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Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Sends 150 New Physicians to Hospitals Nationwide
Laughter, tears and shrieks of joy erupted at noon on Thursday, March 18, on the New Brunswick and Camden campuses of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School moments after 150 medical students opened envelopes that contained their futures. Today was Match Day across the United States, the day when thousands of medical students discover where they will spend their years of residency training following their upcoming graduation. Once again, RWJMS’ match rate of 98 percent exceeded the national average of 93.3 percent.
In New Brunswick, there are 101 students graduating in 2010. Of these, one student withdrew from the NRMP as a result of matching in the Armed Forces Match and 98 matched in a residency of their career choice.
In Camden, there are 49 students graduating in 2010; 48 students matched in a residency of their career choice.
Of the 150 graduating students, 39 matched to programs in New Jersey and of these, 27 students matched to UMDNJ programs.
NRMP & MILITARY PRIMARY CARE MATCHES
Internal Medicine 27
Family Practice 11
Pediatrics 19
SUBTOTAL 57 - 38%
OB/GYN 12
TOTAL 69 - 46%
About UMDNJ-ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL
As one of the nation’s leading comprehensive medical schools, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey’s premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.
As one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey with 2,800 full-time and volunteer faculty, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 22 basic science and clinical departments, hosts centers and institutes including The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, and the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels for more than 1,500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick, Piscataway, and Camden, and provides continuing education courses for health care professionals and community education programs. To learn more about UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, log on to rwjms.umdnj.edu. Find our fan page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @UMDNJ_RWJMS.
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