KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — The newest cohort of resident physicians are on their way to Kalamazoo and Battle Creek this summer following a successful Match Day that saw the 10 residency programs at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) fill every
available training slot.
The results, announced on Friday, March 17, were part of the 2023 Main Residency Match, which was the largest on record, according to the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP).
According to the school, this year’s Match was made up of 48,156 registered applicants and 40,375 positions, which was 1,170 more than last year.
Additionally, the number of available first-year (PGY-1) positions rose to 37,425, an increase of 1,148 from last year.
“We at WMed are very pleased with the results of the Match, and we are delighted to welcome these new residents and fellows to the Kalamazoo medical community,” said David Overton, MD, associate dean for Graduate Medical Education.
The new group of 77 resident physicians includes nine residents who are participating in MIDOCs, a program from the state of Michigan which expands residency training positions in select specialties. MIDOCs residents go on to practice in underserved areas of Michigan in exchange for loan repayment.
In addition to Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry, the medical school has residency training programs in Emergency Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as fellowships in Emergency Medical Services, Forensic Pathology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Simulation, and Sports Medicine.
The new residents will begin their training in July.
The medical school will also welcome new fellows to its EMS, Forensic Pathology, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Sports Medicine fellowship programs.
Match Day is a time-honored event held at medical schools across the country, representing a pinnacle moment for graduating medical students as the course of their medical careers is determined and they learn where they will spend the next three or more years for residency training.
Residents practice medicine in a clinical setting under the supervision of fully licensed physicians.
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