What: Match Day at Rush Medical College
When: 10:45 a.m., Friday, March 16***students open residency match envelopes promptly at 11 a.m. Where: Robert W. Sessions House of Rush University, 600 South Loomis, corner of Loomis and Harrison
Who: Fourth-year students from Rush Medical College (more than 120 students); Dr. Thomas Deutsch, Dean of Rush Medical College; Dr. Larry J. Goodman, Chief Executive Officer of Rush and President of Rush University
Dr. Larry J. Goodman, Chief Executive Officer of Rush and President of Rush University is opening his home, Sessions House, to anxious fourth-year medical students from Rush Medical College on Match Day, when they learn where they will begin their residency training. "Matches" are made by the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) and released simultaneously to senior medical students all across the United States. This year also marks the 175th anniversary of Rush Medical College.
“Match Day” is the culmination of a process that begins in the fall when senior students apply to residency programs through a nationally computerized system. After interviewing at prospective programs, students electronically rank the programs in their order of preference. Depending on a student’s chosen specialty, a residency will last from three to six years and leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or medical or surgical specialty. The residency is composed almost entirely of the care of hospitalized or clinic patients with supervision by more senior physicians.
Rush Medical College, the first medical school in Chicago, was chartered in 1837, two days before the City of Chicago obtained its charter. It is part of Rush University Medical Center, a national leader in academic medicine.
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