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ShareMedical students at UCI — and across US — learn where they will first practice as doctors
| Event: | Annual Match Day for UC Irvine School of Medicine students, part of nationwide program pairing soon-to-be-graduates with medical training residencies. |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 17, 2011 |
| Time: | 8:30 a.m. |
| Location: | UC Irvine School of Medicine, Medical Education Building patio (bldg. 836, grid F4 on campus map) |
| Supplemental Information: | Medical students learn on Match Day where they will spend the next three to seven years pursuing postgraduate medical training and beginning their careers as doctors. Match Day occurs simultaneously at medical schools nationwide to fill about 24,000 residency positions available each year at hospitals and clinics. At UCI’s festive Match Day event, anxious students march up to a podium one at a time in front of family and friends and open an envelope containing a notification of acceptance to a particular residency program. Always emotional, Match Day provides exceptional photo opportunities. |
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