Residency locations revealed to medical students on ‘Match Day’

Residency locations revealed to medical students on 'Match Day'

By Keith McCord

March 20th, 2015 @ 9:30pm

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SALT LAKE CITY Medical students around the nation found out about the next phase of their professional careers Friday.

It's called "Match Day," where fourth-year students and future doctors open their match envelope to find out where they will live and work while completing their residency over the next few years.

Your fate and future individually and collectively lies on this table in unopened letters. That is very bizarre, said Dr. Dale Hall, president of the School of Medicine Alumni Association.

The 74 students 30 women and 44 men are among the thousands of medical students across the country that open the letters at the same time, which in Utah was 10 a.m.

You're matched into 65 different programs in 23 different specialties, said Dr. Vivian Lee, dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine. Youll be going to 27 different states.

The students submit applications to several hospitals relating to their field of study, but they don't know exactly where they'll go until they open the envelope surrounded by family and friends.

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