Match Day at UC Irvine: Medical students to open envelopes revealing their futures as doctors at festive event

“EVENT: The UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Match Day event will celebrate soon-to-be graduating medical students as they learn where they’re headed for their residency programs. At 8 a.m. on Friday, March 20, the cohortwilljoin thousands of peers across the nation in observing Match Day, an annual ceremony at which future physicians publicly open envelopes revealing what U.S. hospitals they have been “matched” to for continuation of their medical training and their first jobs as doctors. WHEN/WHERE: 8-9:30 a.m. on the Medical Education Lawn, between the Medical Education Building and Plumwood House (bldgs. 836 and 829, grid G3 on campus map : https://web.communications.uci.edu/assets/email/dfa-tds/TDS-Website/maps/Main_UCIrvine-Map.pdf ) INFORMATION: Media planning to attend should contact Carly Murphy at 949-501-1008 or murphyco@uci.edu . Those who RSVP in advance will receive complimentary parking. BACKGROUND: At the traditional UC Irvine School of Medicine Match Day event, graduating medical students – one at a time onstage – open sealed envelopes revealing their residency placements to cheers, hugs and tears from family members and classmates in the audience. Video interviews and B-roll of students and their stories ahead of Match Day are provided here . Participating students – including those who speak Spanish – will be available for interviews on the day of the ceremony. ### For UC Irvine breaking news, visit news.uci.edu.

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