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student perspective HOST Program Connects Students and Alumni The Medical Alumni Association is always in search of alumni volunteers for their ever-growing HOST (Housing Our Students as they Travel) Program. The HOST Program matches 4th year UVA medical students with UVA medical alumni who reside in various cities across the country. Alumni volunteers open their home to a student for an overnight stay. In addition, they may share insight about residency programs or the community where the students are interviewing. Although not required, meals, transportation, and tours may be offered by hosting alumni. The program allows alumni generosity to alleviate some of the financial burden faced by students. This is not only a great opportunity for students, but for the participating alumni as well. For those who live far away from Charlottesville and have limited time to offer, this is an extraordinary opportunity to volunteer for the University and stay engaged with the School of Medicine while also supporting current medical students. To sign up as a volunteer, learn more about the program, and view a current list of 2011-12 participating cities, please visit the HOST Program website, available on the Resources page at www.uvamedalum.org. 36 Vitals Fall 2011 Match Day 2011 UVA School of Medicine celebrates Match Day 2011 as 133 Students move forward to residency A mong a field of green, shamrock-printed t-shirts that read, "Kiss Me, I'm Matched," were Maureen Dale and Laura Page, both fourth-year medical students at the University of Virginia. Betting on years of hard work —and a little luck of the Irish—the two friends had brought baseball caps from their first-choice residency programs to wear if they matched— Dale with UNC-Chapel Hill and Page with Duke University. Just after noon on Thursday, March 17, 2011, all 133 residency-bound UVA medical students anxiously opened their envelopes. Dale and Page quickly donned their blue, albeit rival, caps as the old medical school auditorium erupted in congratulations from family, friends, fellow class- mates and faculty members. "I can't believe we both got our first choices, and that we'll both be going to the same area," said Dale, who will be heading to UNC for her residency in internal medicine. At Duke, Page will be studying pediatrics—the specialty with the greatest number of residency placements for UVA students for the second year in a row. After months of waiting and wondering, med- ical students from across the country learn their fate during similar annual Match Day celebra- tions, which mark the yearly culmination of the residency interview process coordinated by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). The NMRP was established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the Unit- ed States. "This is always an exciting day and we are proud of the outstanding programs you have been selected to attend," said Richard Pearson, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education, as he saluted the University of Virginia School of Medi- cine Class of 2011. Of the 133 fourth-year students who matched, 16 will remain at the University of Vir- ginia Health System to continue their training. In all, students will be training in 28 states and Washington, D.C.—the furthest placement is in Hawaii. Four members of the UVA School of Medicine Class of 2011 will defer residency to do research or to pursue their master's of public health degree. The highest number of students, 25, will be training in pediatrics, followed by internal medi- cine with 20 trainees, anesthesiology with 12, emergency medicine with 11, radiology with 10, family practice with 9, and obstetrics and gyne- cology with 8. After months of waiting and wondering, medical students from across the country learn their fate during similar annual Match Day celebrations

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