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MD Class of 2024 celebrates Match Day

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On Friday, March 15, graduating medical students at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) joined medical students across the nation in celebrating Match Day by opening their envelopes and learning where in the country they will spend their residency.

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, more than 44,000 U.S. and international applicants will match to residency training positions at the nation's teaching hospitals this year. A total of 135 students participated in the Match Day and are headed to several of the nation’s most prestigious residency programs, including Duke, Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic.

See the Match List 2024 of where EVMS students matched.

“This is an exciting time in the lives of our medical students,” says Ronald Flenner, MD (MD ’89) Vice Dean of Academic Affairs. “We are very proud of the work and dedication our students have put forth to get to this point in their medical school careers.”

EVMS by the numbers:

  • Students matched in 19 specialties
  • 41% of the class is pursuing primary care
  • The top represented specialties were internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, emergency medicine and surgery.

The matching process is organized by the National Resident Matching Program, which uses an algorithm to pair medical students and residency programs. Fourth-year medical students across the nation apply to residency positions in their chosen specialty — such as pediatrics or surgery. After hitting the interview trail, the students rank the programs according to those they would prefer to join. The programs, in turn, rank the students they feel will make the best fit. Nearly all applicants learn the results of that ranking process at the same time.

See all of the Match Day 2024 photos.