On Friday, March 20, graduating medical students at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine discovered, simultaneously with their peers across the nation, where they would go for residency training.
Residencies are specialized training programs new doctors complete after they receive their medical degree (MD). Residencies programs serve as the added training needed to become a fully qualified surgeon, pediatrician, or neurologist, for example. Most American medical students get their residency places through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), an algorithm which matches students’ top choices for residencies with the residency programs’ top choices of students, determining where they will live and work for the next three to seven years.
This year, 144 students will graduate from the UI Carver College of Medicine. The Class of 2026 matched into 29 different specialties across 32 states.
By the numbers
76 (53%) graduates entering primary care:
- Family Medicine — 19
- Internal Medicine — 28
- Internal Medicine-Primary — 4
- Medicine-Pediatrics — 2
- Medicine-Psychiatry — 1
- Obstetrics-Gynecology — 11
- Pediatrics – 9
- Pediatrics-Medical Genetics — 2
40 graduates (28%) matched into a program in the state of Iowa
33 students matched at University of Iowa Health Care
Top states:
- Iowa – 40
- Illinois – 11
- Wisconsin – 11
- Colorado – 6
- Minnesota – 6
- Ohio – 6
- Tennessee – 6
Top specialties:
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Anesthesiology
- Obstetrics-Gynecology
- Pediatrics
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