Article: 'Match Day' for med students: Medical school seniors learn where they'll spend the next few years of their training.

Byline: Frank D. Roylance and Liz Bowie

Mar. 16--Christina Twyman held her future in her hands. It was a simple piece of white paper, folded twice to conceal the name of the hospital where the Johns Hopkins medical school senior would spend the next few years of her life, in a residency program in internal medicine. It was one of more than 14,000 "Match Day" letters opened simultaneously yesterday at Hopkins, the University of Maryland and 123 other medical schools across the country in ceremonies suffused with drama, tradition and silliness. "It's the culmination of years of intense work, in college and then in medical school," said Dr. Thomas W. Koenig, ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!