Students in the 91探花School of Medicine joined more than 15,000 other medical students around the country in participating in the National Resident Matching Program on March 24. The program pairs them with medical residency programs throughout the nation. Of the 167 graduating students at the 91探花medical school, 157 of them participated in Match Day; another 10 students who had previously graduated from the 91探花entered the matching program this year. Ninety-seven percent of the 91探花students matched with programs initially, and the remaining students secured positions in the post-match scramble.
There were 30 91探花students who matched with UW-affiliated hospitals, and several more will complete family medicine residencies within 91探花programs at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Swedish Hospital, and Providence-St. Peters in Olympia. Another 18 91探花students matched with either one-year or categorical programs within the WWAMI region.
Out of the 91探花graduating class, 48 percent went into primary care specialties, including family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics. The number of students matching in obstetrics and gynecology, 18, increased from 9 in each of the past two years. Family medicine also saw an increase, with 24 students matching this year, up from 18 in 2007. About 14 percent of 91探花graduates matched into family medicine residencies, compared with only about 7.6 percent nationwide.