BUSM Celebrates Match Day
At BUSM 140 students anxiously awaited the results of Match Day. The annual event marks the moment in which students around the country learn which residency programs they will be attending and where they will spend the next three to five years of their lives following graduation.
Within seconds of the noon deadline, the future physicians accompanied by friends and families rushed to their mailboxes and opened envelopes in an effort to eliminate the nervous energy and anticipation that had been building throughout their four years of medical school.
This year 41 percent of students graduating from Boston University School of Medicine are pursuing careers in internal medicine, pediatrics or family medicine.
“BUSM faculty and staff are very proud of our outstanding students. Match Day is a rite of passage, perhaps as memorable as graduation for medical students. It has been a privilege to both teach and learn from our young physicians. We wish them the very best in their future endeavors and know that they will do great things,” explained Phyllis Carr, MD, professor of medicine and associate dean of students at Boston University School of Medicine.
Across the nation more than 15,000 U.S. medical school seniors from more than 126 medical schools participate in Match Day. Conducted annually by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), the Match uses a computer algorithm, designed to produce favorable results for students, that aligns the preferences of applicants with the preferences of residency programs in order to fill the thousands of training positions available at U.S. teaching hospitals.
The Match was established in 1952, at the request of medical students, to provide a fair and impartial transition from medical school to residency.
NRMP is a private, not-for-profit organization established in 1952 to provide an orderly and fair mechanism to match the preferences of applicants to U.S. residency positions with the preferences of residency program directors for those applicants. The NRMP is sponsored by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Hospital Association, and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.