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Wright State medical students learned what their futures have in store on Match Day

Students finding their matches on Match Day. Photograph provided by Daniel Kelly.
Students finding their matches on Match Day. Photograph provided by Daniel Kelly.
Students finding their matches on Match Day. Photograph provided by Daniel Kelly.

Students of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine learned on Friday where they will complete their residency training after completing their degrees.

Every year, medical students across the nation learn where they will complete their residency training at an event called Match Day. At the event, students learn where they will receive advanced clinical training in a residency program at institutions throughout the country, according to a press release from Wright State.

As part of the event, students ranked their top picks of programs where they wish to train leading up to the Friday announcement. Residency programs likewise ranked their top picks of future residents.

Up to 108 medical students eagerly awaited the announcement in the Apollo Room of the Student Union. Students’ matches determine where they will spend the next three-to-five years as residents receiving advanced training in various medical fields. At noon, students finally opened envelopes with a single piece of paper announcing the fate of their careers.

Wright State students matched in outstanding programs at institutions in Dayton, throughout Ohio and across the country, including Case Western Reserve/University Hospitals, Cleveland Clinic, Emory University and Wake Forest University, the release says.

Students finding their matches on Match Day. Photograph provided by Daniel Kelly.
Students finding their matches on Match Day. Photograph provided by Daniel Kelly.

Here are the results of the matches, according to the release:

More than 44 percent of the Wright State graduates will remain in Ohio during residency and 14 percent will remain in Dayton. More than one-third (45.5 percent) will enter a primary care field:

  • Family Medicine: 17.6 percent
  • Internal Medicine: 13 percent
  • Pediatrics: 13 percent
  • Internal Medicine/Pediatrics: 1.9 percent

The rest matched in 13 other specialties:

  • Psychiatry: 9.3 percent
  • Surgery: 8.3 percent
  • Emergency Medicine: 6.5 percent
  • Anesthesiology: 5.6 percent
  • Orthopedic Surgery: 5.6 percent
  • Dermatology: 3.7 percent
  • Neurology: 3.7 percent
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology: 3.7 percent
  • Radiology: 2.8 percent
  • Ophthalmology: 1.9 percent
  • Neurological Surgery: 1.9 percent
  • Pathology: 0.9 percent
  • Urology: 0.9 percent

For a complete list of all match results from the Boonshoft School of Medicine, visit medicine.wright.edu/match

Lucas Gonzalez

Former News Editor

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