‘We are very proud': EVMS students celebrate Match Day
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — On Friday, graduating medical students at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical School at Old Dominion University celebrated Match Day.
The day is marked by 52,000 students world wide receiving their residency assignments to medical centers across the country. EVMS students made up 151 of those assignments, some heading to residency programs at the University of North Carolina, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia.
A number of students are staying at EVMS to complete residencies in dermatology, family medicine and more.
WAVY spoke with one student who is excited to be staying at EVMS to work in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
'I wanted to come back to EVMS for PM&R and I got to come back to EVMS for PM&R, so I'm excited. I'm really excited to keep my roots here and just build from that,' said Uzoma Ahiarakwe. 'You tell yourself it's no big deal, it's no big deal, but when everyone is here is cheering you on, it's amazing'
Click here to see where every EVMS student matched.
The matching process, organized by the National Resident Matching Program, uses an algorithm to pair students and residency programs. Students can apply to residency positions for their chosen specialty and rank their choices. Then it's the program's turn to rank the students they accept.
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