{"id":3095,"date":"2020-03-20T10:34:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/match-day-goes-on-students-celebrate-virtually-after-residency-placement\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:30:09","slug":"match-day-goes-on-students-celebrate-virtually-after-residency-placement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/match-day-goes-on-students-celebrate-virtually-after-residency-placement\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day 2020 carries on as students celebrate virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Instead of opening envelopes, Keck School of Medicine of USC fourth-year students opened emails. Instead of exchanging hugs and high-fives with their classmates on the quad, they shared messages and photos.<\/p>\n

The outpouring of joy and camaraderie of Match Day endured Friday. COVID-19 couldn’t dampen that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Exercising the kind of caution we’ve all had to live with the past couple weeks, med students around the country stayed home and awaited word of where they’ve been matched for residency programs. Weeks of waiting and anxiety ended as the soon-to-be-doctors learned where they’ll spend the next three to seven years of their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before the emails went out from KSOM administration at 9 a.m., students received a video message from the school’s dean, Dr. Laura Mosqueda:<\/p>\n

“Good morning! It’s Match Day today,” Dr. Mosqueda said. “And while the current circumstances prevent us from celebrating face-to-face, this should not, in any way, diminish the accomplishments and hard work you’ve all put forth during your time here at the Keck School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

“I hope you are filled with anticipation and excitement – and probably a little bit of nervousness – as you look toward this next big step. And certainly, I look forward to seeing the impact all of you are going to make in the lives of your patients, and in your communities, at the local, national and \u2014 knowing you \u2014 international levels as well.”<\/p>\n

Match Day, as a tradition, dates to 1952, but the process was made much more efficient and fair in 2012 with the advent of a Nobel Prize-winning algorithm that pairs hospital programs with new doctors.<\/p>\n

Some facts about Match Day this year,according to Teresa Cook, director of medical education administration.:<\/p>\n