wright State’s campus. Fourth-year medical
students at Boonshoft School of Medicine
participated in Match Day—an annual rite of passage for medical students across the country.  More
than 15,000 medical students nationwide learned where they will complete
their physician residencies after their graduation, according to the Association
of American Medical Colleges.
Depending upon their chosen specialties, students will spend three to
five years of advanced clinical training after receiving their M.D. degrees. Wright State’s fourth-year medical students matched at prestigious residency training programs across the country including the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
About 45 percent matched in a primary care field (Family Medicine: 12.6%, Internal Medicine: 18.4%, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics: 1.2%, and Pediatrics: 12.6%). The balance matched
in 14 other specialties: |
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