
Phan during her residency (she is now practicing sports medicine in the Houston area). “I’m challenged and I’m growing in ways that I’m happy with,” said Dr. She discovered that working with a smaller team of residents creates a solid support system. For instance, the program at UT was smaller than her top choices-taking about seven residents per year. Yet she found several positives with the structure of that program. Instead of being a few minutes from family as she hoped, she’s a few hours away. 3 choice, the family medicine program at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). I found myself crying and it took a few minutes to calm down and be OK.”ĭr. “I didn’t see ‘Houston’ and I was shocked. Phan “literally froze for 30 seconds-it was like I was not reading what I was reading,” she said. 1.Īs a medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Myphuong Phan, MD, MPH, had her heart set on returning to Houston, her hometown, for residency. But for some, it is difficult not to get fixated on No. The numbers for seniors from osteopathic schools were similar, with 42% landing at their top choice and 72% getting one of their top three spots.īased on that math-which is typical of the breakdown on an annual basis-students are often advised to envision living and training at any of their top five choices prior to Match Day.

allopathic medical schools got the top choice on their rank-order list, while 72% wound up in their top three on Match Day. When plan A doesn’t come through When plan A doesn’t come throughĪccording to data on the 2021 Match compiled by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), 46% of seniors from U.S.
