CONTACT:
Tara Scatterday, WVU School of Medicine
304.293.0630; tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY: WVU medical students meet their match, discover residency training selections
Who: West Virginia University School of Medicine
What: Match Day – the day the graduating Class of 2017 medical students learn where they will spend the next several years as resident physicians. #MatchDay2017
Where: Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa, Morgantown (Morgantown campus students)
Edgewood Country Club, Charleston (Charleston campus students)
Purple Iris, Martinsburg (Eastern campus students)
When: Friday, March 17
10:15 a.m. – Reception
11:45 a.m. – Match Program and Envelope Distribution
For medical students nationwide, Match Day is the culmination of four years of hard work, and many consider it the most exciting day of the medical school experience. Students receive notice of their residency matches beginning at noon (EDT) on the third Friday of March each year, and at WVU that event is shared by the entire School of Medicine community.
Up until Match Day, fourth-year medical students complete numerous applications and interviews at the residencies of their choice. They rank the places where they would like to continue their medical training. The residency programs, in turn, rank the applicants, and the National Resident Matching Program produces the computer-generated matches.
On Match Day, the graduating class joins family, faculty, staff, administrators and fellow students to share in the celebration. Just before the noon hour, envelopes are unveiled and drawn randomly, and each student has the opportunity to step to the podium (some with their families in tow) and open their envelope to share the news about where their residency program will begin.
A live stream will broadcast the celebration to families and friends wherever they are, and medical students on WVU’s Morgantown, Charleston and Eastern campuses participate.
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