Perelman School of Medicine Students Celebrate Match Day
Graduating Medical Students Learn Their Future Residency Placements in Emotion-filled Event
PHILADELPHIA — At the stroke of noon on March 15th, 161 Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania students (77 women and 84 men) will gather in an emotion-filled ceremony to open their “residency placement” envelopes and learn where they will spend the next few years receiving their advanced medical training.
Known as “Match Day,” the annual ceremony is the culmination of a process that began in the fall through the National Residency Matching Program, which helps pair graduating medical students across the country with the hospital or medical center of their choice.
This year, two of Penn’s medical students, who also happened to be married, are sharing their thoughts and perspectives during this exciting week of their lives via a special Match Day blog and live tweets throughout the day. Family, friends, and news media can follow the excitement via the blog and by using the #PennMatch hashtag on Twitter.
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
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March 15, 2013 |
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J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
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