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Match day
Earlier today I covered Match Day at the University of Iowa med school. Out of 137 med students, 129 participated in the National Residency Matching Program, which determines where students will pursue their residency training. Envelopes were handed out one-by-one, but it was a pretty quick process. I knew I could drive myself crazy trying to make a huge photo gallery by chasing down student after student as they all quickly opened their envelopes, but this felt like a time to hone in on a few great moments rather than a bunch of mediocre ones. I had spotted Fransetta and her daughter, Esperanza, and stayed close by while waiting for her name to be called. After the initial excitement, I wandered through the crowd watching for potential moments to develop. Sure enough, I saw two students approaching each other, raised my camera, and was pleasantly surprised with a huge bear hug as they shared their placements with each other.
University of Iowa medical students Fransetta Sterling of North Liberty (center) and Natalya Hutchinson of Iowa City (right) react after learning their residency assignments on Match Day in the atrium of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF) on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Iowa City. Sterling took several years off after undergraduate studies at University of Illinois in Chicago to raise and homeschool her daughter Esperanza Sterling, 19 (left), and will be at Howard University for her residency in psychiatry. Hutchinson is headed to University of California at Irvine for her pathology residency. Medical students nation-wide, including 129 University of Iowa medical students, received their residency assignments Friday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)
University of Iowa medical student Justin Moser lifts classmate Erin Schrunk into the air as they celebrate their residency assignments on Match Day in the atrium of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF) on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Iowa City. Moser's internal medicine residency will be at Mayo Clinic, and Schrunk will be at University of Nebraska in Lincoln for her family medicine residency. Medical students nation-wide, including 129 University of Iowa medical students, received their residency assignments Friday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)
University of Iowa medical student Scott Larson puts a pin on the map showing his match to the University of Iowa for his family medicine residency on Match Day in the atrium of the Medical Education and Biomedical Research Facility (MERF) on Friday, March 15, 2013, in Iowa City. Medical students nation-wide, including 129 University of Iowa medical students, received their residency assignments Friday. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)
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