Morehouse School of Medicine Celebrates Fourth-Year MD Students on Match Day 2024
Ninety-five percent of MSM’s Doctor of Medicine students match with residencies, including 88 percent who received their first or only choice of specialty.
ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 18, 2024 – Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) celebrated its fourth-year medical students during Match Day 2024 on Friday, March 15, as they reached a pivotal milestone in their education and learned where they will complete their residency training. The joyous event was held at Atlanta Technical College for participating students, their families, and other invited guests. The Match Day festivities were also livestreamed on MSM’s YouTube Channel, allowing the students’ friends and loved ones to participate, no matter where they were located. Additionally, MSM was honored to host Indian Health Service Director Ms. Roselyn Tso and Mr. Antrell Tyson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Region 4 Director, who offered remarks and congratulations to the future doctors.
Out of the 73 MSM Doctor of Medicine students who participated in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), 95 percent were paired with residency placements, including 88 percent who received their first or only choice of specialty. Nearly half (49 percent) of the Class of 2024 matched into what are considered primary care specialties – family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. That number jumped to nearly three quarters (71 percent) when the core specialty disciplines of emergency medicine, general surgery, and psychiatry were added. As has been the case in past years, a significant number (49 percent) will stay in Georgia for their residencies, including 15 percent who matched to residency programs at Morehouse School of Medicine.
The NRMP, a private, non-profit organization, was established in 1952 at the request of medical students to provide an orderly and fair mechanism for matching the preferences of applicants for U.S. residency positions with the preferences of residency program directors.
For applicants, the process begins in the fall of the final year of medical school, when they apply to the residency programs of their choice. Throughout the fall and early winter, applicants interview with programs. From mid-January to late February, applicants and program directors rank each other in order of preference and submit the preference lists to NRMP, which processes them using a computerized mathematical algorithm to match applicants with programs.
Key Results of 2024 Morehouse School of Medicine Match
Total Number of MSM Students in Match 73
Number of Students Who Matched 69 (95%)
Students Who Matched to Their First/Only Choice of Specialty 61 (88%)
Primary Care Specialty Disciplines 36 out of 73 (49%)
(Includes Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics, OB/GYN-Preliminary, Obstetrics-Gynecology and Pediatrics)
Primary Care and Core Specialty Disciplines 52 out of 73 (71%)
(Includes Primary Care Specialties plus: Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Surgery-General)
Students matched to Georgia Programs 36 out of 73 (49%)
Students matched to Morehouse School of Medicine Residencies: 11 (15%)
Click here to watch the MSM Match Day 2024 Celebration, which is also available on MSM's YouTube channel.
To learn more about Morehouse School of Medicine and MSM Match Day 2024, please visit MSM.edu.
About Morehouse School of Medicine
Founded in 1975, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is among the nation’s leading educators of primary care physicians, biomedical scientists, and public health professionals. An independent and private historically-Black medical school, MSM was recognized by the Annals of Internal Medicine as the nation’s number one medical school in fulfilling a social mission—the creation and advancement of health equity. MSM faculty and alumni are noted for excellence in teaching, research, and public policy, as well as exceptional patient care. MSM is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award doctoral and master’s degrees. To learn more about programs and donate today, please visit MSM.edu or call 404-752-1500.
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Morehouse School of Medicine
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