In exactly a week (March 19), medical schools across the country will have "The Match"--a term used to describe the day graduating medical students are matched with a residency program. At high noon, every medical student will receive an envelope with the next 3-5 years of his/her life inside. For family medicine residency students like Sarah, this means her next three years will be spent in a specific residency program. She ranks her top programs, and programs rank their top students. If Sarah's top choice lists her as a potential resident, she matches and is assigned to their program. If her top choice does not list her, the computer system looks at her second choice, so on and so forth.
What's nice (and stressful) about the process is that we ultimately don't make the final decision--that's up to God and the program reps with whom Sarah interviewed. We believe God is using us in our Philadelphia community and isn't ready for us to leave this city of brotherly love just yet, so we ranked the Philly programs as the first few, followed by University of Michigan and Virginia. Plus, the programs Sarah applied to in Philly are some of the best around in family medicine training. (we heard some strange statistic that one in every six doctors does some training in the Philadelphia area!?!)
Anyway, we would appreciate your prayers as the day approaches. I'll be sure to post an update Thursday afternoon!
1 comment:
Oh man! I'll definitely keep you guys in my prayers as this day approaches! Philly is an awesome place and you guys definitely have found a community to be around, so hopefully Gods plan and your plan intersect on March 19th.
I also heard that statistic. With uPenn, Jefferson and Temple all here in Philly is seems feasible.
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