The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine’s Class of 2022 celebrated its annual Match Day on Friday. According to the newsroom at UTRGV, this year marked the third Match Day for the UTRGV School of Medicine, and 51 medical students applied to residency programs across the United States.
Some of the prestigious residency programs matched included Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard; Duke University Medical Center; Cornell Medical Center; Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Stanford Health; UT Southwestern Medical School and UT Austin Dell Medical School.
Fifty percent of the UTRGV Class of 2022 will stay in Texas for their residencies, 20 percent of whom will continue to train locally in programs sponsored by the UTRGV School of Medicine in partnership with area hospitals.
Dr. Michael B. Hocker, dean of the UTRGV School of Medicine and senior vice president for UT Health RGV, said medical students this year learned how to successfully navigate and excel in a new age of medicine, as they faced the many setbacks and challenges of an ongoing pandemic.
“I have a personal philosophy, also professionally, that we have to adapt, improvise and overcome,” Hocker said. “This is our third match, and every year it seems to get better because this reflects how good our students are here.”
Match Day is a National Day of Transition, when fourth-year medical students open and read their letters from the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). The NRMP matches graduating students with available training positions at health systems around the country. Click here to read more by Saira Cabrera.
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