Match Day sets course for future physicians March 16
March 15, 2006
Who
105 University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine students
What
Match Day--an annual rite of spring when medical students across the country simultaneously discover where they will continue their training next year in hospital residency programs.
Fourth-year medical students submit a list of hospitals, ranked in order of preference, to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). The hospitals also rank their applicants--based on letters of recommendation, transcripts and personal interviews. The NRMP then matches each student with the highest-ranking hospital that accepts him or her.
Managed by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the NRMP is a private, nonprofit corporation established in 1952 to provide uniform date of appointments for residency positions in graduate medical education throughout the United States.
When
Thursday, March 16
- 10 a.m.: Program begins.
- 10:45 a.m.: Envelopes are handed out.
- 11 a.m.: Envelopes are opened.
A reception immediately follows.
Where
Room P-117, University of Chicago Hospitals, 5839 South Maryland Ave. (Wyler Pavilion entrance)
The University of Chicago Medicine
Communications
950 E. 61st Street, Third Floor
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone (773) 702-0025 Fax (773) 702-3171
