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The Emory Student Center was bright with energy and excitement March 17 as medical students in the Class of 2023 gathered with their peers and loved ones to find out where they had matched for their residencies.
Held the third Friday in March, Match Day is when the National Resident Matching Program releases results to medical students across the country at the same time. Emory medical students were among thousands in the U.S. to find out where they matched to start their work as resident physicians, caring for patients under the supervision of attending physicians.
Dr. Carlos del Rio, interim dean of the School of Medicine, offered students two pieces of advice before they received their matches: “I know you will take care of your patients, but I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to take care of yourselves as well as taking care of your loved ones and taking care of each other,” he said. “My second piece of advice is to take what you do seriously — but don’t take yourselves too seriously.”
Students in Emory’s MD Class of 2023 were in their first year of medical school when the COVID-19 pandemic completely altered the world. Over the past four years, these medical students have supported one another while learning to become compassionate and responsible physicians.
“You are to be commended for persevering,” said Dr. J. William Eley, the School of Medicine’s executive associate dean of medical education and student affairs. “Keep moving forward. The match represents the success of those who have matched, but also the success of the class, the staff, the faculty, the folks who wrote your letters, the deans and all the work involved.”
This year’s Match Day also introduced a new tradition to the festivities, one that has been part of other Emory celebrations, such as welcoming new undergraduate students, for decades: the Coca-Cola Toast. MD Class of 2023 President Arrix Ryce led students as they raised their Coke bottles high: “Today we toast to hard work’s payoff, and a calling to care for our communities.”
As noon and the big reveal approached, students lined up across from tables filled with envelopes, each labeled with the name of a student and holding their match inside.
After the final countdown (“5, 4, 3, 2, 1, You are matched!”), they raced forward to discover their matches — and the sense of relief that comes with knowing they have accomplished their goals and are ready to begin their careers as doctors.
Where they matchedOf the 125 Emory medical students beginning a residency in July, 39 will spend all or part of their residency training in the state of Georgia. Of those training in Georgia, 32 will begin their training at Emory; 30 will remain at Emory for their entire residency.In addition to Emory, students will receive residency training at other prominent institutions, including Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Colorado, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, Brown University, Duke University, University of North Carolina, Yale University and Vanderbilt University. Earlier this year, four students matched in ophthalmology.The specialties chosen most frequently for their residencies were internal medicine (33), surgery (14), pediatrics (10), psychiatry (10), obstetrics/gynecology (8), orthopedic surgery (8) and anesthesiology (7).
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