A WVU School of Medicine points to her future residency location in Kentucky.
Who: The Class of 2018, West Virginia University School of Medicine
What: Graduating students will learn where they will spend the next several years training as resident physicians during Match Day.
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 16
• 10:15 a.m. – Reception
• 11:45 a.m. – Match Program
• Noon – 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 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 specialty residency programs 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 noon, envelopes are unveiled and drawn randomly, and each student has the opportunity to step to the podium (some with 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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ts/03/13/18
CONTACT: Tara Scatterday
WVU School of Medicine
304.293.0630; tdscatterday@hsc.wvu.edu
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