On Match Day (March 17), soon-to-be graduates of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine learned where they will spend their residencies.

Among this year’s graduating class of 138 students, 49 chose primary care specialties, which include family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics. There were 11 matches in family medicine programs, 17 in internal medicine, 11 in obstetrics and gynecology, and 10 in pediatrics.

Among this year’s graduates, 38 will remain in Iowa for their first year of postgraduate training, and 28 of these 38 will train next year at UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Geographically, the most popular state after Iowa for first-year training was California, with 13 graduating students beginning their residencies there. Minnesota will receive 11 UI graduates, and Illinois will receive 10.

This year’s match results, including individual results by name, state, and specialty, are available at medicine.uiowa.edu/md/supporting-students/match-week.

The National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) helps place graduating medical students in such programs. Most of the students who will earn medical degrees at the UI this year, 129 of the 138, participated in the NRMP. Five students obtained residency appointments outside of the NRMP, and four graduating seniors have deferred their residency training.